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　雅思阅读长难句解题技巧实例分析　If a needle is thrown at random on a sheet of paper ruled with lines whose distance apart is exactly equal to the length of the needle, how often can it be expected to fall on a line and how often into a blank space?

　　译文：如果把一根针随机地投到一张纸上，纸上画了许多平行线，它们之间的间隔等于针的长度，那么针落上的几率是多少?落在空白处的几率又是多少?

　　第一层：

　　If a needle is thrown at random on a sheet of paper ruled with lines whose distance apart is exactly equal to the len‐状语从句gth of the needle, how often状can谓it主be expected谓to fall on a line宾and连how often状into a blank space?

　　第二层：(状语从句)If引a needle主is系thrown表at random状on a sheet of paper状ruled with lines定whose distance apart is exactly equal to the length of the needle定语从句

　　第三层：(定语从句)whose引distance apart主is系exactly状equal表to the length of the needle宾

　　要点：这是复合句。在if引导的状语从句中，ruled with lines是过去分词，作paper的定语，whose……needle是lines的定语从句，whose distance apart的意思是“它们之间的间隔”。主句中and后面是个省略句，省去了can it be expected to fall.翻译时可将英文的被动语态译成汉语的主动语态。length：长度。rule paper with lines：在纸上划平行线。