GRE考试阅读辅导:长难句实例分析50
<p> <span word="For">For</span> <span word="example">example</span>,<span word="the">the</span> <span word="spiral">spiral</span> <span word="arrangement">arrangement</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="scale">scale</span>-<span word="bract">bract</span> <span word="complexes">complexes</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="ovule">ovule</span>-<span word="bearing">bearing</span> <span word="pine">pine</span> <span word="cones">cones</span>,<span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="reproductive">reproductive</span> <span word="organs">organs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="conifers">conifers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="located">located</span>,<span word="is">is</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="production">production</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="airflow">airflow</span> <span word="patterns">patterns</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="spiral">spiral</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cones">cones</span> <span word="surfaces">surfaces</span>,<span word="thereby">thereby</span> <span word="passing">passing</span> <span word="airborne">airborne</span> <span word="pollen">pollen</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="scale">scale</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span>.</p><p> 例如,带有胚珠的松球的鳞苞综合体的螺旋状安排,亦即松柏目植物雌性殖器官的所在位置,对于气流模式的形成与产生殊为重要,而这些气流模式在松球的表现盘旋上升,从而把在空气中飞行的花粉从一个鳞苞传播至下一个鳞苞。</p><p> 难句类型:复杂修饰、插入语、专有名词</p><p> 解释:本句的两大难点中,一是结构复杂,二是专有名词较多。在主语<span word="the">the</span> <span word="spiral">spiral</span> <span word="arrangement">arrangement</span>之后,出现了长长的定语,其中套了三层修饰,这样读者就难以把主语和谓语联系到一块。另外,句中的大量生词也明显干扰了我们的理解,<span word="spiral">spiral</span> <span word="arrangment">arrangment</span>、<span word="scale">scale</span>-<span word="bract">bract</span> <span word="complexes">complexes</span>、<span word="ovule">ovule</span>-<span word="bearing">bearing</span>、<span word="pine">pine</span> <span word="cones">cones</span>、<span word="female">female</span> <span word="reproductive">reproductive</span> <span word="organ">organ</span>、<span word="airflow">airflow</span> <span word="pattern">pattern</span>等。其中只有后面的三个单词我们有可能根据常识大概猜出其含义。那么现场阅读时遇到这种东西又该如何处理呢?</p><p> 可以肯定的是<span word="ETS">ETS</span>的出题者并没有期望读者都是生物学家或物理学家,而且从众多的出题的情况来看,也根本不可能考到任何必须对专有名词作精确理解的内容。读到这种东西的时候,读者的首要任务是从联系文章出题的角度,读出这句话与文章主题有关的意思,从而理解它在文章中的作用。比如这个句子,读者只要能够读出<span word="the">the</span> <span word="arrangement">arrangement</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="reproductive">reproductive</span> <span word="organs">organs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="conifers">conifers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ollen">ollen</span> <span word="waste">waste</span>这个意思即可。</p>
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