Gutman argues convincingly that the stability of the Black family encouraged the transmission of - and so was crucial in sustaining-the Black heritage of folklore ,music, and religious expression from one generation to another, a heritage that slaves were continually fashioning out of their African and American experiences.

重点语料

Convincingly: 令人信服地

Black heritage: 黑人文化遗产

Folklore：民间传说故事

句子结构分析

主语：Gutman

谓语：argues

宾语(从句)：that the stability of the Black family encouraged the transmission of - and so was crucial in sustaining-the Black heritage of folklore ,music, and religious expression from one generation to another, a heritage that slaves were continually fashioning out of their African and American experiences.

宾语从句结构分解

主语：the stability of the Black family

谓语：encouraged

宾语：the transmission of the Black heritage

宾语的同位修饰结构：of folklore ,music, and religious expression

插入语：- and so was crucial in sustaining-

全句完整翻译

古特曼人令人信服地说道，黑人家庭的稳定有助于包括民间传说、音乐、及宗教表达在内的黑人文化遗产一代一代传递下去，因而在维持文化遗产方面也起着重要作用，而对于这种文化遗产，黑奴们不断地从其非洲和美洲的经历中进行发展。

经验分享

这句话确实不短，抛开主句的主谓结构很好辨认之外，难点在宾语从句上。宾语从句的主干”the stability of the Black family encouraged the transmission of the Black heritage of folklore ,music, and religious expression”。找出主干后，整个句子的理解就相对简单，注意”of folklore ,music, and religious expression”是前面”the Black heritage”的”of”结构中的同位语逻辑修饰即解释说明前面的”Black heritage”是什么而不是对其修饰。(对于”of”前后成份的修饰逻辑有很多种)。辨别主干的难点在于中间有一部分插入语”and so was crucial in sustaining”，对于这部分，你既可以看成插入语也可以看成是另一个并列的分句。

最后的”a heritage”可以看成是对前面的”black heritage”一个同位解释，而后面跟着的从句里面的”fashion”在这儿是动词，当“形成”的意思理解，”out of”这个结构有“用某种材料”的意思。加上前面的动词就是“用某种材料制作”