要想真正理解ACT阅读英语中的长难句,除了要积极补充词汇外,还要把英文的单词放在英语的句法结构中来理解,通过先找到英语句子中的主干信息,再在其基础上添加修饰成分,把英语长难句拆成若干有序的小短句,才能够切实弄明白句子想要表达的内容。
The incentive of the farmers who wish to conserve water is reduced by their knowledge that many of their neighbors are profiting by using great amounts of water, and in the process are drawing down the entire region’s water supplies.
【单词速记】incentive 动机;conserve 节约;draw down 减少

【句子分析】
1、主语:the incentive of the farmers; 谓语:is reduced
2、who引导的定语从句“who wish to conserve water”对先行词farmers进行修饰。(要注意,定语从句到第二个谓语动词“is reduced”之前结束)
3、that引导的同位语从句“many of their neighbors are profiting by using great amounts of water, and in the process are drawing down the entire region’s water supplies”对名词knowledge进行解释说明。
4、knowledge后的同位语从句又可划分出一个主干,主语为“many of their neighbors”(这里的their指前面的farmers),谓语为and并列的两个部分,即“are profiting”和“are drawing down”。
所以整个句子层次划分为:
①The incentive of the farmers(1) is reduced by their knowledge(2).
②(1) The farmers wish to conserve water.
(2)Many of their neighbors are profiting and are drawing down water supplies.
此时,原文的长难句就已经可以根据主次关系拆分成若干个短句了。所以用汉语直译出来就是:
第一层:农民的动机(1)被他们的知识(2)减少了。
第二层:①这些农民想要节水。
②知识指的是:他们的邻居正在通过大量用水来获利,并且在这个过程中,还拉低了整个地区的水供应。
【参考译文】当那些想节水的农民得知邻居们通过大量耗水的种植而盈利的时候,他们的热情降低了,从而导致了整个区域的供水量的减少。
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