雅思长难句解析(79) | 长难句 “综合版”

例句1

Although we usually think of ships when we think of Scandinavian expansion, these recent discoveries show that plenty of goods travelled on overland routes, like the mountain passes of Oppland.(剑16 Test3 Passage2 )

 

1)结构分析

层次一:

主句:these recent .......routes

修饰①:although......expansion【although状从,修饰主句,表让步】 

修饰②:like.....Oppland【介短定,修饰routes】

 

层次二:

修饰①内部:

主体:we usually think of ships

修饰:when....expansion-【when状从,修饰主体,表时间】

 

结构总结:主句+状从【嵌套状从】+介短

 

2)译文分析:红体字代表主干,括号代表修饰,大括号包括小括号

【虽然(当我们提到S地区的扩张时),我通常只会联想到船】,但是最近的发现表明:很多商品都是通过陆路运输的,(比如通过O山道)。

 

3)重点词汇:

expansion:n.  扩张

overland routes:(词组)陆路

goods:n. 商品

 

例句2

Remarkably, though, the finds from the ice may have continued through this period, perhaps suggesting that the importance of mountain hunting increased to supplement failing agricultural harvests in times of low temperatures, says Barrett..  (剑16 Test3 Passage2 )

 

1)结构分析 

层次一:

主句:the finds may have continued through this period

修饰①:suggesting .........【介短状语,修饰 glaciers could block..,表时间】

 

层次二:

修饰②内部:

主体:importance of mountain hunting increased

修饰①:to supplement......harvests【to do状语,修饰主体部分,表目的】

修饰②:in.....temperature【省略that的定从,修饰stuff】

 

结构总结:主句+doing【嵌套to do+介短】

 

2)译文分析:红体字代表主干,括号代表修饰,大括号包括小括号

(然而值得注意的是),从冰层中发现的东西可能一直持续了整段时期,【这可能表明:(为了补充低温时期农业收成的下降),山区狩猎的重要性增加了。】

 

3)重点词汇:

remarkably:adv. 令人值得注意的 显著的

period:n. 时期

supplement:v. 补充

agricultural harvests:(词组)农业收成

temperatures:n. 温度

 

例句3

But it turned out that hunters kept regularly venturing into the mountains even when the climate turned cold, based on the amount of stuff they had apparently dropped there.(剑16 Test3 Passage2)

 

1) 结构分析: 

层次一:

主句:But it turned out that hunters kept regularly venturing into the mountains

修饰①:even when.....cold【分词状】

修饰②:based on ...... there【done分词状语】

 

层次二:

修饰②内部:

主体: based on the amount of stuff

修饰:they .....there【省略that的定从,修饰stuff】

 

结构总结:主句+状从+done【嵌套定从】

 

2)译文分析:红体字代表主干,括号代表修饰,大括号包括小括号

但是,【根据(他们所遗留下的东西)数量来看】,(当气候转冷的时候),猎人们还是会经常冒险进入山区

 

3)重点词汇:

regularly:adv. 规律的 通常的

venture:v. 冒险

apparently:adv. 显然的 明显的 

climate:n. 气候

drop:v. 扔下