雅思阅读长难句实例分析之插入语结构

插入语的标志

(1)插人语结构前后用逗号断开.如:The book, I think, doesn't provide information

about the population in that area.其中.插入语结构I think便是这种特点。

(2)插人语结构前后用破折号断开，如:The paper said the volcano destroyed most-if not

all-of the buildings and construction on the island。其中，插入if not all就属于此类结构。

对付插人语的办法是先略去不读。插人语常常插在主语和谓语之间.也可以插在句子中其他两个句子成分之间。有的插人语比较长，如果对插人语特别注意，会造成原来句子主要意思的中断，造成理解困难。而插人语常常是不重要的内容，所以应先略去不读.这样被分隔的两个句子成分就接上了。

下面就看几个关于插入语的例子

中文：在相互依赖的关系中.例如，劳资关系或在一个家庭或一个组织中，谁更有力量的问题就转换成谁更少依赖于另一方。

英文：In relationships of mutual dependence, such as between labor and management or within an organization or a family, the question of who is more powerful turns on who is less dependent on the other.

结构分析：such as between labor and management or within an organization or a family是插人语，同时也是举例说明，是不重要的内容.可以先略去不读。全句的谓语是turns on, the question of who is more powerful是主语.宾语从句who is less dependent on the other是turns on的宾语。

中文：在发展中国家，在那里，至少有16个城市在近10年之末人口会超过1200万，不优先考虑公共交通是灾难性的。

英文：In developing countries, where at least 16 cities are expected to have more than 12 million people each by the end of this decade, failing to give priority to public transport would be disastrous.

结构分析：where at least 16 cities are expected to have more than 12 million people each by the end of this decade是插人语，是一个定语从句，修饰developing countries。全句主语是动名词短语failing to give priority to public transport.

(编辑：罗伟)