GRE閱讀考試長難句實例分析9

　　1. Black Fiction surveys a wide variety of novels，bringing to our attention in the　process somefascinating and little-known works like JamesWeldon　Johnson‘s Autobiography of an Ex-ColoredMan. (4)注意：bring A to B ——〉bring to B A

　　《黑人小說》考察了極為廣泛的一系列小說，在此過程中讓我們注意到了某些引人入勝但卻鮮為人知的作品，如詹姆斯。韋爾登。約翰遜(James Weldon Johnson)的《一個曾經(jīng)是有色人的自傳》(Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man)。

　　難句類型：倒裝

　　解釋：在以bringing開頭的作狀語的分詞中出現(xiàn)了倒裝，bring A to B被倒裝為bring to B A，其倒裝的原因仍是為了避免頭重腳輕，正常的語序應(yīng)該如下：bringing some fascinating and little-known works likeJames Weldon johnson's Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man to our attention in the process.

　　意群訓(xùn)練：Black Fiction surveys a wide variety of novels， bringing to our attention in the　process some fascinating and little-known works like James Weldon　Johnson's Autobiographyof an Ex-Colored Man.

　　2. In addition， the style of some Black novels， like Jean Toomer‘s Cane， verges onexpressionism or surrealism ; does this technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalenttheme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted ， a theme usuallyconveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression ? (5)

　　不僅如此，有些黑人小說(比如JT的甘蔗)的風(fēng)格接近與表現(xiàn)主義和超現(xiàn)實主義;這種技巧是否為流行的主題提供了一個和諧的對應(yīng)呢?這種主題刻畫了黑人注意與之相抗爭的命運，這是一個通常用更為自然主義的表現(xiàn)手法所表達的主題。

　　難句類型：復(fù)雜修飾、插入語

　　解釋：在本句中有三個詞需要先解釋一番：verge on這個詞組是接近于、瀕于的意思，hero在文學(xué)作品中是主人公的意思，pit作動詞時，除了挖坑、窖藏之外，還有使競爭、使斗爭的意思，其英文釋義為：to set asgamecocks into or as if into a pit to fight， to set into opposition or rivalry usually used withagainst.在此用的是后一種語義的被動語態(tài)fate againt which Black heros are pitted.如果用主動語態(tài)則是：pit black heros againt fate.

　　另外本句的結(jié)構(gòu)復(fù)雜，分號之后是一個一般疑問句，但是由于修飾成分過多，過長，使得讀者看不清楚這個句子在問什么。其實如果沒有最后的那個prevalent theme的同位語a theme usually conveyed by morenaturalistic modes of expression，本句會易懂得多。

　　意群訓(xùn)練：In addition， the style of some Black novels， like Jean Toomer's Cane， verges onexpressionism or surrealism; does this technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalent theme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted， a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression?