托福閱讀長難句100句:政府如何形成

　　How the first governments took shape in these areas is not certain, but anthropologists studying the evolution of human communities in various parts of the world have discovered that one common stage in the process is the emergence of what are called “big men” within a single village or a collection of villages. (TPO33, 53)

　　anthropologist /?ænθr?'p?l?d??st/ n. 考古學家

　　大家自己先讀，不回讀，看一遍是否能理解

　　(How the first governments took shape in these areas) is not certain, but anthropologists (studying the evolution of human communities) (in various parts of the world) have discovered (that one common stage in the process is the emergence of what are called “big men” within a single village or a collectionof villages.) (TPO33, 53)

　　托福閱讀長難句100句分析：

　　這個句子主干是：

　　從句 is not certain, but anthropologists have discovered 從句

　　修飾一：(How the first governments took shape in these areas)，從句

　　中文：第一個政府在這些地區(qū)如何形成

　　修飾二：(studying the evolution of human communities)，非謂語動詞，相當于形容詞，修飾anthropologists

　　中文：研究人類群體進化

　　修飾三：(in various parts of the world)，介詞短語，相當于形容詞，修飾humancommunities

　　中文：在世界不同地區(qū)

　　修飾四：(that one common stage in the process is the emergence of what are called “big men” within a single village or a collection of villages.)，從句

　　在這個從句中，還有兩個介詞短語：

　　of what are called “big men” ，稱之為“ big man”

　　within a single village or a collection ofvillages.在單個或一些村落中

　　中文：在這個過程中的一個共有階段就是單個或一些村落中被稱之為“ big man”的出現(xiàn)

　　托福閱讀長難句100句參考翻譯：

　　第一個政府在這些地區(qū)如何形成還無法確定，但研究世界不同地區(qū)人類群體進化的人類學家發(fā)現(xiàn)在這個過程中的一個共有階段，就是單個或一些村落中被稱之為“ big man”的出現(xiàn)。

　　這個句子的主要修飾成分就是非謂語動詞、介詞短語和從句，大家務必想清楚，每一個修飾成分修飾的是什么，才能看清楚這個句子的結(jié)構(gòu)。