托福阅读备考之长难句分析:白垩纪灭绝事件(在线收听

   Dinosaurs rapidly became extinct about 65 million years ago as part of a mass extinction known as the K-T event, because it is associated with a geological signature known as the K-T boundary, usually a thin band of sedimentation found in various parts of the world. (K is the traditional abbreviation for the Cretaceous, derived from the German name Kreideieit). ( TPO42, 60)

  abbreviation /?'briv?'e??n/ n. 简略,缩短
  derive /d?'ra?v/ v. 获得,得到;源自,源于
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  Dinosaurs rapidly became extinct about 65 million years ago (as part of a mass extinction) (known as the K-T event),(because it is associated with a geological signature) (known as the K-T boundary), (usually a thin band of sedimentation found in various parts of the world). (K is the traditional abbreviation for the Cretaceous, (derived from the German nameKreideieit)).( TPO42, 60)
  托福阅读长难句100句分析:
  这个句子的主干就是:
  Dinosaurs rapidly became extinct about 65 million years ago
  修饰一:(as part of a mass extinction) ,介词短语
  中文:成为大灭绝事件的一部分
  修饰二:(known as the K-T event) ,非谓语动词
  中文:称之为K-T事件
  修饰三:(because it is associated with a geological signature) ,从句
  中文:因为它与地质学上的标签有联系
  修饰四:(known as the K-T boundary) ,非谓语动词
  中文:称为之K-T边缘
  修饰五:(usually a thin band of sedimentation found in various parts of the world) ,同位语
  中文:K-T边界通常是一块在世界各地都能找到的薄薄的沉积带
  修饰六:(derived from the German name Kreideieit),非谓语动词
  中文:源自德国名字kreidezeit
  托福阅读长难句100句参考翻译:
  大约在6500万年前,恐龙迅速地灭绝,成为K-T大规模灭绝事件的一部分,被称作K-T是因为它与地质学上的标签K-T边界有关,K-T边界通常是一块在世界各地都能找到的薄薄的沉积带。(K在惯例上是白垩纪Cretaceous的缩写,源自德国名字kreidezeit)
  这个句子的主要修饰成分就是从句、非谓语动词和同位语,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。
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