六级真题阅读长难句分析1.Forhundredsofmillionsofyears,turtles(海龟)havestruggledoutoftheseatolaytheireggsonsandybeaches,longbeforetherewerenaturedocumentariestocelebratethem,orGPSsatellitesandmarinebiologiststotrackthem,orvolunteerstohandcarrythehatchlings(幼龟)downtothewater’sedgelesttheybecomedisorientedbyheadlightsandcrawltowardsamotelparkinglotinstead.(2009年6月)【分析】本句为复合句，主架为⋯turtleshavestruggled⋯。Forhundredsofmillionsofyears为介词短语作时间状语。before⋯为时间状语从句，该从句采用的是therebe结构，主语为or连接的三个名词（词组）：naturaldocumentaries，GPSsatellitesandmarinebiologists和volunteers，主语后的不定式均为主语的后置定语。lest“以免”引导状语从句，采用虚拟语气。【译文】数百万年以来，海龟们都挣扎着从海里爬出来，到沙滩上产卵，那时候还没有自然纪录片来记录它们的活动，没有GPS卫星和海洋生物学家跟踪它们，没有志愿者用手把小海龟放到水边以防它们被桅灯搞得迷失方向而爬向旅馆的停车场。2.ThefigurespromptedOceanatopetitionthegovernmenttoupgradethelevelofprotectionfortheNorthAtlanticloggerheadsfrom“threatened”to“endangered”—meaningtheyareindangerofdisappearingwithoutadditionalhelp.(2009年6月)【分析】本句为复合句，主架为ThefigurespromptedOceana⋯。topetitionthegovernment为不定式作prompted的状语，toupgradethelevelofprotection⋯为不定式作petition的状语。theyareindanger⋯help作meaning的宾语，相当于省略了引导词that的宾语从句。【译文】这些数字迫使Oceana向政府请求将对北大西洋大海龟的保护程度由“受到威胁”提升到“濒临灭绝”，这意味着如果没有额外的保护，它们将面临消失的危险。3.ButNatureisindifferenttohumannotionsoffairness,andareportbytheFishandWildlifeServiceshowedaworrisomedropinthepopulationsofseveralspeciesofNorthAtlanticseaturtles,notablyloggerheads,whichcangrowtoasmuchas400pounds.(2009年6月)【分析】本句为并列复合句，主架为Natureisindifferent⋯and⋯areport⋯showed⋯a⋯drop⋯。But表转折。bytheFishandWildlifeService为介词短语作report的后置定语。whichcangrowtoasmuchas400pounds为非限制性定语从句，修饰loggerheads。beindifferentto意为“对⋯无动于衷”。adropin指“在⋯方面下降”。【译文】但是大自然对人们的平等观念却漠不关心，渔业和野生动物服务组织的一项报告显示，北大西洋好几种海龟的数量都在令人担忧地下降，尤其是一种能够长到400磅重的大海龟。4.Thenarrowstripsofbeachonwhichtheturtleslaytheireggsarebeingsqueezedononesidebydevelopmentandontheotherbythethreatofrisingsealevelsastheoceanswarm.(2009年6月)【分析】本句为复合句，主架为⋯beach⋯arebeingsqueezed。onwhich⋯eggs为定语从句，修饰beach。squeezed后接了两个由ononeside⋯andontheother结构连接的状语：bydevelopment和bythethreat。ofrisingsealevels为介词短语作threat的后置定语。astheoceanswarm为原因状语从句。【译文】一方面是人类的开发，另一方面是海平面因海水变暖而上升，使得海龟们产卵的狭窄沙滩正在缩小。5.Itturnsout,accordingtoGriffin,thatwhilewehavedoneagoodjobofprotectingtheturtlesfortheweekstheyspendonland(asegg-layingfemales,aseggsandashatchlings),wehaveneglectedtheyearstheyspendintheocean.(2009年6月)【分析】本句为复合句，主架为Itturnsout⋯that⋯。accordingtoGriffin为插入语。thatwhile⋯intheocean为宾语从句。while在这里为连词，表转折。theyspendonland为省略了引导词的定语从句，修饰的是theweeks。括号内内容进一步解释theyspendonland，as相当于“作为⋯”。theyspendintheocean为省略了引导词的定语从句，修饰theyears。【译文】按照Griffin的说法，答案是这样：虽然我们对保护海龟们（产卵的母海龟，龟卵，小海龟）在岸上度过的几个星期做得很好，...
