长难句解析

President Biden1 has confirmed2 that the United States will provide Ukraine with more advanced rocket systems and munitions3, something4 the Ukrainians have long been requesting5.

解：主语1+谓语2+宾语从句3+同位语4+定语从句5

析：该句的主语为“President Biden”，谓语为“has confirmed”，其后接宾语从句“that the United States will provide Ukraine with more advanced rocket systems and munitions”，“something”紧跟其后，作“ rocket systems and munitions”的同位语，其后的“the Ukrainians have long been requesting”为定语从句，修饰先行词“something”。

重点词汇词组

1.provide sb. with sth. 为...提供...

例：We are here to provide the public with a service.

我们来这里是为公众提供服务的。

常见搭配：

provide for sth. 使...有据可依

例：The legislation provides for the detention of suspected terrorists for up to seven days.

法律规定，对嫌疑恐怖分子最多可拘留七天。

2.describe sth. as sth. 把…称为/描述为...

例：The man was described as tall and dark, and aged about 20.

据描述这男人高个子，深色皮肤，年龄在20岁左右。

词汇拓展：

descriptive adjective 描写的，叙述的

description noun 描述，描写

3. crime scene 犯罪现场

例：Photographs of the crime scene began to arrive within twenty minutes.

不到20分钟，犯罪现场的照片就开始传来了。

相关俚语：

behind the scenes 秘密地；背地里

例：A lot of negotiating has been going on behind the scenes.

广泛的谈判一直在秘密进行。

4. take place 发生，举行

例：The film festival takes place in October.

电影节将于十月举行。

相关俚语：

in place 准备就绪

例：All the arrangements are now in place for their visit.

他们来访的一切都安排就绪了。

5. elementary school 小学

例：I can tutor their children, from elementary school to high school.

我可以为他们的孩子辅导功课，从小学到高中都可以。

常见搭配：

elementary questions 简单的问题

例：Yet elementary questions about what happened at the school remain unanswered.

然而，关于学校里发生了什么这样的简单问题依然没有答案。

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