GRE阅读：长句、难句重磅解析（29）
<p> 1. <span word="Other">Other</span> <span word="theorists">theorists</span> <span word="propose">propose</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Moon">Moon</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="ripped">ripped</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Earths">Earths</span> <span word="rocky">rocky</span> <span word="mantle">mantle</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Earths">Earths</span> <span word="collision">collision</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="celestial">celestial</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Earths">Earths</span> <span word="iron">iron</span> <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="core">core</span>.</p><p> 其他的理论家提出，在地球的大部分铁沉入到地核之后，由于地球与另一个庞大的天体发生碰撞，月亮便从地球那石质的地幔中撕裂开来而形成的。<span word="Rip">Rip</span>:撕开;拨去;在本文是撕开的意思。</p><p> 难句类型：复杂修饰</p><p> 解释：这个句子虽然还算短，但结构并不简单，句中共有三介词结构作状语。结构的复杂在本句中给读者带来了真正的阅读困难：月亮、地球、大型天体之间的关系如何?三个事件之间的先后顺序怎样?另外的一个难点在于，在<span word="the">the</span> <span word="Moon">Moon</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="ripped">ripped</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Earths">Earths</span> <span word="rocky">rocky</span> <span word="mantle">mantle</span>这段话中，<span word="be">be</span> <span word="ripped">ripped</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="something">something</span>可以作两种解释。<span word="Rip">Rip</span>既有撕开的意思，又有剥去的意思，而此处的<span word="be">be</span> <span word="ripped">ripped</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="something">something</span>很被读者理解成被剥夺走某物的意思。实际上，根据对上下文的理解，这里应该理解成从某物中撕裂出来的意思。</p><p> 意群训练：<span word="Other">Other</span> <span word="theorists">theorists</span> <span word="propose">propose</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Moon">Moon</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="ripped">ripped</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Earths">Earths</span> <span word="rocky">rocky</span> <span word="mantle">mantle</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Earths">Earths</span> <span word="collision">collision</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="celestial">celestial</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Earths">Earths</span> <span word="iron">iron</span> <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="core">core</span>.</p><p> 2. <span word="However">However</span> , <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="scholarship">scholarship</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="strongly">strongly</span> <span word="suggested">suggested</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="aspects">aspects</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="England">England</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="distinctly">distinctly</span> <span word="Puritan">Puritan</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="religious">religious</span> <span word="orientation">orientation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="communal">communal</span> <span word="impulse">impulse</span>, <span word="were">were</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="typical">typical</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="England">England</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="whole">whole</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="largely">largely</span> <span word="confined">confined</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="colonies">colonies</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Connecticut">Connecticut</span>.</p>
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