託福閱讀高分句型之一
1. Wearing masks and costumes， they often impersonated other people， animals， or supernatural beings， and mined the desired effect – success in hunt or battle， the coming rain， the revival of the Sun – as an actor might.
戴着面具身着盛裝的人們，經常扮演各種其他人物、動物或超自然生靈，並且作爲一個扮演者所能做的，就是期盼一個在狩獵或戰役中獲勝、降雨的來臨，陽光的重現的結果。
託福閱讀高分句型之二
2.But these factors do not account for the interesting question of how there came to be such a concentration of pregnant ichthyosaurs in a particular place very close to their time of giving birth.
但是這些事實不能解釋這個令人感興趣的問題，就是爲什麼在一個特殊的靠近他們出生的地方如此的集中了這麼多懷孕的魚龍。
託福閱讀高分句型之三
3.A series of mechanical improvements continuing well into the nineteenth century， including the introduction of pedals to sustain tone or to soften it， the perfection of a metal frame， and steel wire of the finest quality， finally produced an instruments capable of myriad tonal effects from the most delicate harmonies to an almost orchestral fullness of sound， from a liquid， singing tone to a ship， percussive brilliance.
十九世紀一系列持續的機械進步，包括踏板的傳入、金屬結構的完善和鋼絲最完美的.質量，最後產生了一種能容納無數音調——從最精緻的和絃到一個成熟管絃的聲音或從一個清澈的歌聲到輝煌的敲擊樂的效果——的樂器。
託福閱讀高分句型之四
4.Accustomed though we are to speaking of the films made before 1972 as silent， the film has never been， in the full sense of the word， silent.
雖然我們習慣於談到1972年以前的電影是無聲的，但用一句完全感性的話來說，電影從來就不是沒有聲音的。