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Michelson's work is valuable as ethnography, as a reflection of the day-to-day responsibilities of Mesquakie women, yet as is often the case with life-passage studies, it presents little of the central character's psychological motivation.

Michelson的作品从人种学研究的角度来看是很有价值的，反映了Mesquakie地区女性的日常职责，但是正如其他关于日常生活的研究一样，这部作品几乎没有涉及主要人物的心理动机。

【词汇/短语分析】

1、ethnography n.人种论

  ethno[前缀:种族] + graph[词根:写；画] + y[名词后缀] --> 人种论

2、responsibility n.责任（复数：responsibilities）

  re[前缀:回] + spons[词根：允诺] + ibility[ability 名词后缀] --> 回过头来履行承诺 --> 责任

3、little of 很少；几乎没有

4、psychological adj.心理的

  psych[词根:心理] + olog[ology 名词后缀] + ic[形容词后缀] + al[形容词后缀] --> 心理的

5、motivation n.动机

  motiv[motive adj.动机的] + ation[名词后缀] --> 动机

  motive adj.动机的 --> mot[词根：移动] + ive[形容词后缀] --> 动机的

【语法分析】

Michelson's work is valuable 1[as ethnography], 2[as a reflection] 3[of the day-to-day responsibilities] 4[of Mesquakie women], 5[yet] as is often the case with life-passage studies, 5[it presents little of the central character's psychological motivation].

1. 介词结构倒装。as ethnography修饰Michelson's work。

2. 介词结构倒装。as a reflection修饰Michelson's work。

3. 介词结构倒装。of the day-to-day responsibilities修饰reflection。

4. 介词结构倒装。of Mesquakie women修饰responsibilities。 

5. yet连接it presents little of the central character's psychological motivation。

【成分分析】

Michelson's work[主] is[系] valuable[表] as ethnography[状], as a reflection[状] of the day-to-day responsibilities[定] of Mesquakie women[定], yet[[连接词] [状语从句]as is[系] often[状] the case[表] with life-passage studies[状], it[主] presents[谓] little of[定] the central character's psychological motivation[宾].

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