托福閱讀高難度文章長難句實例解析：巖石藝術的風格趨向多樣化

　　The frequency with which certain simple motifs appear in these oldest sites has led rock-art researchers to adopt a descriptive term—the Panaramitee style—a label which takes its name from the extensive rock pavements at Panaramitee North indesert South Australia, which are covered with motifs pecked into the surface.

　　詞匯講解：

　　motif /m??'ti?f/ n. 裝飾的圖案或式樣;(音樂的)樂旨,(文學的)主題.

　　term n. 術語

　　peck /pek/ v. <鳥>以喙啄

　　結構劃分：

　　The frequency (with which certain simple motifs appear in these oldest sites) has led rock-art researchers to adopt a descriptive term—the Panaramitee style—alabel (which takes its name from the extensive rock pavements at Panaramitee North in desertSouth Australia),(which are covered with motifs pecked into the surface.)

　　深度分析：

　　這個句子的主干：The frequency has led rock-art researchers to adopt a descriptive term

　　注意這里的lead...to短語

　　修飾一：(with which certain simple motifs appear in these oldest sites) ，從句，修飾the frequency

　　中文：一些簡單圖案出現(xiàn)在這些最古老遺址上

　　修飾二：(which takes its name from the extensive rock pavements at Panaramitee North in desert South Australia) ，從句修飾a label，注意這個從句里面還有兩個介詞短語：

　　which takes its name (from the extensive rock pavements)(at Panaramitee North in desert South Australia)

　　(from the extensive rock pavements) ，來自寬廣的巖石路面

　　(at Panaramitee North in desert South Australia)，在澳大利亞南部沙漠Panaramitee North

　　中文：取名于在澳大利亞南部沙漠Panaramitee North寬廣的巖石路面

　　修飾三：(which are covered with motifs pecked into the surface.) ，從句，修飾rock pavements，注意這個從句里面還有個非謂語動詞：

　　which are covered with motifs (pecked into the surface.)

　　(pecked into the surface.)，刻進路面

　　中文：這些路面被刻進表面的圖案所覆蓋

　　參考翻譯：

　　一些簡單圖案出現(xiàn)在這些最古老遺址上的頻率使得巖石藝術研究人員采用了一個描述性的術語——Panaramitee風格——這個稱號取名于在澳大利亞南部沙漠Panaramitee North寬廣的巖石路面，這些路面被刻進表面的圖案所覆蓋。