阅读攻略-CET阅读长难句分析(四)
四、改变语序
改变语序主要指倒装句式。这种打破相对固定的常规次序的做法,或是为了强调句子的表达意义重心,或是强调一种表达语气,如虚拟语气、否定语气等。这些句子往往和一些副词、连词相关,有明显的标志。例如:
Should you break the rule against staring at a stranger on an elevator, you will make the other person exceedingly 1 uncomfortable, and you are likely to feel a bit strange yourself. ( CET-4, 1996.6 ) 表示与将来事实相反的虚拟语气,从句的谓语用should + 动词原形或were to + 动词原形,从句中的if 可以省略,需将were或should前移至句首。
Despite the good news, civil engineers aren’t resting on their successes. Pinned to their drawing boards are blueprints 2 for improved quake-resistant buildings. ( CET-4, 1997.6 ) 这是一个倒装句,正常语序为:Blueprints for improved quake-resistant buildings are pinned to their drawing boards。通过倒装,一方面句中的their指上句中的civil engineers, their的位置提前,与上一句的语气连接更符合逻辑;另一方面该句的主语偏长(blueprints for improved quake-resistant buildings),通过倒装可以避免句式头重脚轻。
当然,被动句、双重否定句等句式在CET阅读考试中也屡屡涉及,限于篇幅本文未将其归入。希望考生能结合大量的阅读实践来体会上述句法特征。- Have the blueprints been worked out? 蓝图搞好了吗? 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- BluePrints description of a distributed component of the system design and best practice guidelines. BluePrints描述了一个分布式组件体系的最佳练习和设计指导方针。 来自互联网