比較結構作為長難句中的“常客”,是構成長難句的重要部分,因此想要順利攻克長難句,就要將比較結構學懂學透。在距離考試只剩兩個月的時間里,考生還是要踏實備考,學好每一個細節的知識點。下面我們來學習一下比較結構的相關內容。
一、以句學句
●For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the 80's , down-shifting in the mid-90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life——growing your own organic vegetables , and risking turning into a simpler , less materialistic lifestyle——as a personal recognition of your limitations.
【主干識別】句子的主干部分為down-shifting in the mid-90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life.
【其他成分】For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the 80's 為介詞短語作狀語;growing your own organic vegetables , and risking turning into a simpler為同位語;as a personal recognition of your limitations為狀語。
【微觀解析】for為介詞,the women of my generation為名詞, the women of my generation被定語從句who were urged to keep juggling through the 80's修飾。
【難點探究】not so (as) much…as 這個比較結構的理解通常為“與其說,不如說”,例如:He was not so much angry as disappointed.(與其說他憤怒,不如說他失望。)
【譯文賞析】對于我這一代曾在整個80年代為生活奔波的女人們來說,90年代中期出現的歸隱恬退與其說使我們尋求一種神話般的美好生活(用有機肥種植蔬菜,并且冒險去過一種更加簡單和更少物質的生活方式),不如說我們清醒地認識到自身能力是有限的。
●Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and its signs now than formerly:summer homes , European travel , BMWs —— the locations , place names and name brands may change , but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago.
【詞匯突破】sign 標志
summer home 避暑山莊
【主干識別】People do not seem less interested in success and its signs.
【其他成分】now than formerly 為狀語;冒號后的句子summer homes ,European travel , BMWs —— the locations , place names and name brands may change , but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago 是對前面主句進行解釋說明。
【微觀解析】summer homes , European travel, BMWs名詞詞組表示列舉,是松散的句子結構。“—”之后的the locations , place names and name brands may change , but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago是對summer homes , European travel , BMWs進行的解釋。主句中比較對象為now和formerly;比較內容為“人們對這些事物的興趣”;比較結果為“人們的興趣沒有減弱”;從句中比較對象為 today 和a decade or two years ago.比較內容為“人們對其需求程度”;比較結果為“現在的需求與以前的需求是一樣的”。
【難點探究】出現包含否定的比較結構,且出現由標點引起的松散句子結構,但是在局部分析中句子結構還是很嚴密的。
【譯文賞析】當然,人們現在對成功及各種標志的興趣似乎并不亞于先前。消夏別墅、歐陸旅游、寶馬車——地點、地名以及品牌或許會有變化,但這類事物在今天被人渴求的程度也似乎不會亞于一二十年前。
二、考前練手
通過前兩個句子的詳細學習,相信各位考生都對比較結構有了更深一步的學習和認識,請大家通過下面的句子練手,檢驗一下自己的學習成果吧。
Surely there is no more commanding moral imperative for people in the west than to urge each other , and their governments , to bring relief to the world's poorest.
【點撥】確定出比較的三要素是這個句子理解的難點,加上no以后就可以確定than之后的內容是最高級。
堅持做一件事情挺難,一個人越想成功,他所遭受的委屈也就會越多。要使自己的生命獲得更大價值綻放更絢爛的光彩,就不能在乎委屈,不能讓它們揪緊我們的心、擾亂我們的生活。要學會一笑置之,要學會超然待之,要學會轉化勢能。考研更是如此,不到兩個月的時間,希望各位考生能堅持下來,創造奇跡!