六级阅读难句分析

语动词之前的成分就都归为主语，之后的成分有可能为谓语、宾语，但也可能只是修饰谓语

动词的修饰成分而已了。而对修饰成分，

（状语、定语等如副词、形容 词）先不特别注意，从

而提高阅读速度。

－）结构复杂的简单句

1.1

The communications revolution, the shift from a business culture of stability to one of mobility

and

the

mass

entry

of

women

into

the

workforce

have

greatly

wrecked

havoc

on

（扰乱）

’

private lives.

1.2

Automated techniques to measure these characteristics and verify a person

’

s identity infallibly

are attracting widespread attention in these days of increased use of credit cards and e-mail.

1.3

The plan can include researching industries and occupations, talking to people who are in your

desired area of work, taking classes, or accepting volunteer work in your targeted field.

1.4

Affluence

liberates

the

individual,

promising

that

everyone

can

choose

a

unique

way

to

self- fulfillment.

1.5

In many cases the money seemed to do little more than buy transient relief from the terrible

moans of their bored children.

二）并列句及并列复合句

2.1

Using this information, the amygdale appraises a situation---

I think this charging dog wants to

bite me

---- and triggers a response by radiating nerve signals throughout the body.

2.2

Today

’

s

rich

capitalists

have

regressed

to

the

‘

survival

of

the

fittest

’

ideas

and

their

loyalty

extends not to their workers or even to their stock holders but only to themselves.

三）插入语结构

3.1

To

casual

observers,

as

well

as

to

influential

natural

scientists

and

regional

planners,

the

luxuriant forests of Amazonian seem ageless.

3.2

In

developing

countries,

where

at

least

16

cities

are

expected

to

have

more

than

12

million

people

each

by

the

end

of

this

decade,

failing

to

give

priority

to

public

transport

would

be

disastrous.

3.3

This

version

of

the

mission

of

the

university---

with

teaching

at

the

centre

rather

than

the

periphery--- survives today in some quarters, but for the most part, and especially so for large

universities,

the

primary

laboratory

for

one

’

s

‘

work

’

,

must

be,

in

fact,

outside

the classroom,

with the only meaningful arena for the disposition of the knowledge thus constructed being by

publication for disciplinary peers.

四）比较结构

六级阅读辅导资料

4.1

During the past century, the average air temperature at the surface of the earth has risen, as has

the temperature of ocean surface waters.

4.2

I clearly had not found a way to help classes full of MBAs see that there is more to life than

money, power, fame and self-interest.

4.3

The so-called

‘

demonstration effect

’

of local people wanting the same luxurious and imported

goods as those indulged in by tourists.

五）强调句结构

5.1

It is the lack of action that ultimately holds people back from attaining their ideals.

5.2

It

is

protein

that

spiders

can

make

in

an

environmentally

friendly

way

similar

to

the

way

mammals make milk.

六）名词性从句和状语从句

6.1

The

prospect

that

income

inequality

will

lead

to

higher

taxes

on

the

wealthy

doesn

’

t

keep

plutocrats up at night.

6.2

Given the recent change of control in Congress, the popularity of measures like increasing the

minimum wage, and efforts by California

’

s governor to offer universal health care, these guys

don

’

t need their own personal weathermen to know which way the wind blows.

6.3

We didn

’

t hear about

‘

men

’

s language

’

until people began to respond to girls

’

appropriation of

forms normally reserved for boys and girls.

6.4

The findings add weight to the theory that large areas of the Amazon have recovered so well

from past periods of agricultural use that the regrowth has been mistaken by generations of

biologists for ‘

virgin

’

forest.

七）复合句和多重复合句

7.1

Men, these days, are embracing fatherhood with the round-the-clock involvement their partners

have always dreamed of--- handling night feedings, packing lunches and bandaging knees.

7.2

The

President

himself

is

constantly

leaving

Washington

and

the

business

of

the

nation

because he is summoned to

‘

fundraising dinners

’

where fat cats pay a thousand or so dollars a

plate

to

worn

their

way

into

government

not

through

service

but

through

donations

of

vast

amounts of money.

7.3

LeDoux studies the way animals and humans respond to threats to understand how we form

memories of significant events in our lives.

