Module4 Great Scientists The Analysis of the Difficult SentencesSection 2 The Analysis of the Difficult SentencesHe thought there was only one way to do this—by crossing different species of rice plant, …他认为唯一的办法就是，对不同品种的水稻进行杂交……注意”— dash 破折号”后面的内容是对”only one way to do this”的补充说明。2. This was the breakthrough. 这是突破！“breakthrough”是合成词。合成名词构造法主要有下列八种： ① 名词+名词，如 daybreak, sunrise, house-keeper, shoe-maker, headache, night-club, pocket-knife, arm-chair, wine-glass, ink-stand, man-servant, maid-servant, steamboat, goldsmith, newspaper, lawsuit 等。 ② 形 容 词 + 名 词 ， 如 blackboard, commonwealth, highway, stronghold, sweetheart, easy-chair, grandson, blueprint, deadline, high-brow, lazy-bones 等。 ③ 动词+名词，如 drawbridge, grindstone, playground, pickpocket, breakfast, cut-throat, makeshift, sing-song, turn-coat, washbasin 等。 ④ 副 词 虚 词 + 名 词 ， 如 afterthought, offshoot, outbreak, byway, bylaw, outpost, overcoat, underclothes, outgrowth, downpour, upkeep, bystander 等。⑤ 副 词 虚 词 + 动 词 ， 如 income, outlet, outlook, onset, outfit, upstart, inlet, offspring, outburst, offset 等。 ⑥ 动 词 + 副 词 ， 如 die-hard, breakdown, drawback, set-up, break-up, farewell, standstill, feedback 等。 ⑦ 名 词 + 动 名 词 ， 如 book-keeping, town-planning, letter-writing, word-building, tiger-hunting, paper-manufacturing, bill-collecting, car-repairing, television-advertising, window-shopping, day-dreaming, photocopying, handwriting 等。 ⑧ 其他，如 man-of-war, forget-me-not, son-in-law, mother-in-law, commander-in-chief, editor-in-chief, merry-go-round, hide-and-seek, stay-at-home, jack-in-the-box 等。 3. As a result of Yuan Longping’s discoveries Chinese rice production rose by ...
