摘要：With over half the global population using social platforms, and the average person spending at least two hours scrolling through

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请先精读下面句子，翻译，再分析句型结构：

With over half the global population using social platforms, and the average person spending at least two hours scrolling through them every day, it can't be overstated that our digital spaces have altered our lives as we knew them.

核心词汇：

scroll刷，浏览；纸卷

alter 改变；更改；修改

句型及句子成分分析：

这是一个主从复合句，包含主句+主语从句

1. 状语：with独立主格结构（with+名词+现在分词）

With over half the global population using social platforms, and the average person spending at least two hours scrolling through them every day

2.主句：

it can’t be overstated that our digital spaces have altered our lives as we knew them.

主句主语：it形式主语，指代主语从句that …… them；

主句谓语：can’t be overstated

3. 主语从句（主谓宾+状语从句）

从句主语：our digital spaces

从句谓语：have altered

从句宾语：our lives

全球超过一半的人口使用社交平台，平均每人每天至少花两个小时浏览这些平台，有一点再怎么强调都不为过：数字空间已经改变了我们曾经熟悉的生活。

来源：万腾教育