例77　Whorf came to believe in a sort of linguistic determinism which, in its strongest form, states that language imprisons the mind, and that the grammatical patterns in a language can produce far-reaching consequences for the culture of a society.

【结构分析】这句话主干是Whorf came to believe in a sort of linguistic determinism，后面加上定语从句which, in its strongest form, states...，后面是两个并列的宾语从句，第一个是that language imprisons the mind，第二个是that the grammatical patterns in a language can produce far-reaching consequences for the culture of a society。

【亮点回放】此句话的亮点在于主干的宾语部分有个超长的定语从句，很有气势，该定语从句后面是个很有难度的并列宾语从句，定语从句套宾语从句的写法很流行，让句子变得很长，特别是并列宾语从句的使用很神奇。

【核心词汇】

a sort of　某种

linguistic determinism　语言决定论

in its strongest form　以最强的形式

imprison the mind　禁锢人的思想

grammatical patterns　语法形式

far-reaching consequences　深远影响

the culture of a society　一个社会的文化

【参考译文】Whorf开始相信某种语言决定论，这种决定论强烈认为，语言禁锢了人的思维，而且还认为，一种语言的语法模式对一个国家的文化产生深远的影响。