雅思阅读：剑桥雅思阅读长难句分析（7）_雅思英语阅读

雅思阅读：剑桥雅思阅读长难句分析（7）

　　8. An important principle is that all corpora, whatever their size, are inevitably limited in their coverage, and always need to be supplemented by data derived from the intuitions of native speakers of the language, through either introspection or experimentation.

　　分析：本句主句为An important principle isthat all corpora, whatever their size, are inevitably limited in their coverage, and always need to be supplemented by data derived from the intuitions of native speakers of the language, through either introspection or experimentation.为that引导的表语从句，做is的表语;whatever their size为whatever引导的状语从句，在表语从句中做让步状语;derived from the intuitions of native speakers of the language为过去分词短语做定语，做data的定语。

　　9. No corpora can ever cover the whole language and so linguists often find themselves relying on the additional information that can be gained from the intuitions of those who speak the language concerned.

　　分析：本句为并列句，用and so连接。that can be gained from the intuitions of those who speak the language concerned为that引导的定语从句，做additional information的定语;who speak the language concerned也为定语从句，关系词为who, 做those的定语。

　　10. Since the early years of the twentieth century, when the International Athletic Federation began keeping records, there has been a steady improvements in how fast athletes run, how high they jump and how far they are able to hurl massive objects, themselves included, through space.