考生一定搞清 and, or, but, yet, for 等都是并列连词,是并列句的拆分:点,这些并列连词连接的是并列句。
3)从属连词
考生一定要清楚从属连词引导从句,是主从复合句的拆分点。状语从句的连接词有:when, as, since, until ,before, after, where, because, though, although, so that等;名词性从句连接词有:that, whether/if, who, whom, whose, what, which, whatever, whichever, when, where, how, why等;定语从句的连接词有:who, which, that, whom, whose, when, why, where等。
4)动词不定式和分词
不定式结构(to do)常常构成不定式短语,可以用来做定语或者状语,可以是拆分点;分词包括现在分词和过去分词,常常用来构成分词短语做定语或者状语等修饰语,也可以是拆分点。
5)介词短语
由on, in, with, at, of, to 等介词构成的介词短语可以用来做定语或者状语等修饰语,所以它们也是理解英语句子的拆分点。
以上这些“信号词”在拆分英语句子时可能断开的地方www.med126.com,但并不是绝对的。它们有助于我们看清句子结构,进而更好地理解英语原文。但是,在拆分长难句的过程中,最好不要把单独的一个英语单词拆分出来,基础好的同学可以不用过细地拆分。
考研英语真题中长难句拆分与表达的示例
This trend began during the Second World War, when several governments came to the conclusion that the specific demands that a government wants to make of its scientific establishment cannot generally be foreseen in detail.
(1)句子拆分
拆分点:从属连词、介词、标点符号
This trend began ∥during the Second World War, ∥ when several governments came to the conclusion ∥that the specific demands ∥that a government wants to make of its scientific establishment cannot generally be foreseen ∥in detail.