托福閱讀長難句100句：植物體

　　These include conducting vessels that transport water and minerals upward from the roots and that move the photosynthetic products from the leaves to the rest of the plant body and the stiffening substance lignin, which support the plant body, helping it expose maximum surface area to sunlight. (TPO25, 47)

　　vessel /'ves(?)l/ n. 船(尤指大船)，艦;容器, 器皿;管狀結(jié)構(gòu)，血管，導(dǎo)管

　　photosynthetic /?f?ut?sin'θetik/ adj. 光合作用的

　　stiffen /'st?fn/vt. (使某物)變得(更加)堅硬﹑僵硬

　　lignin /'l?gn?n/n. ‘化學’木質(zhì)素

　　大家自己先讀，不回讀，看一遍是否能理解

　　These include conducting vessels (that transport water and minerals upward from the roots) and (that move the photosynthetic products from the leaves to the rest of the plant body) and the stiffening substance lignin, (which support the plant body), (helping it expose maximum surface area to sunlight.) (TPO25, 47)

　　修飾一：(that transport water and minerals upward from the roots) ，從句，修飾conducting vessels

　　中文：從根部向上運輸水與礦物質(zhì)

　　修飾二：(that move the photosynthetic products from the leaves to the rest of the plant body) ，從句，修飾conducting vessels，注意其中有個from to的介詞短語，從葉子到植物體的其余部分

　　中文：從葉子向植物體內(nèi)其余各部分運輸光合作用產(chǎn)物

　　修飾三：(which support the plant body) ，從句，修飾substance lignin

　　中文：維持植物體的生命

　　修飾四：(helping it expose maximum surface area to sunlight.) ，非謂語動詞

　　中文：有助于植物體大部分表面暴露于陽光之下

　　托福閱讀長難句100句參考翻譯：

　　這些包括導(dǎo)管(用來從根部向上運輸水與礦物質(zhì)以及從葉子向植物體其余各部分運輸光合作用產(chǎn)物)和堅硬的物質(zhì)木質(zhì)素(用來維持植物體的生命，有助于植物體大部分表面暴露于陽光之下)。

　　這個句子的主要修飾成分就是非謂語動詞、從句，大家務(wù)必想清楚，每一個修飾成分修飾的是什么，才能看清楚這個句子的結(jié)構(gòu)。