托福閱讀長難句100句:古代貿(mào)易和商業(yè)

　　Now that we know much more about ancient exchange and commerce, we know that, because no one aspect of trade was an overriding cause of cultural change or evolution in commercial practices, trade can never be looked on as a unifying factor or as a primary agent of ancient civilization. ( TPO41, 50)

　　overriding adj. 最重要的

　　agent n.動因，成因

　　大家自己先讀，不回讀，看一遍是否能理解

　　托福閱讀長難句分析：

　　(Now that we know much more about ancient exchange and commerce), we know that, (becauseno one aspect of trade was an overriding cause of cultural change or evolution in commercial practices), trade can never be looked on as a unifying factor or as a primary agent of ancient civilization. ( TPO41, 50)

　　這個句子的結(jié)構(gòu)：

　　從句, we know that從句

　　修斯一：(Now that we know much more about ancient exchange and commerce) ，從句

　　中文：由于我們對古代貿(mào)易和商業(yè)了解了更多

　　修飾二：(because no one aspect of trade was an overriding cause of cultural change or evolution in commercial practices) ，從句

　　中文：因為貿(mào)易的任何一個方面都不是商業(yè)實踐中文化改變或變革的最重要原因

　　托福閱讀長難句參考翻譯：

　　由于我們對古代貿(mào)易和商業(yè)了解了更多，我們知道，因為貿(mào)易的任何一個方面都不是商業(yè)實踐中文化改變或變革的最重要原因，所以貿(mào)易也不能被當作是古代文明出現(xiàn)的唯一因素或主要動力。

　　這個句子的主要修飾成分就是從句和介詞短語，大家務必想清楚，每一個修飾成分修飾的是什么，才能看清楚這個句子的結(jié)構(gòu)。