托福閱讀長難句100句：性別不平等

　　Inequalities of gender have also existed in pastoralist societies, but they seem to have been softened by the absence of steep hierarchies of wealth in most communities, and also by the requirement that women acquire most of the skills of men, including, often, their military skills. (TPO14, 46)

　　inequality n. 不平等

　　pastoralist /'pæst?r?list/ n. 田園詩的作者，畜牧者

　　steep /sti?p/ adj. 陡峭的;(價格或要求)過高的，不合理的

　　hierarchy /'ha??rɑ?k?/ n. 等級制度

　　我是分界線哦，大家先一遍速讀

　　Inequalities of gender have also existed in pastoralist societies, but they seem to have been softened (by the absence of steep hierarchies of wealth) (in most communities),and (also by the requirement) (that women acquire most of the skills of men),(including, often, their military skills). (TPO14, 46)

　　托福閱讀長難句100句分析：

　　這句話的重點其實就是：they seem to have been softened

　　修飾一：(by the absence of steep hierarchies of wealth) ，介詞短語

　　中文：沒有嚴格的財富等級制度

　　修飾二：(in most communities) ，介詞短語

　　中文：在大多數(shù)群落中

　　修飾三：(also by the requirement) ，介詞短語，注意這里的also by the requirement和by the absence of steep hierarchies of wealth是并列的

　　中文：也需要

　　修飾四：(that women acquire most of the skills of men)，從句

　　中文：女性獲得大多數(shù)男人的技能

　　修飾物：( including, often, their military skills)，介詞短語

　　中文：包括常用軍事技能

　　托福閱讀長難句100句翻譯：

　　性別不平等也已經(jīng)存在于畜牧主義社會，但由于在大多數(shù)群落中并沒有嚴格的財富等級制度，以及要求女性獲得大多數(shù)男人的技能像軍事技能，這種不平等似乎已經(jīng)被緩解。

　　這個句子的主要修飾成分就是從句和介詞短語，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)。