【句型16】But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators: and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believe—at any rate for short periods—that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue. (Lesson 6)
    【譯文】但是，令人感到意味深長(zhǎng)的不是運(yùn)動(dòng)員的表現(xiàn)，而是觀眾的態(tài)度，以及觀眾身后各個(gè)國(guó)家的態(tài)度。面對(duì)著這些荒唐的比賽，參賽的各個(gè)國(guó)家會(huì)如癡如狂，甚至煞有介事地相信——至少在短期內(nèi)如此——跑跑、跳跳、踢踢球都是對(duì)一個(gè)國(guó)家品德素質(zhì)的檢驗(yàn)。
    【講解】and, behind the spectators, of the nations…are tests of national virtue是對(duì)But the significant thing…the attitude of the spectators的引申。當(dāng)句子后有表示說(shuō)明，解釋、引申的內(nèi)容時(shí)用冒號(hào)。behind spectators作定語(yǔ)，修飾nations，前置是為了強(qiáng)調(diào)。of the nations前省略了the attitude。work和believe是定語(yǔ)從句中的并列謂語(yǔ)。at any rate for short periods作插入語(yǔ)，句中的兩個(gè)破折號(hào)隔開(kāi)被強(qiáng)調(diào)的插入語(yǔ)。