编辑点评: GRE阅读中的难句不仅因为里面的词汇,更因为里面的语法结构复杂。首先,GRE阅读具有很强的逻辑递进关系,不能将词汇脱离文章整个结构来解读,其次,阅读的作者们想方设法的增加考生的阅读难度,增加修饰关系,倒装句是他们一直使用的方式,因此看透这些句子的语法结构就是考生们不得不使用的破解招数。
同位语是用来对名词或者是名词代词作进一步的解释,一般说来它有单词、短语和从句三种形式。同位语从句是名词从句的一种,置于某些名词之后,如fact, doubt, idea, news, hope, indication, decision, possibility, assumption, suggestion, question等等。这种从句通常是由that引导的,有时也会用到如what, why, whether, when等来引导。
同位语从句和定语从句在句子结构上有一定的相似,容易使人混淆.要注意在同位语从句中that, what, who等连接代词在句中并不充当句子成分。
在进行英文阅读时,要注意同位语与本位语分割的现象,这种现象常常会造成阅读理解上的困难,特别是发生在句子结构本身十分复杂的时候。例如:
The word radar, coined as a code name in World War II, was derived from the phrase Radio Detection And Ranging.这句话的中文意思是radar这个词,是第二次世界大战期间作为一个代号而造出来的,是Radio Detection And Ranging这个词组的缩写。本句的radar是word的同位语。同位语常常表示本位语的另一种说法,指出本位语的具体内容或者列举、突出本位语的一部分内容。同位语一般置于本位语之后,可以不用标点符号隔开,也可以用逗号、冒号或破折号隔开,例如:The thought came to him that maybe the enemy had fled the city.这里thought就和它的由that引导的同位语从句被谓语部分came to him所分割。
There is a growing realization that had Saddam Hussein focused his missile-development programs on this sort of hardware rather than developing the Scud, Desert Storm could have seen targets in Saudi Arabia and Israel bombarded by weapons whose miss distance might have been measured in terms of tens or hundreds of meters rather than kilometers.
句子解析:这个句子的主干部分十分简短,即There is a growing realization. That引导的是虚拟的关于realization的同位语从句,并且在这个从句中还有一个whose引导的定语从句用于修饰weapons。
句子翻译:现在人们越来越认识到,如果沙达姆 .侯赛因当初将其导弹发展计划集中在这种硬件而不是发展 飞毛腿 导弹,那么 沙漠风暴 行动中,轰炸沙特阿拉伯和以色列的导弹发射的误差距离恐怕就不会以千米而是以几十或几百米测算了。
四、分词作状语结构
分词通常有现在分词和过去分词两种,他们在文中,不仅可以作为形用词,而且还能像副词短语那样,说明动词或表达某个整句要表达的概念。例如:Then, having ensured that their species will survive, the shrimp die as the last of the water evaporates.然后,在确保其物种能生存下去之后,虾子就会随着最后一点水蒸发掉而死去。这个句子的having ensured that their species will survive相当于when或者是after,即分词短语可以用来做表示时间的状语部分。又如:Used economically, one bottle of kerosene will last for at least one month.用的节省的话,一瓶煤油至少可以用一个月。这时的分词又可以用来表示条件和原因。再如:Granting the achievement to be great, there is still something to be desired.即使成就是巨大的,仍有一些有待改进的地方。这时可见分词短语在这里又可以表示让步。此外分词做状语还可以表示伴随等情况。
上面的例文希望考生们在看时,先自己分析一下,再看看和下面的结果是不是一致。
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