SAT閱讀破折號用法分析

破折號，是一種句子的連接符號，它的用法很多，SAT考試閱讀中，特殊符號能幫助我們理解文章的意思，對于提高解題效率有很明顯的作用。下面我們一起來了解一下它在SAT閱讀篇章當(dāng)中的用法。

1. 解釋說明，以插入語的形式解釋前面提到的概念，它可以給原句提供補(bǔ)充信息，讓句子的變得更豐富的同時也變得更容易去理解。

Nevertheless, Pound’s translation conveys the important meaning of the Anglo-Saxon poem and does something that a literal translation fails to do— renders it into poetic English, finding new equivalents for old emotions.(此處在解釋Pound’s translation相對于直譯的過人之處。)

2.列舉事物，給之間出現(xiàn)的概念進(jìn)行舉例，使篇章更加形象生動。

A small glimpse at even some of its subject’s features— her eyes, or perhaps just her hands— brings instant recognition even to those who have no taste or passion for painting. (這里給我們例舉some of its subject’s features, 使篇章更具畫面感。)

3. 突然轉(zhuǎn)折，由于SAT篇章中表轉(zhuǎn)折意思的破折號常和but等轉(zhuǎn)折詞一起連用，所以同學(xué)經(jīng)常會忽視破折號的作用，這里在轉(zhuǎn)折詞之前使用破折號會起到強(qiáng)調(diào)轉(zhuǎn)折的作用。

In size and mass, Venus is almost the equal of Earth, and its gravitational field is only slightly weaker than ours, so that logically it might be expected to have the same kind of atmosphere— but this is emphatically not so.(這里重點(diǎn)強(qiáng)調(diào)之前觀點(diǎn)的錯誤。)

了解閱讀中破折號的用法不僅會幫助我們加強(qiáng)對于文章的理解力，而且對于解題會有很大的幫助。

1)功能題，由于破折號具有解釋說明的作用，題目可能會直接對破折號的用法進(jìn)行提問，如

In most people’s minds, yawning— that slow, exaggerated mouth opening with the long, deep inhalation of air, followed by a briefer exhalation— is the most obvious sign of sleepiness.

The comment between the dashes primarily serves to:

clarify a claim

define a term

note a qualification

offer a humorous aside
　
voice a personal insight

這道題很明顯是在考察破折號的作用，這里破折號之間的成份在解釋句子主語yawning的意思，所以比較之下選擇B項(xiàng)。

2)細(xì)節(jié)題，有時候句子中的信息不夠完全，可以依靠破折號前后的平行關(guān)系進(jìn)行定位或者推測。

This way of looking at cities has recently received the ultimate academic accolade— the creation of a subfield of science, called “urban ecology, ” devoted to understanding it.

The author’s attitude toward the “subfield” is best characterised as one of

approval

curiosity

uncertainty

surprise

dismay

此題詢問作者對于subfield的語氣，有的同學(xué)覺得可以根據(jù)creation進(jìn)行推測，但是此處如果只憑借creation是完全沒有說服力的。這時我們可以把目光放到破折號之前，破折號之后的內(nèi)容意在解釋前面的accolade, 所以此處我們應(yīng)該選擇較為正面的選項(xiàng)，即A項(xiàng)。

以上內(nèi)容就是小編為大家?guī)�來的SAT閱讀文章中的特殊符號之破折號的用處，通過對這些用法和規(guī)律的總結(jié)和應(yīng)用，大家就能更快更準(zhǔn)確的找到相關(guān)的問題答案了。

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