如何快速读懂雅思阅读中的长难句？

 雅思阅读中的长难句一般都具有一下特点：长度比较长，一句话3-4行；结构比较复杂，各种成分之间的修饰限定；词汇比较难，大多学术词汇。虽然长难句看起来比较难以攻破，但是只要同学们掌握了分析方法和技巧，就能又快有准地看懂这些句子。

雅思阅读长难句分析的方法可以归纳为两点 ：找主干，理分支。

第一步：找主干

记住这里的主干指的是长难句分析中主句的主谓宾成分，由于长难句大多都是由各种不同的从句和主句一起构成，所以大家要分辨清楚主句和从句的主谓，避免混淆。

第二步：理分支

对长难句中除了主句的部分进行梳理，分清楚是名词性从句、定语从句还是状语从句，再对整句话进行判断和理解。

例句1:

During this period, researchers from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the Central American Institute of Health in Nicaragua, the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua and the Costa Rucan Institute of Health interviewed nearly 3,000 women, some of whom had learnt to read as children, some during the literacy crusade and some who had never learnt at all.

第一步：找主干

researchers interviewed  

第二步：理分支

During this period为时间状语;

from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the Central American Institute of Health in Nicaragua, the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua and the Costa Rucan Institute of Health 为四个并列的介词短语构成的后置定语

nearly 3,000 women为谓语interviewed的宾语;

some of whom had learnt to read as children, some during the literacy crusade and some who had never learnt at all. 为三个并列的定语从句，修饰women。

翻译：

在此期间，来自利物浦热带医学院，尼加拉瓜中美洲健康研究所，国立自治大学的尼加拉瓜和哥斯达黎加卫生研究所的研究人员采访了将近3000名妇女，他们中的一些人在儿童时期就学会了阅读，一些人在扫盲运动中学会了阅读，还有一些人根本就没有学过阅读。

例句2:

Behaviorists  suggest  that the child who is raised in an environment where there are many stimuli which develop his or her capacity for appropriate responses will experience greatly intellectual development.

第一步：找主干

Behaviorists  suggest

第二步：理分支

that the child who is raised in an environment where there are many stimuli which develop his or her capacity for appropriate responses will experience greatly intellectual development.为that引导的宾语从句，位于主句谓语动词suggest后面，并且宾语从句内的主语是child，谓语为will experience；

who is raised in an environment为who引导的定语从句修饰child；

which develop his or her capacity for appropriate responses为which引导的定语从句，修饰stimuli。

翻译：

行为学家认为，如果一个孩子在有许多刺激物的环境中长大，而这些刺激物又能发展他或她作出适当反应的能力，那么他或她就会有很大的智力发展。

例句3:

The cessation of the employment of extraordinary means to prolong the life of the body when there is irrefutable evidence that biological death is imminent is the decision of the patient and/or her immediate family.

第一步：找主干

The cessation is

第二步：理分支

of the employment of extraordinary means to prolong the life of the body 为后置定语修饰名词cessation；

of the patient and/or her immediate family为后置定语修饰名词decision。

以上内容就是关于雅思阅读长难句分析的方法和总结，希望能够帮助同学们快速而且准确的理解雅思阅读中的长难句。