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in short,the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a woman glares at the back of it, wanting to talk.

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要點：本句的主要結(jié)構(gòu)the image...is...cartoon scene...。that引導的是限定性定語從句，修飾image。sitting...是現(xiàn)在分詞短語作定語，修飾man。with a newspaper...his face是介詞短語作狀語，修飾sitting，表示伴隨狀況。while引導的是狀語從句。wanting...是現(xiàn)在分詞短語作狀語，表伴隨狀況。

譯文：簡言之，最能體現(xiàn)目前這種危機的是一個典型的卡通畫面：一個男人坐在早餐桌旁，手中拿著一張報紙看著，而一個女人憤怒的盯著報紙背面，渴望與他交談。