托福閱讀長(zhǎng)難句:巖層順序
29. But as more and more accumulations of strata were cataloged in more and more places, it became clear that the sequences of rocks sometimes differed from region to region and that no rock type was ever going to become a reliable time marker throughout the world. (TPO 6 William Smith)
托福閱讀長(zhǎng)難句句子分析
本句的主句是it became clear,而as引導(dǎo)的則是時(shí)間狀語從句,表示“隨著……”。主句中的it是形式主語,真正的主語是后面兩個(gè)that引導(dǎo)的名詞性從句,也就是主語從句,它們也是本句理解的重點(diǎn)所在。
托福閱讀詞匯精記
strata表示“地層”,它的單數(shù)形式是stratum。
sequences of rocks指的是“巖層順序”。
catalog也可拼作catalogue(英式拼法),作動(dòng)詞時(shí),表示“把……編目分類”, 比如:He catalogued all the insects in his collection. 他把所收集到的昆蟲編目分類。catalog也可以作名詞,表示“商品目錄或購(gòu)物指南”。
differ from sth. to sth.,表示“從……到……不同”,可以借鑒到寫作中, 比如:The attitude toward shopping online differs from person to person. 對(duì)于網(wǎng)上購(gòu)物,不同的人有著不同的態(tài)度。
托福閱讀長(zhǎng)難句參考譯文
但是,隨著越來越多的地方出現(xiàn)日益增多的地層分類,清晰的事實(shí)表明:有時(shí)巖層順序是因地區(qū)不同而發(fā)生變化,全世界還沒有一種巖層能成為可靠的地質(zhì)年代的標(biāo)志。