托福阅读Groundwater长难句分析..docx

智课网TOEFL备考资料托福阅读：Ground water长难句分析 摘要： 托福阅读不光题量大，并且难度也很大，特别是长难句的出现，很多考生在这方面失分了，那具体的该怎么呢?接下来就看一下托福阅读长难句分析。 1.Ordinary meteoric water is water that has soaked into the ground from the surface， from precipitation (rain and snow) and from lakes and streams. 短语：soak into：渗入 主干：Ordinary meteoric water is water that has soaked into the ground… 释义：普通气象水是那些通过地表，从降水和河流渗入到地下的水分。 2.There it remains， sometimes for long periods， before emerging at the surface again.At first thought it seems incredible that there can be enough space in the “solid” ground underfoot to hold all this water. 短语：at first thought：起初看来 分句：there it remains before emerging at the surface again：指在重新涌出地表之前，气象水会存留(remains)在地下 it seems incredible that…：…看上去是不可思议的 释义：在重新涌出地表之前，有时候有相当长一段时间，地下水都会存于地下。然而起初看来，坚硬的地面下居然能有足够空间容纳这麽多水是不可思议的。 3.The commonest spaces are those among the particles—sand grains and tiny pebbles—of loose， unconsolidated sand and gravel. 分句：particles of loose， unconsolidated sand and gravel：疏松沙石的颗粒(如沙粒和小鹅卵石：sand grains and tiny pebbles) 释义：最普通的一种空隙存在于疏松而不坚实的沙石中的颗粒----沙粒和小鹅卵石----之间。 4.They are found wherever fast rivers carrying loads of coarse sediment once flowed. 短语：coarse sediment once flowed：曾经漂流的粗糙沉淀物 loads of：一载载的，一堆堆的 释义：只要哪里有湍急的河流载着粗糙的曾经漂流的沉淀物，哪里就能发现这种物质层。 5.The water was always laden with pebbles， gravel， and sand， known as glacial outwash， that was deposited as the flow slowed down. 短语：be laden with：负载着… pebbles， gravel， and sand， known as glacial outwash：指冰水沉积物包括鹅卵石、碎石和沙子 分句：that was deposited as the flow slowed down：随着水流渐缓而沉积下来 释义：融化的水总是载着被称为冰水沉积物的鹅卵石、碎石和沙子，它们随着水流渐缓而沉积下来。 托福 真题阅读：Ground water长难句分析 6.The same thing happens to this day， though on a smaller scale， wherever a sediment-laden river or stream emerges from a mountain valley onto relatively flat land， dropping its load as the current slows: the water usually spreads out fanwise， depositing the sediment in the form of a smooth， fan-shaped slope. 短语：a s