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。 - H6 Z8 } x) S* T9 u$ i9 j Yet Waizer’s argument,however deficient,does point to one of the most serious weak- nesses of capitalism-namely,that it brings to predominant positions in a society people who,no matter how legitimately they have earned their material rewards,often lack those other qualities that evoke affection or admiration. (5) 7 ^& {+ ~. }4 L' j, D9 J) D+ g 然则,沃尔泽的论点,无论它不充分到何种地步,确实揭示了资本主义体制中最严重的一个弱点,即它将某一类人置于社会中的显赫地位置,这类人无论以怎样合法的方式获得了其物质报偿,却常常缺乏其它那些能唤起他人受戴和钦佩的品质。 7 L+ C& {2 `1 N3 p L1 I 难句类型:复杂修饰、插入语、倒装 . s: n: ` a* |& i9 K" N8 v* v! w 解释:第一个插入语however deficient 中的however在此不是转折连词,而是副词,等于no matter how,但是因为后面出现了no matter how,而作者又追求语言表述的多样性,所以作者在此使用了however deficient这样较为少见的(但在GRE考试中多见)的语言。! P9 G1 L" D- v- m s
尽管本句的插入语较多,第二个插入语很长,但是本句的真正难点在倒装上。破折号后面的部分是主句宾语的同位语从句,此从句中固定搭配bring A to B被倒装成了bring to BA。如果把这句话恢复成正常语序,则是it brings people who, no matter how legitimately they have earned their materiall rewards, often lask those other qualities that evoke affection or admiration to predominant positions in a society。很明显,这样的语序会显得头重脚轻。 ]! S3 h4 }7 B. f7 y 意群训练:Yet Waizer’s argument,however deficient,does point to one of the most serious weak- nesses of capitalism-namely,that it brings to predominant positions in a society people who,no matter how legitimately they have earned their material rewards,often lack those other qualities that evoke affection or admiration.7 u3 n; i% A' } [+ e
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。