高考长难句经典练习1

高考长难句经典练习1

长难句1：To be narrower than a piece of A4, you need to have roughly a 25-inch waist or less, which is much thinner than the 35-inch average American waist, practically impossible for most human beings.

译文：为了让你的腰比一张A4纸还要窄，你需要大约25英寸的腰围，甚至更小。这比一般美国人35英寸的腰围小多了，对大多数人几乎是不可能的。

分析：这个句子虽然很长，但结构还是很清晰的。To be narrower ... 在句首作目的状语，主句为you need to ... less，which引导一个非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词a25-inch waist or less。

点拨：

roughly：大致地；about

practically：几乎；差不多

长难句2：Reviewers have severely criticized the strange trend for pressuring women to try to reach an unachievable goal.

译文：评论家们严厉批评了这种奇怪的趋势，在这种趋势下，女性会迫于压力，努力去达到一个根本不可能实现的目标。

分析：本句的结构比较简单，主干为sb criticize sb / sth for ...

点拨：

pressure：[熟词生义]迫使 (同义替换force，帮助理解pressure)

长难句3：The fact that members of one culture do not express their emotions as openly as do members of another does not mean that they do not experience emotions.

译文：一种文化背景下的人不像另一种文化背景下的人一样直率地表达他们的情感，并不意味着他们没有这些情感。

分析：首先确定谓语动词，然后谓语动词前为主语，后为宾语，最后判断主语中的修饰成分，宾语中的修饰成分等。本句的主干为The fact does not mean that ...，其中，that they do not experience emotions是从句作mean的宾语。that members of oneculture do notexpress their emotions as openly as do members of another为fact的同位语从句，其中as do members of another是状语从句，助动词do位于主语membersof another前形成倒装，用于强调和平衡句子结构，主语后省略了express their emotions。

长难句4：The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing emotion are different.

译文：关键是不要随意评判那些以不同方式表达情感的人。

分析：whose关系代词，引导定语从句whose ways of showing emotion are different，修饰先行词people。

长难句5：A generation which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now favouring the same high street looks worn by those half their age.

译文：一度只穿过时衣服的那一代人，如今热衷于他们小辈才会穿的街头流行服饰。

分析：本句主干为a generation... is ...，which would once onlywear old-fashioned clothes为定语从句，修饰先行词a generation。worn by those half theirage过去分词作后置定语，表示被动，修饰looks。

点拨：

old-fashioned：过时的，不时髦的

favour：较喜欢；prefer

high street：大街(城镇的主要街道)(= main street)

street looks：街头时尚装扮

长难句6：It is your personality that decides who you truly are.

译文：性格决定真我。

点拨：主要让学生体会此处为什么用强调句，从而感悟强调句的作用以及使用场合。

长难句7：When all potential for ugliness is removed, so is all of the potential for beauty.

译文：美丑相依。(当所有潜在的“丑”被去掉之后，所有潜在的“美”也会随之消失)

分析：so引起主谓倒装，表示“……也是一样的”。