2009年12月英语四级高分策略：阅读长难句

　　☆注意：举例有时可以换成短语，如介词短语、不定式短语等等;还可以换成有两个破折号引起的插入语成分。例如：

　　It is 37 years later. Stokoe—now devoting his time to writing and editing books and jounals and to producing video materials on ASL and deaf culture—is having lunch at a café near the Gallaudet campus and explaining how he started a revolution.(2004.6)

　　时间过了37年。现在Stoloe致力于撰写和编辑关于美国手语和聋哑人文化的书籍和杂志，以及制作相关的录像材料。

　　5、并列句连用使得句子变长(主谓宾都可以并列)

　　并列句是四级阅读理解中的主要句式。出题人会把几个成分相同的并列句子，通过剔除多余成分从而使其合并为一个很长的句子。

　　解决方法：破解这样句子的关键是要弄清楚两个句子的逻辑关系，补全成分后重新还原为几个单独的句子即可。例如：

　　To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess’s trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government’s policy regarding landmines. (2004.6)

　　翻译：对政府来说，更糟糕的是，不久得知的消息是，王妃的安哥拉之行得到过外事办的批准，并且她事实上非常了解安哥拉的形势和英国政府关于地雷的政策。

　　相当于拆分成三个句子：

　　(1) To make matters worse for the government

　　(2) It soon emerged that the Princess’s trip had been approved by the Foreign Office.

　　(3) It soon emerged that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government’s policy regarding landmines.

　　6、多重复合句叠加

　　所谓多重复合句叠加，就是说一个长句子当中可能包含了好几种句式(并列的定语从句、状语从句、介词短语等等)。

　　解决方法：分清主从句，理清句子逻辑关系至关重要。通常采用图表法。例如：

　　(1)Then there is the general, all covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again. (2006.1)

　　结构图：

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