解决GRE阅读长难句对策（3）
<p> <span word="Thus">Thus</span>,<span word="what">what</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="contrast">contrast</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Puritan">Puritan</span> <span word="colonies">colonies</span> <span word="appears">appears</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Davis">Davis</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="peculiarly">peculiarly</span> <span word="Southern">Southern</span> <span word="acquisitiveness">acquisitiveness</span>,<span word="a">a</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="interest">interest</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="politics">politics</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="law">law</span>,<span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tendency">tendency</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cultivate">cultivate</span> <span word="metropolitan">metropolitan</span> <span word="cultural">cultural</span> <span word="modelswas">modelswas</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="typically">typically</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cultural">cultural</span> <span word="patterns">patterns</span> <span word="exhibited">exhibited</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Puritan">Puritan</span> <span word="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Connecticut">Connecticut</span>,<span word="but">but</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="certainly">certainly</span> <span word="characteristic">characteristic</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="colonies">colonies</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Barbados">Barbados</span> <span word="north">north</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Rhode">Rhode</span> <span word="Island">Island</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Hampshire">Hampshire</span>.</p><p> 因此，那些与清教殖民地形成鲜明对比、并在戴维斯教授的心目中显得具有特殊南方色彩的特征占有欲、对政治和法律的浓厚兴趣、以及培养大都市文化模式的倾向不仅仅要比清教的马萨诸塞州和康乃涅克州所展现出来的文化模式更具有典型的英国色彩，并且几乎毫无疑问地构成了绝大多数其它早期近代英国殖民地的特征，从巴巴多斯北至罗得岛和新罕布什尔州。</p><p> 难句类型：复杂修饰、插入语</p><p> 解释：这个颇长的句子是由一个<span word="what">what</span>从句做主语，此主语<span word="what">what</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="contrast">contrast</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Puritan">Puritan</span> <span word="colonies">colonies</span> <span word="appears">appears</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="davins">davins</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="peculialy">peculialy</span> <span word="Southern">Southern</span>中有又一些插入语的修饰成分，其实主干很简单，就是<span word="what">what</span> <span word="appears">appears</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="Southern">Southern</span>.<span word="Southern">Southern</span>后的两个破折号之间的内容是主语的同位语，实际起到了一个插入语的作用。一直到句子写了五行之后，谓语动词<span word="was">was</span>才姗然出现，难怪读者看得不舒服。<span word="But">But</span> <span word="also">also</span>之后，省略了与前面一样的<span word="was">was</span>.</p>
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