以下是某篇文章的开头句：“The concept of two warring souls within the body of the Black American was as meaningful for Du Bois at the end of his years as editor of Crisis, the official Journal of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), as when he has first used the image at the start of the century.”这是一个由近60个单词组成的长句，其实要理解这句话并不难，最简单的方法就是“拆句子、除附加、找主干”。结果是句子被简化10个单词左右的简单句：The concept was as meaningful for D.B +时间状语1 +as+时间状语2。另外，这个句子的难点还在于出现了三个AS，从而干扰了考生正确的分析句子结构。其实，划双横线的AS是连接词，且“AS…AS”表示“与…一样”，而划单横线的AS则是介词，表示“作为…”。
通过以上分析，可以看出