Question

托福英语句子解释问题

Perhaps the most obvious way artistic creation reflects how people live is by mirroring the environment - the materials and technologies available to culture.
最后的 available to culture 我不太懂 前面的我都懂
The different uses to which societies put these materials are of interest to anthropologists who may ask, for example, why people choose to use clay and not copper when both items are available.
前面的uses to which， uses是名词 为什么要用 to which 呢？ 后面的are of interest to 我也不太懂 谁能解释解释 谢谢。

Answer 1

同学，老湿有木有告诉你，——后面的东西，和前面的句子是一个意思啊~？
前句是这样的：也许，艺术创意反映人们生活最明显的方法是模仿环境——（后面是形容这个环境的）材料和技术可以培养或创造出来的（环境）。
第二句，（( The different uses) to which societies put these materials )are of interest to anthropologists who may ask, for example, why people choose to use clay and not copper when both items are available.
看这种句子，要看懂意思要学会断句，不要把uses 和to 看到一起去。句子翻译过来是：是这些不一样的使用，（后面是对使用的形容，可以忽略）使得人类学家感兴趣，（接下来又是对人类学家的修饰）。简单地说是人类学家对人们运营材料的方法感兴趣。这是省略版的，当然，其他的修饰也要看。句子不难，要静下心来分析，多做做题目，感觉以后自然就有了。。。哈~~

Answer 2

mirroring the environment - the materials and technologies available to culture 反映（所处的）的环境 - 可用于（艺术）创造的材料与技术

The different uses to which societies put these materials => Societies put these materials to different uses => The different usees which societies put these materials to ... to 要提前

be of + 名词 相当于 be + 形容词。 be of interest to anthropologists ... 是说人类学家对此有兴趣

Answer 3

available to culture 是形容词短语 作后置定语
前面的 uses是名词 后面是用 to which引导的定语从句 在定从中=to the uses
后面的are of interest to=are interesting to
of 加抽象名词=形容词。