众所周知,阅读里经常有长句子,这让考生头痛不已,今天小编就来教大家如何应对长难句,以下是例句。

1.The whole engagement lasted above 12 hours, till the gradual retreat of the Persians was changed into a disorderly flight, of which the shameful example was given by the principal leaders and…

句的剖析 

句子主干:The whole engagement lasted above 12 hours…

成分分析:

①till 后跟的是时间状语从句。

②of which the shameful example was given by the principal leaders and…为非限制性定语从句,用来修饰flight。

词的讲解 

engagement   n.[术语]交战

retreat             n.撤退

principal          a.最重要的,首要的

句的翻译 

整场战役持续了12个多小时,最后,波斯人的有序撤退变成了乱成一团的东逃西窜,如此颜面尽失的结果皆是因为主要将领们没有起到表率作用……

 

2.The very processes that teachers care about most-critical thinking processes-are intimately intertwined (交织)with factual knowledge that is stored in long-term memory.

句的剖析 

句子主干:The very processes are intimately intertwined with factual knowledge…

成分分析:

①第一个that引导定语从句,修饰processes。

②  两个破折号之间的critical thinking processes是句子主语The very processes的同位语。

③  第二个that引导定语从句,修饰factual knowledge。

词的讲解 

critical         a.批判的,批评的

intimately    adv.密切地;亲密地

factual         a.基于事实的

句的翻译 

教师们最为关注的过程当属批判性思维过程,而这一过程与储存在大脑长期记忆中的事实性知识紧密交织在一起。

 

3.For example, early every person who runs for political office has an intuitive sense that they can powerfully influence their odds of winning the election if they can just raise and spend more money.

句的剖析 

句子主干:…every person…has an intuitive sense…

成分分析:

①  who 引导的定语从句用来修饰说明person。

②  that引导的同位语从句用来说明an intuitive sense的具体内容。

③  同位语从句中包含一个if引导的条件句。

词的讲解 

run for         竞选

intuitive       a.直觉的

odds            n.可能性,概率

raise            v.筹集

句的翻译 

例如:几乎每一个参加公职竞选的人都有一种直觉:如果能够筹集并花费更多的钱,他们就能强有力地影响赢得竞选的可能性。