2016年托福阅读长难句：:肥沃土地的杂草

　　A fertile, plowed field is rapidly invaded by a large variety of weeds, whereas a neighboring construction site from which the soil has been compacted or removed to expose a coarse, infertile parent material may remain virtually free of vegetation for many months or even years despite receiving the same input of seeds as the plowed field. (TPO32, 56)

　　fertile /'fɜːtaɪl/ adj. (指土地)肥沃的, 富饶的;(指动植物)能结果实的, 能生育的;(指人的头脑)主意多的, 有创造力的

　　plow /plau/ v. 犁<地>，用犁耕<地>

　　compact /kəm'pækt/ v. 将(某物)紧压在一起

　　coarse /kɔːs/ adj. 粗糙的;(指食物 酒等)低劣的, 粗劣的;不高雅的，粗俗的;

　　大家自己先读，不回读，看一遍是否能理解

　　A fertile, plowed field is rapidly invaded (by a large variety of weeds), whereas a neighboring construction site (from which the soil has been compacted or removed to expose a coarse, infertile parent material) may remain virtually free of vegetation (for many months or even years) (despite receiving the same input of seeds as the plowed field.) (TPO32, 56)

　　托福阅读长难句分析：

　　这个句子的主干部分是：

　　A fertile, plowed field is rapidly invaded whereas a neighboring construction site may remain virtually free of vegetation

　　whereas然而，表示对比，对比两种情况

　　修饰一：(by a large variety of weeds) ，介词短语

　　中文：被各种各样的杂草

　　修饰二：(from which the soil has been compacted or removed to expose a coarse, infertile parent material) ，从句，修饰a neighboring construction site

　　这个句子理解的难点应该就在这里了，这个从句把a neighboringconstruction site和may remain virtually free ofvegetation分开了，注意断句不要出问题，这种现象之前我们碰到很多了。