托福閱讀高難度文章長難句實例解析：荷蘭人開發(fā)優(yōu)良港口

　　The people of the Netherlands, with a long tradition of fisheries and mercantile shipping, had difficulty in developing good harbors suitable for steamships:eventually they did so at Rotterdam and Amsterdam, with exceptional results for transit trade with Germany and central Europe and for the processing of overseas foodstuffs and raw materials (sugar, tobacco, chocolate, grain, andeventually oil).

　　詞匯講解：

　　mercantile /'m??k(?)nta?l/ adj. 貿易的，商業(yè)的

　　exceptional /?k's?p??nl/ adj. 異常的，杰出的，突出的

　　結構劃分：

　　The people of the Netherlands, (with a long tradition of fisheries and mercantile shipping),had difficulty (in developing good harbors suitable for steamships): eventually they did so at Rotterdam and Amsterdam, (with exceptional results) (for transit trade with Germanyand central Europe) and (for the processing of overseas foodstuffs and rawmaterials) (sugar,tobacco, chocolate, grain, and eventually oil).

　　深度分析：

　　修飾一：(with a long tradition of fisheries and mercantile shipping) ，介詞短語，修飾The people of the Netherlands

　　中文：有著長期漁業(yè)和商業(yè)海運傳統

　　修飾二：(in developing good harbors suitable for steamships) ，介詞短語

　　中文：在發(fā)展適合蒸汽船的好港口

　　修飾三：(with exceptional results) ，介詞短語

　　中文：有杰出的成果

　　修飾四：(for transit trade with Germany and central Europe) ，介詞短語

　　中文：因為和德國以及中歐的貿易

　　修飾五：(for the processing of overseas foodstuffs and raw materials) ，介詞短語

　　中文：加工海洋產品以及原材料

　　參考翻譯：

　　有著長期漁業(yè)和商業(yè)海運傳統的荷蘭人，在發(fā)展適合蒸汽船的好港口上有困難：最后他們在Rotterdam and Amsterdam這樣做了，并因為和歐洲以及中歐的貿易以及加工海洋產品以及原材料(如糖、煙草、巧克力、谷物以及油)，從而取得了杰出的成果。