托福阅读长难句精讲:并列句(17)
2017 年 12 月 01 日
来源:朗播网
摘要:托福阅读长难句的重点和难点在于:句子中会嵌套着若干子句,同学们理解起来会比较困难。那么,我们究竟该如何提高分析托福阅读长难句能力呢?小编对托福阅读真题中的长难句进行了分析整理,并附上专业的子句成分划分和知识点梳理为大家进行讲解。希望同学们有所收获。
## 托福长难句
Perhaps the largest mass extinction was the one that occurred 225 million years ago, when approximately 95 percent of all species died, mass extinctions can be caused by a relatively rapid change in the environment and can be worsened by the close interrelationship of many species.
## 专家解析
### 【难点】
这个句子整体上是个并列句,并列的两个部分分别是perhaps后面的内容,难点在于两个并列子句之间出现了一个when引导的时间状语从句,这使两个并列子句位置比较远,大家不太好判断。除此之外,第二个并列子句中又出现了两个并列的部分,即 mass extinctions… in the environment和 can be worsened by the close interrelationship of many species。分析句子,大家先不要急于去理解意思,可以先把握句子结构,然后再分别理解分析句子意思,最后再整合起来。
### 【子句拆分】
并列句1:Perhaps the largest mass extinction was the one.
定语从句1:One occurred 225 million years ago.
定语从句2:Approximately 95 percent of all species died 225 million years ago.
并列句2:Mass extinctions can be caused by a relatively rapid change in the environment and can be worsened by the close interrelationship of many species.
### 【成分划分】
并列句1:Perhaps [状语] the largest mass extinction [主语] was [系动词] the one. [表语]
翻译:可能规模最大的大灭绝是一个时期。
连接词:THAT
定语从句1:One [主语] occurred [谓语] 225 million years ago. [状语]
翻译:这个时期发生在两亿两千五百万年前。
连接词:WHEN
定语从句2:Approximately [状语] 95 percent of all species [主语] died [谓语] 225 million years ago. [状语]
翻译:22亿5千万年前,所有物种中大约95%都灭亡了。
并列句2:Mass extinctions [主语] can be caused [谓语] by a relatively rapid change in the environment [状语] and [连接词] can be worsened [谓语] by the close interrelationship of many species. [状语]
翻译:环境相对迅速的变化可能引起物种的大量消亡,并且由于许多物种间的联系紧密,大灭绝的情况可能会进一步恶化。
### 【全句翻译】
可能规模最大的大灭绝发生在两亿两千五百万年前,那时,所有物种中大约95%都灭亡了。相对迅速的环境变化可能引起物种的大量消亡,并且由于许多物种间的联系紧密,大灭绝的情况可能会进一步恶化。
## 知识点梳理
### 词汇及短语
extinction n. 熄灭; 消灭,灭绝; 废除
approximately adj. 近似地,大约; 许
interrelationship n. 相互关系
### 并列句
并列句是构成并列复合句的简单句。
① <u>I like action movies</u> but <u>I don't like thrillers.</u>
② <u>Take the chance</u>, or else <u>you will regret it</u>.
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