英语四级阅读长难句结构的分析

1. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didnt want to deal with gender issues.

分析 主干：It took me 10 years to get back... and to realize...

句首的 It 是形式主语，真正的主语是 and 并列的两个动词不定式。 第一个不定式to get back 的宾语 the confidence 后有一个定语从句 I had at 19 对它加以修饰。 第二个不定式 to realize 带了一个宾语从句，由 that 引导。

译文 我花了 10 年的时间才找回了我 19 岁时的自信，才意识到我本不想谈论性别问题。

2. If you are listening to that 5th grade English teacher correct your grammar while you are trying to capture a fleeting thought, the thought will die.

分析 主干：the thought will die

本句的难点在从句部分。 If 引导条件状语从句，从句用了 listen to sb. do sth.结 构， 省略 to 的不定式 correct 作补语曰that 5th grade English teacher 用了借喻的修辞手法，指代你心中的'那个批判性思维。 while 引导的时间状语从句修饰 are listening。

译文 如果你在听五年级的英文老师纠正你的语法，而同时你又尽力在捕捉一个稍纵即 逝的想法，那么，你的想法就会消失得无影无踪。

3. Store managers are often the last to hear complaints, and often find out only when their regular customers decide to frequent their competitors, according to a study jointly conducted by Verde Group and Wharton School.