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It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers. Yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of criticism published in the 20th century consisted in large part of newspaper reviews.

第一句难点解析：It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers.

这个句子中最重要的是找出两个状语：

to the point of impossibility 状语一

for the average reader under the age of forty 状语二

这个句子的真正主语是：

to imagine a time it is difficult to imagine a time; it做形式主语

when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers.定语从句修饰time;

译文：对于年龄低于 40岁的普通读者来讲，让他们想象一下当年可以在许多大城市报纸上读到精品的文艺评论简直几乎是不可能的。

分析一下这里的转折：

Yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of criticism published in the 20th century consisted in large part of newspaper reviews.

然而，在 20世纪出版的最重要的文艺评论集中，人们读到的大部分评论文章都是从报纸上收集而来。

前一句：想不到有这样的事情;

后一句：确实有这样的事情;