托福阅读备考之长难句分析：恐龙灭绝的原因

 　　Others have blamed extinction¹ on competition from the mammals, which allegedly ate all the dinosaur² eggs--except that mammals and dinosaurs³ appeared at the same time in the Late Triassic, about 190 million years ago, and there is no reason to believe that mammals suddenly acquired a taste for dinosaur eggs after 120 million years of coexistence. (TPO42, 56)

　　allegedly/?'led?idli/ adv.据称，据传闻

　　大家自己先读，不回读，看一遍是否能理解

　　Others have blamed extinction on competition from the mammals, (which al

　　legedly ate all the dinosaur eggs)--except (that mammals and dinosaurs appeared at the same time in the Late Triassic, about 190 million years ago, and there is no reason to believe that mammals suddenly acquired a taste for dinosaur eggs after 120million years of coexistence.) (TPO42, 56)

　　托福阅读长难句100句分析：

　　这个句子的主干就是：

　　Others have blamed extinction on competition from the mammals

　　修饰一：(which allegedly ate all the dinosaur eggs)，从句

　　中文：据说它们吃掉了所有的恐龙蛋

　　修饰二：(that mammals and dinosaurs appeared at the same time in the Late Triassic, about 190 million years ago,and there is no reason to believe that mammals suddenly acquired a taste for dinosaur eggs after 120 million years of coexistence.) ，从句

　　注意这个从句里面还有一个从句：

　　(that mammals suddenly acquired a taste for dinosaur eggs after 120 million years of coexistence)

　　中文：哺乳动物和恐龙同时出现在约190万年前的晚三叠世，没理由认为哺乳动物在和恐龙共同生活了120万年之后，忽然爱吃恐龙蛋了。

　　托福阅读长难句100句参考翻译：

　　其他科学家将(恐龙的)灭绝归咎于哺乳动物的竞争，据说它们吃掉了所有的恐龙蛋——只是，哺乳动物和恐龙同时出现在约190万年前的晚三叠世，没理由认为哺乳动物在和恐龙共同生活了120万年之后，忽然爱吃恐龙蛋了。

　　这个句子的主要修饰成分就是从句，大家务必想清楚，每一个修饰成分修饰的是什么，才能看清楚这个句子的结构。

1 extinction   

n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种

参考例句：

• The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
• The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。

2 dinosaur   

n.恐龙

参考例句：

• Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
• He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。

3 dinosaurs   

n.恐龙( dinosaur的名词复数 )；守旧落伍的人，过时落后的东西

参考例句：

• The brontosaurus was one of the largest of all dinosaurs. 雷龙是所有恐龙中最大的一种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》