长难句解析-外研选修8122.docVIP

Module 1 Deep South 1. 原文：Covering about 14 million square kilometers around the South Pole, it is the fifth largest continent in the world. 解析：在此句中，covering about……在句中作伴随状语。the fifth largest continent形容词最高级前面加序数词意为第五大洲。 翻译：南极洲覆盖了南极圈周围约1,400万平方公里的面积，是世界第五大洲。 2. 原文：Gases and minerals, in the form of volcanic dust trapped in the ice, can tell us a lot about what the world’s climate was like in past ages. 解析：句子主干：Gases and minerals can tell us a lot about…，其中what the world’s climate was like in past ages是介词about的宾语从句；in the form of volcanic dust trapped in the ice “以……形式” 或“呈……形状”，介词短语作定语，修饰gase