2016年雅思阅读备考辅导并列词的活用
并列信号词
阅读中碰到复杂的大并列时,先看连词后面的内容。如果连词后面是动词,回上文找并列的动词;如果是形容词,就回上文找形容词性的并列成分,包括_ing分词和_ed分词。表示并列关系的信号词有:and,or,as well as,either----or; neither ---nor; not only---but also; rather than 等。
例1:The modern city consists of monstrous edifices and of narrow, dark streets full of petrol fumes and toxic gases, torn by the noise of the taxicabs lorries and buses, and thronged ceaselessly by great crowds.
例2:Many people stay at jobs they are too old for rather than meet possible rejection.
分析 rather than 的后项是动词meet,因此并列的前项也是动词,即stay.