英语六级攻克阅读关键句235. For many years, America and Americans cou

235. For many years, America and Americans could get by with cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance.

译文　多年以来，美国和美国人都以对于文化和语言的无知为理由而蒙混过关。

点睛　本句的主干是...America and Americans could get by...。for many years为时间状语。

with引导伴随状语。get by意为“过得去；蒙混过关”。如：

I hope I can get by in a dark suit for this formal occasion. 我希望我能穿一件深色的衣服，把这个正式场合应付过去。

ignorance意为“无知；愚昧”。如：

Superstition results from ignorance. 迷信产生于无知。

考点归纳　与get有关的短语很多。包括：

get even with意为“向……报复”。如：

Mike accused Mary of costing him the job and said that he would get even with her one day. 迈克控诉玛丽使他丢了工作，并且扬言说总有一天他会报复她的。

get a grip on oneself意为“控制自己的情绪”。如：

Stop being hysterical and get a grip on yourself. 不要歇斯底里了，要控制自己的情绪。

get...straight意为“把……弄清楚；打开天窗说亮话”。如：

Let us get this straight: David needs a car and I lend it to him, not you. 让我们把这件事情弄清楚：戴维需要一辆车，是我把车借给了他，不是你借的。

get the better of意为“胜过；占上风”。如：

David is a bilingual. No wonder he got the better of Kate in handling some tricky problems. 戴维会两种语言。难怪他在处理一些难题时比凯特做得好。

get the message意为“了解别人所说的，领会；得到信息”。如：

As no one asked any question, I assume all got the message. 鉴于没有人提问，我就假定大家都明白了。