就四級考試而言,所謂難句,一難在于結(jié)構(gòu),二難在于詞匯因素。如:As a result of all of the newspaper and TV attention,the problem of the rain forest has bee well known. (as a result of 表明因果關(guān)系,其后跟隨的名詞性短語說明的是原因。這時可把說明性部分刪去,以確定主題。
第二節(jié) 句子的閱讀和理解
一、 確定難點所在,簡化難點
1. 如果句子里生詞多,可把生詞刪去,看看是否理解剩下部分。
(9)表示強調(diào)的有:in fact,as a matter of fact,in reality,in effect,sure enough,to be sure,actually,especially,above all,in particular,particularly,most importantly,omst important of all等。
(5)表示對照的有:but,however,nevertheless,rather than,instead of,on the other hand,by contrast,on the contrary,while,whereas,in spite of that,in contrast,conversely等。
(1)表示列舉的有:firstly,secondly,thirdly,finally,in the first(second,third)place,to begin with,to start with,first of all,next,also,after that,then等。