英语长难句基本句型分析.docVIP

英语长难句基本句型分析 ? 纵观大学英语四级考试历年试题，可以发现阅读文章中出现了许多结构复杂的句子。例如，1995年6月CET-4阅读理解部分的第三篇文章共262个单词，不过才7个句子，平均句长37.4个词，最长的一句达80词。我们不难理解命题者在句子难度上大做文章，无非是想通过增加句子长度和使用复杂结构来打断和干扰考生正常的阅读习惯和思维方式，从而达到考察考生综合阅读能力的目的。这些长难句对考生解题似乎产生一定影响，本文拟结合历年真题，将其归类并逐一加以分析。 How to Read the Long and Difficult sentences Try to determine what makes the sentence difficult if the sentence contains a lot of difficult vocabulary, it may be that the sentence can be understood without knowing the meaning of every word, Try to crossing the out the unfamiliar items. The West had sent armies to capture and hold Jerusalem; instead they themselves fell victim to a host of new ideas and subtle influences which left their mark on the development of European literature, chivalry, warfare, sanitation, commerce, and political institutions, medicine, and the papacy itself. If the sentence is too long, try to break it up into smaller parts: The West had sent armies to capture and hold Jerusalem. They fell victim to a host of new ideas and subtle influences. These ideas and influences left their mark on the development of European literature, chivalry, warfare, sanitation, commerce, and political institutions, medicine, and the papacy itself. also if the sentence is too long, try to determine which parts of the sentence express specific details supporting the main idea. Often clauses which are set off by commas, or introduced by words such as which, who, and that, are used to introduce extra information or to provide supporting details, try crossing out the supporting details in order to determine the main idea These ideas and influences, which left their mark on the development of European literature, chivalry, warfare, sanitation, commerce, and political institutions, medicine, and the papacy itself, greatly changed Western culture. Learn to recognize the important grammatical and punctuation clues that can change the meaning of a sentence. Look for single words and affixes that can change the entire meaning of a sentence