7.4

The use of gold as the unit of account during the days of the gold standard meant that the price

of all other commodities and services would swing up and down with reference to the price of

gold, which was not fixed.

7.5

This is the unorthodox view of a German soil scientist who has shown that burnt clearings in

the Amazon, dating back more than 1,000 years, helped create patches of rich, fertile soil that

farmers still benefit from today.

7.6

Since

variation

in

distance

and

city

densities

affect

the

total

kilometers

of

travel,

the

annual

number of trips each person takes by public transport provides a better standard for comparing

its importance in various cities.

7.7

Most governments, perhaps all governments, justify expenditure on scientific research in terms

of the economic benefits the scientific enterprise has brought in the past and will bring in the

future.

注意

1

：定语从句的翻译：拆分为两小 句，并重复先行词。

六级阅读辅导资料

It is often characterized as an essentially untouched natural environment in which man

’

s presence is

merely secondary.

注意

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：如果一个英文句子生涩难懂，在很大程度上是由于过多的出现了名词。而汉语 使用动

词的频率远远大于英文。所以在对英语句子理解翻译时候，就汉语习惯，要尽量换 成动词、

形容词、副词等去理解。

注 意

3

：中文的定语（。

。的）不论多长 都放在修饰的名词前面，但英文通常把长定语放在名

词后面，用

of

，或

that/which

等引导 的定语从句来表示出。

。

。的。

三

文章中的信号词

转折

。作用是否定前项而肯定后项，使前后两句话的方向或意思相反。表示转折的信号

词有：

but, yet, not

…

but

…

, however, whereas, in fact, on the contrary, conversely, on the other hand,

rather than

等，也有一些隐含的转折 ，如

unfortunately, unhappily, less happil y

。在阅读前半句时

就可以预测后半句的大意，使接下来的阅读 过程变成求证。通常出现转折的地方，就是出题

点。

分析：

When we worry about who might be spying on our private lives, we usually think about

the Federal agents. But the private sector outdoes the government every time. It

’

s Linda Tripp, not

the FBI, who is facing charges under Maryland

’

s laws against secret telephone taping. It

’

s our banks,

not the Internet Revenue Service (IRS), that pass our private financial data to telemarketing firms.

年

6

月

52. Contrary to popular belief, the author finds that spying on people

’

s privacy _______.

A. is mainly carried out by means of secret taping.

B. has been intensified with the help of the IRS

C. is practiced exclusively by the FBI

D. is more prevalent in business circles.

让步

。

与转 折信号词相同，让前后两句话的方向或意思相反。表示让步的信号词有：

though, although, while, despite, in spite of, nevertheless, nonetheless

等。

并列

。

< /p>

连词前后的内容是并列的成分，同为动词，形容词或名词等。有

A

and

B

型，

A, B and C

型。信号词有：

and, or, as well as , rather than

分析：

The modern city consists of monstrous edifices and of narrow, dark streets full of petrol fumes

and

toxic

gases,

torn

by

the

noise

of

the

taxicabs,

lorries

and

buses,

and

thronged

ceaselessly

by

great crowds.

比较

。分类比和对比两种。比较相同点的信号词有：

as

…

, like, similar, like, parallel to

等。

比较不同点：

more than, unlike, on the other hand, in contrast with

等。

举例

因果

大因果

----

表示原因或结果的成 分都是句子的，

叫大因果。

原因：

be cause, since, as, in that,

in as much as

等；结果：

so (that), thus, hence, as a result, turn out, consequently, thereby

1

）

The solution turned out to be advertising.

2

）

Paternity leave provides a new kind of training for men in that it can help them cope with stress.

小因果

---

< br>表示原因或结果的成分都是动词（词组）或介词（词组）

，叫小因果。

3

）

Increased air temperature has brought about higher sea levels.

4

）

Necessity led to experiment.

5

）

The high cost of oil poses serious problems for industry.

6

）

Viewing abnormally large amounts of violent television and video games may well contribute to

violent behavior in certain individuals.

7

）

In

1990,

smoking

caused

more

than

84,000

deaths,

mainly

resulting

from

such

problems

as