2.具体步骤
1)找主干:先读句干,快速查找出主、谓、宾。再看修饰语,抓住整句肢体结构。
2)剔从句:抓住分句的主,谓语和引导词等关键信息,以确认从句在主句中的成分。
3)辨分句:根据句中的关联词来确认各分句和分句之间的逻辑关系(并列、转折、递进、对比等),把各层分句的意思加以连贯就构成了长句的句意。如:
Also, it is not uncommon any more to find carpenters with college degrees and carpenters with a solid knowledge of mathematics, which would enable them to deal with more difficult house designs.
这个句子的主句是:it is not uncommon any more to find carpenters…形式主语to find后面有两个宾语:carpenters with college degrees和carpenters with a solid knowledge of mathematics, 这两个宾语都有一个with引起的后置定语: with college degrees和with a solid knowledge of mathematics,后者又被一个which引导的非限定性定语从句which would enable them to deal with more difficult house designs所修饰。
这样的长句,如果没有扎实的语言基本功,就很难在短时间内理出头绪。
3.常考句式
1)多重复合句:重点是以it为形式主语的复合句。例:
It is generally believed that teaching is as much an art as it is a science.
However, today, more and more consumers are choosing“green”and demanding that the products they buy could be safe for environment.
2)被动句。例:
If the plants are killed, or are prevented from light so that they cannot grow normally, the corals will die.
3)倒装句。例:
Present at the meeting were Professor Smith, professor Brown, Sir Hugh and many other celebrities.
4)双重否定→肯定。例:
Never does he fail to attend the evening school. (=He always attends the evening school.)
5)“否定+比较结构”表最高级意义。例:
I've never heard a more interesting story than the one you told me just now. (=The story you told me just now is most interesting.)
当然,在平时训练中应注意词汇量的扩充,并且善于分析根词和构词法。在语法复合句的复习上应系统的强化训练,不囿于传统的语法层面,要多阅读,拓宽视野,才能提高阅读能力。