托福阅读中会遇到那些结构特别复杂的句子,我们把它叫做长难句。从今天开始,大家跟着我一起来分析和阅读句子。小编为大家带来托福阅读长难句100句,希望对大家托福备考有所帮助。
托福阅读长难句100句之18:生物灭绝时间
今天我们来看这样一个句子:
Scientists felt that they could get an idea of how long the extinctions took by determining how long it took to deposit this one centimeter of clay and they thought they could determine the time it took to deposit the clay by determining the amount of the element iridium (Ir) it contained. (TPO8, 52)
extinction /ɪk'stɪŋkʃən/ n. 灭绝,绝种;熄灭
deposit /dɪ'pɑzɪt/ v. 将(钱)存入银行; 付(定金);放下某物;使(淤泥等)沉积
clay /klei/ n. 粘土
Scientists felt that they could get an idea (of how long the extinctions took) (by determining)(how long it took to deposit this one centimeter of clay) and they thought they could determine the time (it took to deposit the clay)(by determining the amount of the element iridium (Ir) ) (it contained. ) (TPO8, 52)
句子分析:
修饰一:(of how long the extinctions took),介词短语
中文:灭绝所用的时间
修饰二:(by determining) ,介词短语
中文:通过确定
修饰三:(how long it took to deposit this one centimeter of clay) ,从句
中文:这层一厘米黏土层的沉积时间
修饰四:(it took to deposit the clay) ,从句,修饰time
中文:这层黏土层的沉积时间
修饰五:(by determining the amount of the element iridium (Ir) ) ,介词短语
中文:通过确定黏土层包含铱的含量
修饰六:(it contained. ) ,从句,修饰iridium
中文:它(黏土层)所包含的
参考翻译:
科学家感觉他们可以通过确定这层一厘米黏土层的沉积时间就可以知道灭绝所用的时间,而他们认为可以通过确定黏土层包含铱的含量能确定它(黏土层)所沉积的时间。
这个句子的主要修饰成分就是从句和介词短语,大家务必想清楚,每一个修饰成分修饰的是什么,才能看清楚这个句子的结构。
托福阅读长难句100句是不断积累而来的。每个人英语水平不一样,你觉得这个句子有点难,你就记录下来,然后反复阅读,当你平时看得都是这样长句子的时候,再回去看TPO中正常的句子,你就会豁然开朗。以上就是小编为你带来的托福阅读长难句100句
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