英语长句的分析

英语长句的分析

一般来说，造成长句的原因有三方面：

(1)

修饰语过多；

(2)

并列成分多；

(3)

语言结构层次多。

在分析长句时可以采用下面的方法：

(1)

找出全句的主语、谓语和宾语，从整体上把握句子的结构。

(2)

找出句中所有的谓语结构、 非谓语动词、介词短语和从句的引导词。

(3)

分析从句和短语的功能，例如，是否为主语从句，宾语 从句，表语从句等，若是状语，它是表示

时间、原因、结果、还是表示条件等等

)

。

(4)

分析词、短语和从句之间的相互关系，例如，定语从句 所修饰的先行词是哪一个等。

(5)

注意插入语等其他成分。

(6)

注意分析句子中是否有固定词组或固定搭配。

1.

Behaviorists

suggest

that

the

child

who

is

raised

in

an

environment

where

there

are

many

stimuli

which

develop

his

or

her

capacity

for

appropriate

responses will experience greater intellectual development.

2. For a family of four

，

for example

，

it is more convenient as well as cheaper to

sit comfortably at home

，

with almost unlimited entertainment available

，

than to

go out in search of amusement elsewhere.

3. But now it is realized that supplies of some of them are limited

，

and it is even

possible to give a reasonable estimate of their “expectation of life”

，

the time it

will take to exhaust all known sources and reserves of these materials.

4. Prior to the twentieth century

，

women in novels were stereotypes of lacking

any

features

that

made

them

unique

individuals

and

were

also

subject

to

numerous restrictions imposed by the male-dominated culture.

5. It begins as a childlike interest in the grand spectacle and exciting event

；

it

grows

as

a

mature

interest

in

the

variety

and

complexity

of

the

drama

，

the

splendid

achievements

and

terrible

failures

；

it

ends

as

deep

sense

of

the

mystery of man`s life of all the dead

，

great and obscure

，

who once walked the

earth

，

and of wonderful and awful possibilities of being a human being.

6. If parents were prepared for this adolescent reaction

，

and realized that it was a

sign

that

the

child

was

growing

up

and

developing

valuable

powers

of

observation

and

independent

judgment

，

they

would

not

be

so

hurt

，

and

therefore would not drive the child into opposition by resenting and resisting it.

7.

It

therefore

becomes

more

and

more

important

that

，

if

students

are

not

to

waste their opportunities

，

there will have to be much more detailed information

about courses and more advice.

8. It is probably easier for teachers than for students to appreciate the reasons

why

learning

English

seems

to

become

increasingly

difficult

once

the

basic

structures and patterns of the language have been understood.

9. They (the poor) are the first to experience technological progress as a curse

which destroys

the old

muscle- power

jobs

that previous

generations

used

as

a

means to fight their way out of poverty.

10.A

great

number

of

graduate

students

were

driven

into

the

intellectual

slum

when in the United States the intellectual poor became the classic poor

，

the poor

under the rather romantic guise of the Beat Generation

，

a real phenomenon in

the late fifties.

11.

Such

is

a

human

nature

in

the

West

that

a

great

many

people

are

often

willing

to

sacrifice

higher

pay

for

the

privilege

of

becoming

white

collar

workers.

all but

：几乎，差不多

as anything

：非常地

anything but

：根本不

apart from

：除了

but for

：要不是

by far

：远不，

……

得多

by no means

：根本不

by any means

：无论如何