以2019年text 4 paragraph6第1 句为例:
Until now, many sellers that have a physical presence in only a single state or a few states have been able to avoid charging sales taxes when they ship to address outside those states.
现在给大家介绍分析长难句的步骤:
第一:找到句子中的所有动词
第二:分清楚谓语动词和非谓语从句
第三:通过谓语动词的个数判断从句的个数,即区分出主语和从句(当然很多时候从句可以通过用于引导从句的引导词而看出来)。
经过这样简单的三步,那么无论多长的句子,大家也能抓住最重要的信息了。
这句话只有34个单词,不过却还有很复杂的语法结构在里面。应对这个句子,首先我们需要理解一个尝试性问题,即until now, 后面的句子Many sellers that have a physical presence in only a single state or a few states have been able to avoid charging sales taxes when they ship to address outside those states.是发生在now之前还是now之后。通过一个简单的句子进行理解一下,比如:John worked hard until he died. 同学们可以理解出来的是,John去世之前一直在干活。所以对于这个复杂的考研英语的长难句,我们理解出来Many sellers that have a physical presence in only a single state or a few states have been able to avoid charging sales taxes when they ship to address outside those states.这件事是发生now之前的。Many sellers that have a physical presence in only a single state or a few states have been able to avoid charging sales taxes when they ship to address outside those states. 从句包括:have, have been able to, ship to, avoid, charging, address. 其中,根据我们平时背诵短语, be able to do, 说明avoid是非谓语,avoid doing, 说明charging是非谓语,ship to do, address 是非谓语。所以,这句话中一共三个谓语,即有两个从句,一个主句,接下来通过引导词判断从句。Sellers, 即这个名词后面的that从句是定语从句。即我们通常理解出来的:名词+that引导的定语从句。除了定语从句,与此同时我们可以发现when引导的时间状语从句。所以句子主干部分为:Many sellers have been able to avoid charging sales taxes.
译文:
在此之前,许多仅在一个或数个州有实体存在的商家在向州外地址运送(商品)时都可以避免收取销售税。
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