英语长难句70句分析(共14页).docx

精选优质文档-----倾情为你奉上如何掌握长难句复杂长句是考研阅读理解短文的最显著特点之一，是文章语言难度所在，也是命题者常常出题之处因此具备较好的剖析复杂长句的能力，对于考研阅读理解至关重要复杂长句典型的特点是，多个语法现象或特殊句式同时出现在一个较长的句子中，使句子修饰词很多，句中套句，成分中套成分，从而造成考生对其准确意义的理解困难对于复杂长句，不管其结构多么复杂多变、盘根错节，只要把握住句子结构的主脉络抓住句子的关键词和关键信息，再根据自己所掌握的各种语法知识及一些特殊句式的构成规律，就可理清头绪，找到思路由于复杂长句很难理解，考生在平时阅读时应多加练习下面分8类总结了最典型的70句真题长难句，希望考生复习时能多揣摩，如能将其中英文全部背熟，长难句肯定过关第一节 比较结构1.There are already robot systems that can perform some kinds of brain and bone surgery with submillimeter accuracy—far greater precision than highly skilled physicians can achieve with their hands alone.【参考译文】现在已有一些机器人系统能够进行精确到毫米以下的脑部和骨骼手术---这要比极具技巧的医生单单用手精确得多。

2.I have discovered，as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build-up of stress，that abandoning the doctrine of “juggling your life”，and making the alternative move into “downshifting” brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status．【参考译文】或许正像凯尔西在不堪积劳重负而公开地辞去她在《她》杂志社的编辑一职之后—样，我已经发现，放弃那种“为生活忙碌”的人生信条并转而追求比较悠闲的生活带给你的回报远远大于经济成功和社会地位3.While in America the trend started as a reaction to the economic decline—after the mass redundancies caused by downsizing in the late’80s—and is still linked to the politics of thrift，in Britain，at least among the middle-class down shifters of my acquaintance，we have different reasons for seeking to simplify our lives.【参考译文】在美国，这一返朴趋势是以经济衰落的反应为开始的---那是在80年代末期裁员而引起大量的失业之后---现在依然与提倡节俭的政纲相关；而在英国，最起码在我所熟识的中产阶级返朴归隐者中，追求简约生活的原因就多种多样了。

4.Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and its signs now than formerly．Summer homes，European travel，BMWs—the locations，place names and name brands may change，but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago．【参考译文】当然，人们现在对成功及其各种标志的兴趣似乎并不亚于先前消夏别墅、欧陆旅行、宝马车---地点、地各以及品牌或许会有变化，但这类事物在今天被人渴求的程度也似乎不会亚于一二十年前5.It is entirely reasonable for auditors to believe that scientists who know exactly where they are going and how they will get there should not be distracted by the necessity of keeping one eye on the cash register while the other eye is on the microscope．【参考译文】审查者完全有理由相信，知道自己准备做什么、怎么做的科学家不应该因为必须一只眼盯着收银机，—只眼盯着显微镜而分散了注意力。

6.If experiments are planned and carried out according to plan as faithfully as the reports in the science journals indicate，then it is perfectly logical for management to expect research to produce results measurable in dollars and cents．【参考译文】如果试验是像科学杂志上的报告所示的那样如实地根据计划规划和实施的话那么对管理层来说，期待研究能够产生可以用金钱衡量的结果是完全合理的7.The current passion for making children compete against their classmates or against the clock produces a two-layer system，in which competitive A-types seem in some way better than their B type fellows．【参考译文】现在这种让孩子们和其同学或时间竞争的热情导致了一个双层结构，在这个结构里面善于竞争的A类好像在某个方面要比他们B类的同辈更胜一筹。

第二节 非谓语结构8.Sad to say, this project has turned out be mostly low-level findings about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes，combined with lots of head-scratching puzzlement about what in the world those readers really want． 【参考译文】遗憾地讲，这次新闻机构可信度调查计划结果只获得了一些十分低层次的发现，比如新闻报道中的事实错误，拼写或语法错误(和这些低层次发现)交织在一起的还有许多令人挠头的困惑，譬如读者到底想读些什么9.The examples of Virtual Vineyards，Amazon．com，and other pioneers show that a web site selling the right kind of products with the right mix of interactivity, hospitality, and security will attract online customers. 【参考译文】像Virtual Vineyards，A这样的先驱网站表明，一个将交互性、热情服务和安全性合理结合以销售同类商品的网址是可以吸引网上客户注意的。

10.An invisible border divides those arguing for computers in the classroom on the behalf of students’ career prospects and those arguing for computers in the classroom for broader reasons of radical education reform．【参考译文】有些人为了学生的就业前景为教室里放置电脑而辩，有些人为教育的彻底改革中更为广泛的理由为教室早放置电脑而辩，这两群人之间有一条无形的界线11.But，for a small group of students，professional training might be the way to go since well-developed skills，all other factors being equal，can be the difference between having a job and not．【参考译文】但是，对一个小部分学生来说，职业教育也是条可取的路径。

因为在其他因素相同的情况下，技能的娴熟是得到工作与否的关键 12.Because current federal law already forbids the use of federal funds to create embryos (the earliest stage of human offspring before birth) for research or to knowingly endanger an embryos life，NBAC will remain silent on embryo research．【参考译文】因为现今的联邦法律已经禁止使用联邦基金克隆胚胎(人类后裔在出生前的最早阶段)用于研究或者有意地威胁胚胎的生命，NBAC在胚胎研究上将保持沉默13.His colleague，Michael Beer, says that far too many companies have applied re-engineering in a mechanistic fashion, chopping out costs without giving sufficient thought to long-term profitability. 【参考译文】他的同事迈克尔比尔说，有太多的公司已经用一种机械的方式实行公司内部的重新设计，在没有充分考虑长期赢利的能力下削减了成本。

14.Defenders of science have also voiced their concerns at meetings such as “The Flight from Science and Reason”，held in New York City in 1995，and “Science in the Age Of ( Mis ) information”，which assembled last June near Buffalo．【参考译文】科学卫士们在会议上也表述了他们的关注，比如．1995年在纽约市举行的“逃离科学与理性”会议，以及去年6月在布法罗附近召开的“(错误)信息时代的科学”会议15.After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates，Australias Nort。