television is one of the means by which these feelings are created and conveyed—and perhaps never before has it served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the recent events in europe.
【析句】本句由两个并列句组成。第一分句包含一个定语从句，句子的主干为 television is one of the means。第二个分句是一个倒装句，直
译不符合汉语习惯，因此应该适当进行调整。
【讲词】serve 的意思比较多，可以表示“服务，服役，供职，招待，侍候，供应，适合”等。在球类比赛中，serve 有发球的意思。serve to
在英语中意为“起作用”。
答案：
电视是创造和传递感情的手段之一。也许在此之前，就加强不同的民族和国家之间的联系而言，电视还从来没有像在最近的欧洲事件中那样起过如此大的作用。