托福閱讀高難度文章長難句實(shí)例解析：蘇美爾人的文學(xué)語言

　　The literature of the Sumerians was treasured throughout the Near East, and long after Sumerian ceased to be spoken, the Babylonians and Assyrians and others kept it alive as a literary language, the way Europeans kept Latin alive after the fall of Rome.

　　結(jié)構(gòu)分析：

　　并列復(fù)合句。

　　句子分析：

　　句1: The literature of the Sumerians was treasured throughout the Near East， The literature為主語 of the Sumerians為定語， was treasured 謂語，throughout the Near East 狀語。

　　本部分意思：在整個(gè)近東地區(qū), 蘇美爾人的文學(xué)都受到珍視.

　　句2：and long after Sumerian ceased to be spoken, the Babylonians and Assyrians and others kept it alive as a literary language, the way Europeans kept Latin alive after the fall of Rome. 句2結(jié)構(gòu)為狀語從句+主句。after引導(dǎo)的狀語從句中，Sumerian為主語，ceased to be spoken為謂語。

　　主句中，the Babylonians and Assyrians and others 主語， kept謂語， it賓語，alive 賓補(bǔ)， as a literary language也為賓補(bǔ). the way 引出狀語從句，其中，Europeans 主語，kept 謂語， Latin賓語，alive 賓補(bǔ)，after the fall of Rome狀語。

　　本部分意思：在蘇美爾語停止運(yùn)用很長時(shí)間之后，巴比倫人，亞述人和其他人讓它作為一種文學(xué)語言使它存活，就像羅馬衰落以后，歐洲人把拉丁語保存下來那樣。

　　參考翻譯：

　　在近東地區(qū), 蘇美爾人的文學(xué)是受到珍視的，在蘇美爾語停止運(yùn)用很長時(shí)間之后，巴比倫人，亞述人和其他人讓它作為一種文學(xué)語言使它存活，就像羅馬衰落以后，歐洲人把拉丁語保存下來那樣。