考研英语长难句详解(53)
<p> 53. <span word="Fallois">Fallois</span> <span word="proposed">proposed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Proust">Proust</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="begin">begin</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="novel">novel</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1908, <span word="abandoned">abandoned</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="demonstration">demonstration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Saint">Saint</span>-<span word="Beuve">Beuve</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="blindness">blindness</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="nature">nature</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="writing">writing</span> , <span word="found">found</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="essay">essay</span> <span word="giving">giving</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="memories">memories</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fictional">fictional</span> <span word="developments">developments</span> ,<span word="and">and</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="steadily">steadily</span> <span word="developing">developing</span> <span word="novel">novel</span>.</p><p> <span word="F">F</span>认为，<span word="P">P</span>在1908年试图开始写一部小说，又为了写一部批判<span word="S">S</span>-<span word="B">B</span>的 伟大作品的真正本质的视而不见的长篇的证明而放弃了这部小说，其后又发现这一论文又勾起了其个人记忆及小说情节的萌生，使得后者取而代之形成了一部稳定展开的小说。难句类型：复杂修饰、抽象词</p><p> 解释：本句来自历来被<span word="GRE">GRE</span>考生尊称为所有<span word="GRE">GRE</span>文科文章中难度第一的普鲁斯特的追忆似水年华，这篇文章的难度远远高于现在计算机考试的题目。普鲁斯特是公认的意识流小说的先驱，据笔者推测，本文的原作者必定是研究普鲁斯特的大家，因此其文章必然带有思维的跳跃，、不连贯性、时空颠倒等意识流手法：经过<span word="ETS">ETS</span>的改编后，虽然可读性略有啬，然积重难返、无法救药，于是堕落成一篇流水帐文章。从本句的结构来看，也可以表现作者的这种叙事风格：本句从<span word="that">that</span>引导的宾语从句开始，实际上是以普鲁斯特的意识流向为线索，以列举的方式描述其动机的变化，从一开始的写别的小说，其英文为<span word="Prout">Prout</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="to">to</span> , <span word="abandoned">abandoned</span> ,<span word="found">found</span> ,<span word="and">and</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span>..。但是因为<span word="abandoned">abandoned</span>之后的状语<span word="for">for</span> 的结构复杂、用词抽象，所以这个结构不太容易被看出来。<span word="Blindness">Blindness</span>在此不是指真盲，而是指缺乏辨认能力<span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="discern">discern</span>, <span word="make">make</span> <span word="out">out</span>,<span word="or">or</span> <span word="discover">discover</span>,视而不见。<span word="Give">Give</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="to">to</span> 这个词组的意思是引起，使发生。</p>
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