SAT閱讀中的長難句是困擾同學們理解文章的主要障礙之一。長達5～10行的長句在形式上就讓很多同學望而卻步，甚至很多同學在讀完一半的時候就已經(jīng)忘記了前面講了什么; 甚至會在看句子前就產(chǎn)生了恐慌心里。

顯然，SAT長難句是我們在背完單詞之后，需要重點訓練的部分。SAT長難句涉及到很多語法知識，所以練習理解和解析閱讀中的長難句的同時，還可以幫助我們推高語法和寫作的能力。

這篇文章為大家整理分析了SAT考試中經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)的五大SAT長難句類型。一起來看一看吧！

【1】In an increasing noisy cultural scence, with many voices competing for attention, one feels - perhaps incorrectly but none the less insistently - the need to make one's own small stir, however pathetic.

長句類型：復雜修飾+插入語

難詞解釋： stir n. 騷亂，感動，攪拌;

pathetic adj. 差勁的，可憐的，可悲的

insistently adv. 堅持地

語法分析：In an increasing noisy cultural scence（狀語）, with many voices competing for attention, one（主語）feels（謂語） - perhaps incorrectly but none the less insistently（插入語）- the need（賓語） to make one's own small stir, however pathetic.（補語）

參考譯文：在文化背景浮躁喧騰、百家爭鳴的情況下，人們會一再感受到(盡管可能是錯誤的感受)：自己需要引起別人的注意，哪怕很不起眼。

【2】Perhaps one can say with more than mere intuition that certain skills do atrophy through notbeing used, that an increasing reliance on electronics to mediate our apprehension of theworld does lead to the loss of certain sensitivities, and that to lose any sensitivity or awareness is limiting and unwise.

長句類型：復雜修飾+并列機構(gòu)

難詞解釋：intuition n. 直覺atrophy v. 萎縮，衰退mediate v. 調(diào)停

語法分析：Perhapsone（主語）can say(謂語）with more than mere intuition(可看做修飾謂語成分）that certain skills do atrophy through notbeing used, that an increasing reliance on electronics to mediate our apprehension of theworld does lead to the loss of certain sensitivities, and that to lose any sensitivity or awareness is limiting and unwise.（賓語從句）（that, that, and that 并列連接詞）

參考譯文：或許，不僅憑直覺也可以認為：某些技能不使用就必定退步，日益依賴于電子器件以促成對世界的理解確實導致了某些敏感的喪失，而喪失任何敏感和覺悟都會使人受限制和不明智的。

【3】The enemy of artists like Magritte is naive realism—the dogged assumption that the human sensory apparatus accurately records the one and only real world, of which the human brain can make but one accurate model.

長句類型：同位語難詞解釋：naive adj. 天真的，輕信的 apparatus n. 器械，器具

語法分析：The enemy of artists(主語)like Magritte (謂語)naive realism—the dogged assumption(同位語)that the humansensory apparatus(主語) accurately records(謂語)the one and only real world(賓語), of which the human brain can make but one accurate model.

參考譯文：單純的現(xiàn)實主義者站在像馬格利特這樣的藝術家的對立面，他們固執(zhí)地認為人的感官能夠精確地反映唯一的現(xiàn)實世界，人腦就是這其中一個準確的例子。

【4】Not without purpose had he come down to Yorkshire：his mission was clear, and he intended to discharge it conscientiously: he anxiously desired to have his niece married; to make for her a suitable match; give her in charge to a proper husband, and wash his hands of her forever.

長句類型：倒裝 + 復雜修飾

難詞解釋：discharge v. 排出，釋放，解除

was hone's hands of v. 不過問

語法分析：Not without purpose(狀語)had(謂語)he(主語) come down to(謂語)Yorkshire(賓語)：his mission was clear, and he intended to discharge it conscientiously: he anxiously desired to havehis niece married; to make forher a suitable match; giveher in charge to a proper husband, and washhis hands of her forever.

參考譯文：他來約克郡不是沒有目的：他有明確的使命，本打算本著負責的態(tài)度完成：他急切地渴望能給侄女找到合適的對象，嫁給一個門當戶對的丈夫，自己可以從此不再管她。

【5】It was no accident that nineteenth-century naturalist Charles Darwin strove to connectthe mentality and emotionality of people with that of dogs, rather than, say,doves or horses.

長句類型：插入語 + 復雜修飾

難詞解釋：naturalist n. 博物學家

語法分析：It was(謂語)no accident(賓語)that nineteenth-century naturalist Charles Darwin(主語)strove to connect(謂語)the mentality and emotionality(賓語） of people with that of dogs, rather than, say(插入語),doves or horses.

參考譯文：19世紀的博物學家查爾斯·達爾文努力將人的心態(tài)和情感與狗的心態(tài)和情感聯(lián)系起來，而不是鴿子或馬的心態(tài)和情感聯(lián)系起來，這并非偶然。

以上便是為大家總結(jié)的SAT中常見的五大長難句的類型，其實我們可以清晰的看出，之所以覺得句子長和難，是源于復雜的修飾語成分。但其實，只要能夠清晰解析句子結(jié)構(gòu)，并且找到主謂賓，那么理解句子大意沒有任何困難。

【微語】留學是增長見識，提升自我的好機會，愿你在外國的土地上收獲滿滿，前程似錦。