托福閱讀長難句100句:熱帶地區(qū)土地面積

　　The tropics contain a larger surface area of land than higher latitudes——a fact that is not always evident when we examine commonly used projections of Earth's curved surface, since this tends to exaggerate the areas of land in the higher latitudes——and some biogeographers regard the differences in diversity as a reflection of this effect. (TPO40, 55)

　　tropics n. 熱帶

　　projection n. 發(fā)射，投射;

　　exaggerate /?g'zæd??re?t/ v. 夸張，夸大

　　大家自己先讀，不回讀，看一遍是否能理解

　　The tropics contain a larger surface area of land than higherlatitudes——(a fact) (that is not always evident) (when we examine commonly used projections of Earth's curved surface), (since this tends to exaggerate the areas of land in the higher latitudes)——and some biogeographers regard the differences in diversity as a reflection of this effect. (TPO40,55)

　　托福閱讀長難句100句分析：

　　這個(gè)句子的主干就是一個(gè)并列結(jié)構(gòu)，中間被一個(gè)破折號(hào)隔開了。

　　The tropics contain a larger surface area of land than higher latitudes and some biogeographers regard the differences in diversity as a reflection of this effect.

　　修飾一：(a fact) ，同位語

　　中文：一個(gè)事實(shí)

　　修飾二：(that is not always evident) ，從句

　　中文：不總是那么明顯

　　修飾三：(when we examine commonly used projections of Earth's curved surface) ，從句

　　中文：當(dāng)我們?cè)谧屑?xì)觀察通常所用的地球曲面投影時(shí)

　　修飾四：(since this tends to exaggerate the areas of land in the higher latitudes) ，從句

　　中文：因?yàn)檫@往往夸大了高緯度的土地面積

　　托福閱讀長難句100句參考翻譯：

　　熱帶比高緯度包含更大的的土地面積——當(dāng)我們?cè)谧屑?xì)觀察通常所用的地球曲面投影時(shí)，這一事實(shí)并不總是顯而易見的，因?yàn)檫@往往夸大了高緯度的土地面積——并且一些生物地理學(xué)家認(rèn)為多樣性的差異反映了這一影響。

　　這個(gè)句子的主要修飾成分就是從句和同位語，大家務(wù)必想清楚，每一個(gè)修飾成分修飾的是什么，才能看清楚這個(gè)句子的結(jié)構(gòu)。