( 1998年真題Section III Reading Comprehension Text4第8段 第5句)
Often they choose — and still are choosing — somewhat colder climates such as Oregon, Idaho and Alaska in order to escape smog, crime and other plagues of urbanization in the Golden State.
分析:我們先來分析這個單句的主干結構:They choose and are still choosing colder climates in order to escape...。注意破折號之間是謂語動詞的補充,表示另一種時間狀態。在climates后面跟的是such as引導的三個州名,列舉的是較為寒冷的幾個州;后面是一個由in order to引導的表示目的的短語,其中escape的賓語有三個:smog,crime and other plagues,of短語修飾plagues,說明plagues發生的原因。