托福阅读长难句分析（46）

　　The people of the Netherlands, with a long tradition of fisheries and mercantile shipping, had difficulty in developing good harbors suitable for steamships:eventually they did so at Rotterdam and Amsterdam, with exceptional results for transit trade with Germany and central Europe and for the processing of overseas foodstuffs and raw materials (sugar, tobacco, chocolate, grain, andeventually oil). (TPO18, 59)

　　mercantile /'mɜːk(ə)ntaɪl/ adj. 贸易的，商业的

　　exceptional /ɪk'sɛpʃənl/ adj. 异常的，杰出的，突出的

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　　The people of the Netherlands, (with a long tradition of fisheries and mercantile shipping),had difficulty (in developing good harbors suitable for steamships): eventually they did so at Rotterdam and Amsterdam, (with exceptional results) (for transit trade with Germanyand central Europe) and (for the processing of overseas foodstuffs and rawmaterials) (sugar,tobacco, chocolate, grain, and eventually oil). (TPO18, 59)

　　托福阅读长难句100句分析：

　　修饰一：(with a long tradition of fisheries and mercantile shipping) ，介词短语，修饰The people of the Netherlands

　　中文：有着长期渔业和商业海运传统

　　修饰二：(in developing good harbors suitable for steamships) ，介词短语

　　中文：在发展适合蒸汽船的好港口

　　修饰三：(with exceptional results) ，介词短语

　　中文：有杰出的成果