解决GRE阅读长难句对策（2）
<p> <span word="Portrayals">Portrayals</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="folk">folk</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg</span> <span word="County">County</span>, <span word="North">North</span> <span word="Carolina">Carolina</span>, <span word="whom">whom</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="remembers">remembers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="childhood">childhood</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="jazz">jazz</span> <span word="musicians">musicians</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tenement">tenement</span> <span word="roofs">roofs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="Harlem">Harlem</span> <span word="days">days</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</span> <span word="steelworkers">steelworkers</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="reconstruction">reconstruction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="classical">classical</span> <span word="Greek">Greek</span> <span word="myths">myths</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="guise">guise</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ancient">ancient</span> <span word="Black">Black</span> <span word="kingdom">kingdom</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Benin">Benin</span>, <span word="attest">attest</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="this">this</span>.</p><p> 一些描述，关于他从小就记得的北卡罗来纳州的<span word="M">M</span>县的人民、关于他在<span word="H">H</span>的日子里的爵士乐手和公寓的房顶、关于匹兹堡的钢铁工人的描述和他的假借古代<span word="B">B</span>国对古希腊神话得宠俗，都表现了这一点。<span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="guise">guise</span> <span word="of">of</span> :假借、在的幌子下，假装。</p><p> 难句类型：复杂修饰</p><p> 解释：本句主语之长，主语的长度与谓语长度的比例之大，是极为罕见的，在最后的三个单词<span word="attest">attest</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="this">this</span>之前的所有内容，全是主语，主语和谓语的比例达到了46比3。不熟秋<span word="GRE">GRE</span>和<span word="GMAT">GMAT</span>句式的人是很难把这句读懂的。句子的主语实际上是一个由<span word="and">and</span>连接的并列结构，而真正的主语只有两个：<span word="Portrayals">Portrayals</span> 和<span word="his">his</span> <span word="reconstruction">reconstruction</span>.<span word="Portrayals">Portrayals</span>后面长度惊人的修饰成分以三个大列举的方式说出了其描述的对象，其中第一个列举中又包含了一个定语从句，修饰前面的<span word="folk">folk</span>，第二个主语的修饰成分中使用了一抽象词组：<span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="guise">guise</span> <span word="of">of</span>,相当于一个介词，其意思是假借，在的幌子下，假装。</p><p> 意群训练：<span word="Portrayals">Portrayals</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="folk">folk</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg</span> <span word="County">County</span>, <span word="North">North</span> <span word="Carolina">Carolina</span>, <span word="whom">whom</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="remembers">remembers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="childhood">childhood</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="jazz">jazz</span> <span word="musicians">musicians</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tenement">tenement</span> <span word="roofs">roofs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="Harlem">Harlem</span> <span word="days">days</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</span> <span word="steelworkers">steelworkers</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="reconstruction">reconstruction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="classical">classical</span> <span word="Greek">Greek</span> <span word="myths">myths</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="guise">guise</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ancient">ancient</span> <span word="Black">Black</span> <span word="kingdom">kingdom</span> <span word="of">of</span></p>
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