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then表达“对比”一例

2019高考全国1卷阅读理解D:

Popularity is a well-explored subject in social psychology. Mitch Prinstein, a professor of clinical psychology sorts the popular into two categories: the likable and the status seekers. The likables’ plays-well-with-others qualities strengthen schoolyard friendships, jump-start interpersonal skills and, when tapped early, are employed ever after in life and work. Then there’s the kind of popularity that appears in adolescence: status born of power and even dishonorable behavior.

本段前半部分说“分为两类:被喜欢的和地位寻求者”,接下来分别解释这两类,解释完第一类之后,用then there is句式解释第二类,这里的then表达on the other hand或in contrast等含义,可译作“另一方面”,表达“两者对比”的逻辑。

then的这个用法不太常用,平时即使见到也常常浅浅地理解为“然后”之类的含义,容易被忽视。

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