如何养成分析英语句子结构的习惯？

学会了前一章所提的基本句子结构和语法知识后，我会在阅读文章时开始养成分析句子结构的习惯，选一篇中级程度的英语文章，练

习分析句构，请参看下列文章及我作句子结构分析的实例：

Helen Keller

Helen Keller was born a healthy, normal child in Alabama in 1880. However, an illness accompanied by a high fever struck her while she was still an infant, leaving her deaf, blind, and unable to speak. For little Helen, the world was suddenly a dark and frightening place. She reacted by becoming wild and stubborn.

Several years later, a miracle came into Helen's life when Ann Sullivan, a strong and caring lady, became Helen's teacher. Miss Sullivan was a loving and patient teacher, whose devotedness finally changed a near-savage child into a responsible human being. Through her help, Helen Keller learned to communicate with those around her and embrace the world that she had once hated so much. People respected her and benefited a lot from her unique insight and courage. Miss Keller died in 1968, but her spirit lives on.

1. Helen Keller（主语） was born a healthy, normal child（名词词组（做主语补语）） in Alabama（地方副词短语） in 1880（时间副词短语） .

（海伦·凯勒于 1880 年在亚拉巴马州出生，那时是个健康又正常的孩子。）

本句原为：

Helen Keller was born was a healthy and normal child in Alabama in 1880.（X）

理由：

(1) 上句动词 was born 与后面的动词 was a healthy and normal child 无连词连接，且原句想表示的意思是“生下来就是个健康又正常的孩子”，所以第二个 was 前不用并列连词 and 连接，因此应变成现在分词being，再予以省略。

(2) a healthy, normal child 原为 a healthy and normal child，并列连词 and 可省略，改用逗号代替，使两个形容词的关系更密切。

同理，也可将 a competent and energetic young man 改成：

a competent, energetic young man（一个能干又充满活力的年轻人）。