During the discussion of rock singing verses at last months stockholders meeting, Levin asserted that music is not the cause of societys ills and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students.
【词汇突破】
verse 歌词，诗句
stockholder 股东
assert 声称，认为，宣称
social ill 社会问题
【主干识别】Levin asserted that +宾语从句and even cited his son. 主谓宾结构
【其他成分】During the discussion of rock singing verses at last months stockholders meeting状语;music is not the cause of societys ills 宾语从句主系表结构;a teacher in the Bronx, New York同位语;who uses rap to communicate with students.定语从句修饰a teacher。
【难点揭秘】并列的动词和同位语构成一定的阅读难点
【译文赏析】在上个月的股东大会上关于摇滚歌词的讨论中，莱文宣称说：音乐不是社会问题的原因，他甚至还以他的儿子为例。他的儿子是纽约州布朗克斯的一个教师，他儿子正在用说唱音乐与学生们进行沟通。
【翻译点拨】将同位语单独翻译为一个句子是在翻译中的常用手法。