以下是gre阅读长难句实例分析。gre长难句一直都是考生比较头疼的一个问题,不是因为gre考试专门考察这部分,而是在gre阅读中需要明白这些长难句才能理解整篇文章的意思。
$ x3 [* z. ~' {3 m8 p+ d( X: Z Anthropologists and others are on much firmer ground when they attempt to describe the cultural norms for a small homogeneous tribe or village than when they undertake the formidable task of discovering the norms that exist in a complex modern nation state composed of many disparate groups.(4)
2 p. C6 E; I3 |' `- j 当人类学家和其他人试图去描述一个小规模的同一性质(homogeneous)部落或村落的文化标准时,他们处在一种要坚实得多的基础上。相对而言,当他们着手从事这样一个艰巨的任务,即去揭示存在于一个复杂的、由许多彼此间毫无联系的群体所构成的现代单一民族的独立国家(nation-state)时,他们就具备一个同样坚实的基础。7 H% h% T* \4 f
难句类型:复杂修饰7 b: A- G, q& G" P, e+ D+ {$ I
解释:句子的结构拉得很长,主要原因是用来比较的两个when引导的状语从句都太长,句子的主干是Anthroplogists are on much firmer ground/when…/than/when…/。结果more than的结构被长长的状语从句分隔得很远。
5 H+ x5 [0 } ^" L1 n 另外,第二个when 引导的从句中的宾语也很复杂,解释一个单词:nation-state指单一民族的国家。此单词的词义不必背下来。
b: v: {% g. B8 i 解释:Anthropologists and others are on much firmer ground when they attempt to describe the cultural norms for a small homogeneous tribe or village than when they undertake the formidable task of discovering the norms that exist in a complex modern nation state composed of many disparate groups., ^3 j1 A( }, v( D2 p' ~
gre阅读长难句的并不是一天两天就能解决的,需要考生的坚持和日常的积累。 |