1. Is this a defect，or are the authors working out of，or trying to forge，a different kind of aesthetic？
　　這究竟是一種缺陷呢，還是這些作者想要按照一種與眾不同的美學體系進行創(chuàng)作，抑或是在試圖創(chuàng)立一種與眾不同的美學體系？
　　難句類型：插入語 解釋：本句的句子既短，意思也不難理解，但插入語(or trying to forge)的干擾作用卻極強。
　　意群訓練：Is this a defect, or are the authors working out of, or trying to forge, a different kind of aesthetic?
　　 2. In addition, the style of some Black novels, like Jean Toomer’s Cane, verges on expressionism or surrealism ; does this technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalent theme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted , a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression ?
　　不僅如此，有些黑人小說（比如JT的甘蔗）的風格接近與表現(xiàn)主義和超現(xiàn)實主義；這種技巧是否為流行的主題提供了一個和諧的對應呢？這種主題刻畫了黑人注意與之相抗爭的命運，這是一個通常用更為自然主義的表現(xiàn)手法所表達的主題。
　　難句類型：復雜修飾、插入語 解釋：在本句中有三個詞需要先解釋一番：verge on這個詞組是接近于、瀕于的意思，hero在文學作品中是主人公的意思，pit作動詞時，除了挖坑、窖藏之外，還有使競爭、使斗爭的意思，其英文釋義為：to set as gamecocks into or as if into a pit to fight, to set into opposition or rivalry usually used with against.在此用的是后一種語義的被動語態(tài)fate againt which Black heros are pitted.如果用主動語態(tài)則是：pit black heros againt fate。
　　另外本句的結構復雜，分號之后是一個一般疑問句，但是由于修飾成分過多，過長，使得讀者看不清楚這個句子在問什么。其實如果沒有比較后的那個prevalent theme的同位語a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression，本句會易懂得多。
　　意群訓練：In addition, the style of some Black novels, like Jean Toomer's Cane, verges on expressionism or surrealism； does this technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalent theme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted, a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression?