英语每日一句（外刊长难句分析）

But attracting the capital and skill to transform Gurao may be more difficult than the daringstep taken by a local entrepreneur in 1982 when he opened its first bra factory, at a time when private enterprise was still frowned on in China.

daring：brave and taking risks 有勇气的

frown on/upon sth.：to disapprove of something 对某事不赞同

翻译：但是吸引资本和技术来改造谷饶要比当地企业家在1982年时勇敢迈出开办第一家文胸工厂的一步时更困难，即使在那个年代，私人企业在中国还不被认可。

句子主干： A may be more difficult than B

step taken 过去分词作定语修饰step，因与当地企业家是被动的关系所以用过去分词

1982后的when引导定语从句