in 2010, leading congressional democrats and republicans sent letters to the aaas asking that it identify actions that co

uld be taken by “federal, state and local governments, universities, foundations, educators, individual benefactors and others” to “maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarship and education.”要点单词词组:congressional:国会的democrat and republican:民主党和共和党foundation:基金会individual benefactors:自个捐助者excellence:杰出humanities:人文性identify:辨认，招认语法常识:本句骨干: democrats and republicans sent letters to the aaas.本句话两个难点:第一，后边7个名词的并排。第二，asking +that宾语从句+actions +that定语从句，说明actions的内容。翻译: 在2010年，国会的民主党和共和党要员向aaas(美国人文与科学院)致函，需求其招认可以被联邦，州，当地政府，大学，基金会，教育从业者，私家捐助者等所采纳的行为，以此来坚持国家在人文和社会科学学科及教育领域的杰出性。