GRE英語閲讀長難句實例分析

1. My point is that its central consciousnessits profound understanding of class and gender as shaping influences on peoples livesowes much to that earlier literary heritage，a heritage that,in general,has not been sufficiently valued by most contemporary literary critics.

難句類型：複雜修飾、插入語

譯文：我的論點是，其作品的中心意識它將階級和性別作為人們生活的決定性影響而作出的深邃理解在很大程度上借鑑了那個早期的`文學遺產，而這一遺產就總體而言還尚未獲得大多數當代文學評論家的足夠重視。

解釋：賓語從句中的主語和謂語被長插入語分開，造成閲讀障礙。插入語中有一個固定搭配understanding of A as B，是把A理解成B的意思。不過本句中as的賓語不容易理解：shaping influences on peoples lives可以理解成形成了對人們生活的影響也可以理解成對人們生活的塑造性影響。當然後面的理解是正確的，然而在閲讀現場想要在瞬間做出正確判斷，還有賴於考生的閲讀理解力和詞彙功底的深淺。插入語後面還有一個固定搭配：A owes much to B，指前者有很多東西是來自於後者，得益於後者的。

意羣訓練：My point is that its central consciousnessits profound understanding of class and gender as shaping influences on peoples livesowes much to that earlier literary heritage,a heritage that,in general,has not been sufficiently valued by most contemporary literary critics.