长难句是我们考研英语中的一大拦路虎，很多同学都很讨厌分析长难句。觉得比较难。其实只要能够按照正确的步骤走，多长多难的句子也不过是纸老虎。接下来小编结合2020年英语一试题中出现的几个长难句进行分析。大家要仔细阅读哟!
例1：Trying to maintain eye contact may backfire if you’ re trying to convince someone who has a different set of beliefs than you.
1. 第一步：断长句;
(1) 根据从属连词可以将句子分成三个部分：
结构1：Trying to maintain eye contact may backfire
结构2：if you’ re trying to convince someone
结构3：who has a different set of beliefs than you
2. 第二步：抓主句，识从句;
(1) 根据找谓语动词，然后匹配从属连词，得出主句谓语进而确定主句;
主句：Trying to maintain eye contact may backfire
从句：条件状语从句+定语从句
If条件状语从句：if you’ re trying to convince someone
Who定语从句：who has a different set of beliefs than you
Who从句用来修饰条件状语从句中的宾语someone
3. 第三步：解决单词问题
eye contact 眼神交流;backfire 适得其反;convince 使信服;belief 信仰;
4. 第四步：调语序，定句意
(1) 条件状语从句和定语从句放在主句前面翻译
译文：如果你试图去让一个和你有不同信仰的人信服你，那么试图和他保持眼神交流往往会适得其反。
例2：Before each of their revelations,many thinkers at the time had sustained more ancient ways of thinking,including the geocentric view that the Earth was at the centre of our universe.
1. 第一步：断长句;
(2) 根据标点符号可以将句子分成三个部分：
结构1：Before each of their revelations
结构2：many thinkers at the time had sustained more ancient ways of thinking
结构3：including the geocentric view that the Earth was at the centre of our universe
2. 第二步：抓主句，识从句;
(3) 根据找谓语动词，然后匹配从属连词，得出主句谓语进而确定主句;
主句：many thinkers at the time had sustained more ancient ways of thinking
主语：many thinkers;谓语：had sustained;宾语：more ancient ways
状语1:at the time; 定语2：of thinking
从句：同位语从句
that同位语从句：the Earth was at the centre of our universe
其他：时间状语：Before each of their revelations;
同位语：including the geocentric view (对ways of thinking进行解释说明)
3. 第三步：解决单词问题
revelations：启示;sustained维持; geocentric地心说; universe宇宙
4. 第四步：调语序，定句意
(4) 时间状语+定语1+主语+谓语+定语2+宾语+同位语+同位语从句
译文：在每个启示之前，当时的许多思想家都采用更为古老的思维方式，包括地心说的观点，该观点认为地球是我们宇宙的中心。
