I began to realize that radio could do more even than preserve my sanity and defeat my homesickness;

it could provide me with a wealth of information on, and a hearty appreciation for,

a place as different from my home town as any in the country.

1）more even than 是什么使用方法？為何不說even more than或more than even? 可否如此說呢？ 意思是什么？

2）with a wealth of information on, and a hearty appreciation for： on 和 for 省略了什么成分？

3) as...as any = 很，極其， “a place as different from my home town as any in the country. ” 這句和前面的整個句子是什么關系？怎么樣銜接的？

特別是a place和前句語法，成分關系剖析。

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I began to realize that radio could do more even than preserve my sanity and defeat my homesickness;it could provide me with a wealth of information on, and a hearty appreciation for,a place as different from my home town as any in the country.

1 radio could do more （主句）even than （it could) preserve my sanity and defeat my homesickness; even強調比較分句，所以至于它所強調的成分之前。

2 it could provide me with a wealth of information on, and a hearty appreciation for,a place as different from my home town as any in the country.

=it could provide me with a wealth of information on a place as different from my home town as any in the country, and a hearty appreciation fora place as different from my home town as any in the country.

類似結構：I am as tall as, if not taller than, Tom.

= I am as tall as Tom, if not taller than him.

3 a place as different from my home town as any in the country

= a place that is as different from my home as any in the country is.

這種as...as 表示同級比較，并非你理解的“極其、很”。

譯文：我開始意識到，收音機遠不止能讓我維持理智，讓我不想家。它還給我提供了豐富的資訊，讓我知道并賞析與我家鄉不一樣的某個地方。