托福阅读难点长难句解析
托福阅读文章中，长难句一直都是考生们的痛点。因此在备考的过程中，大家也在不断的寻找突破长难句的方法。今天我们就通过一些具体的句子来进行解析，帮助大家更好的来备考。
主要有三点：1.句子长，长度超过30单词的长句在每篇文章中保持在10句左右;2.概念难，句中往往含有很多“诡异”的陌生学术概念;3.结构异，英文中的特定语法结构如倒装，强调，修饰语后置等等。
快速理解复杂长难句是托福阅读考试得分最重要的能力。比较近10年来的考试难度，最明显的趋势就是句子结构的复杂冗长程度明显递增。纵观文章阅读考察的几个层次可发现：比句子微观的单词含义理解，只要认真准备就不是难点;比句子宏观的段落含义理解，弄懂主旨往往不难。而相对地，长难句的阅读相对需要更多技巧，考场上经常出现反复多遍阅读仍不能理解句子大意的情况，从而成为了阅读理解和得分的瓶颈。
接下来我们从句子结构、翻译、分句等方面来进行一些长难句实例解析。
1. The end of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth century were marked by the development of an international Art Nouveau style, characterized by sinuous lines, floral and vegetable motifs, and soft evanescent coloration.
(特殊结构 marked by...——以...为标志、characterized by...——特征是)
19 世纪末与 20 世纪早期以一种国际新艺术风格的发展为标志，这一艺术风格的特征是：线条弯曲，以花卉和果蔬为主题，颜色柔和飘逸。
分句 1: The end of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth century were
分句 2: marked by the development of an international Art Nouveau style
分句 3: characterized by sinuous lines, floral and vegetable motifs, and soft evanescent coloration.
2 和 3 并列 ，1 和 2、3 嵌套
2. Although its influence continued throughout the mid 1920’s, it was eventually to be overtaken by a new school of thought known as Functionalism that had been present since the turn of the century.
(特殊结构 known as...——被称为)
尽管其影响在整个20世纪20年代中期继续存在，但最终还是被世纪之交以来就存在的新的思想流派 —— 功能主义所替代。
分句 1: Although its influence continued throughout the mid 1920’s
分句 2: it was eventually to be overtaken by anew school of thought known as Functionalism
分句 3: that had been present since the turnoff the century.
1 和 2 并列， 2 和 3 嵌套
3. This new design concept, coupled with the sharp postwar reactions to the styles and conventions of the preceding decades, created an entirely new public taste which caused Art Nouveau types of glass to fall out of favor.
(特殊结构 coupled with...——加上)
这一新的设计概念，加上战后对过去数十年风格与传统的强烈反应，产生了一种全新的公众品味,使得新艺术类型的玻璃不再受人欢迎。
分句 1: This new design concept
分句 2: coupled with the sharp postwar reactions to the styles and conventions of the preceding decades, created an entirely new public taste
分句 3: which caused Art Nouveau types of glass to fall out of favor.
1 和 2 并列 ，2 和 3 嵌套
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