每日考研英语长难句 | 20180510

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In dealing with a challenge on such a scale, it is no exaggeration to say “Unity we stand, divided we fall”—and if I had to choose a slogan it would be “Unity in our diversity.”

 ◆句式结构分析◆ 

①前半句：形式主语it+is+表语+真实主语 = it/ is /no exaggeration /to say “Unity we stand, divided we fall”； in dealing with a challenge为时间状语，译为：在应对挑战时。on such a scale译为：如此（大）规模的......

②后半句：if引导的状语从句+主句 == if I had to choose a slogan/ it would be “Unity in our 

◆词汇分析◆

deal with 应对；

scale n.规模；

slogan n.口号

diversity n.多样性，差异性

参考翻译：

在应对如此规模的挑战时，可以毫不夸张地说；“联合，我们就生存；分裂，我们就灭亡”。如果我不得不选择一个口号，那将会是“我们求同存异”