GRE阅读考试长难句实例分析9

　　1. Black Fiction surveys a wide variety of novels，bringing to our attention in the　process somefascinating and little-known works like JamesWeldon　Johnson‘s Autobiography of an Ex-ColoredMan. (4)注意：bring A to B ——〉bring to B A

　　《黑人小说》考察了极为广泛的一系列小说，在此过程中让我们注意到了某些引人入胜但却鲜为人知的作品，如詹姆斯。韦尔登。约翰逊(James Weldon Johnson)的《一个曾经是有色人的自传》(Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man)。

　　难句类型：倒装

　　解释：在以bringing开头的作状语的分词中出现了倒装，bring A to B被倒装为bring to B A，其倒装的原因仍是为了避免头重脚轻，正常的语序应该如下：bringing some fascinating and little-known works likeJames Weldon johnson's Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man to our attention in the process.

　　意群训练：Black Fiction surveys a wide variety of novels， bringing to our attention in the　process some fascinating and little-known works like James Weldon　Johnson's Autobiographyof an Ex-Colored Man.

　　2. In addition， the style of some Black novels， like Jean Toomer‘s Cane， verges onexpressionism or surrealism ; does this technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalenttheme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted ， a theme usuallyconveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression ? (5)

　　不仅如此，有些黑人小说(比如JT的甘蔗)的风格接近与表现主义和超现实主义;这种技巧是否为流行的主题提供了一个和谐的对应呢?这种主题刻画了黑人注意与之相抗争的命运，这是一个通常用更为自然主义的表现手法所表达的主题。

　　难句类型：复杂修饰、插入语

　　解释：在本句中有三个词需要先解释一番：verge on这个词组是接近于、濒于的意思，hero在文学作品中是主人公的意思，pit作动词时，除了挖坑、窖藏之外，还有使竞争、使斗争的意思，其英文释义为：to set asgamecocks into or as if into a pit to fight， to set into opposition or rivalry usually used withagainst.在此用的是后一种语义的被动语态fate againt which Black heros are pitted.如果用主动语态则是：pit black heros againt fate.

　　另外本句的结构复杂，分号之后是一个一般疑问句，但是由于修饰成分过多，过长，使得读者看不清楚这个句子在问什么。其实如果没有最后的那个prevalent theme的同位语a theme usually conveyed by morenaturalistic modes of expression，本句会易懂得多。

　　意群训练：In addition， the style of some Black novels， like Jean Toomer's Cane， verges onexpressionism or surrealism; does this technique provide a counterpoint to the prevalent theme that portrays the fate against which Black heroes are pitted， a theme usually conveyed by more naturalistic modes of expression?