| 托福考試中出現長難句的部分多為閱讀，因此考生對于長難句的訓練也往往集中在看懂上。其實除了閱讀以外，托福聽力中也會不時出現一些結構略為復雜的句式，大家也需要具備聽懂它們的能力。下面就讓小編結合實例分析聽懂托福聽力復雜句式的重點要點。
Isn’t that just for when you need help with writing/, like an essay or research paper? (TPO24-C2)同學們一聽就會知道是個問句，以及會聽到writing、research paper這些詞，但會感覺開頭有點快，這一點主要因為發音快導致不易辨認清楚。本句其實是Isn’t just for sth.這種反問句句式，在聽的方面主要是區分isn’t that和is that的發音;在理解上就要注意反問句所表達的偏強調的意思。But actually, it was a physicist/ who came up with a method that was a breakthrough. (TPO15-L3)這句話較簡單，主要是同學們容易聽懂了仍然不清楚這是強調句型it was sb. who…，而這個句型基本上是初中語法知識，但你看，作為用得少的典范，就容易反應不出，即使它再簡單。
So the original hypothesis/ that the stones found with sauropods were gastroliths/, even though it hasn’t been supported/, has helped us to make new hypothesis/, which may eventually lead to the answer. (TPO27-L3)這句話比剛才的難度要大，首先要判斷出that引出同位語，指hypothesis，所以從the original hypothesis到gastroliths是主語，根據我們上一期文章提到的抓“核心主謂賓”的方法，要有意識抓謂語動詞。接著聽到even though，這個時候就要召喚語法預判能力了，因為even though固定搭配“雖然…但是…/即使…也…”，所以even though引導的都是讓步從句，我們仍然要抓主句，也就繼續等待剛才“the original hypothesis…gastroliths”主語部分之后的謂語動詞出現，此后我們聽到has helped…確定謂語動詞。到此為止，主干部分已經清楚So the original hypothesis…has helped us to make new hypothesis。最后which引導定語從句修飾new hypothesis，較簡單。另外本句要注意聽出hasn’t been supported, has helped的否定和肯定，否則邏輯仍會混亂。本句語法成分較多：同位語，插入語，定語從句，但相對最難的是插入語。It was presented in the works of well-known Greek philosophers/ as early as the fourth century B.C.E. (TPO21-L1)本句如果第一遍沒聽懂，則要在精聽中的第二遍聽主干，也就是核心主謂賓：It was presented…再在第三遍抓里面的細節，也就是其他介詞引導的部分;其中注意連讀works of，as early as;本句為大家也用得相對較少的被動句句式。Only after the site at Gonur-depe was excavated/ were archaeologists able to identify it/ as coming from Gonur-depe. (TPO28-L4)本句首先聽聽前半部分有明顯的停頓were，那么迅速判斷only after…were是明顯的倒裝句。事實上本句很多同學看都不一定看得懂，這就考查語法功底的扎實程度了。 |
