抓住句子的結(jié)構(gòu)是十分重要的，有些句子的并列結(jié)構(gòu)是我們需要敏銳的看出的（在SAT 文法題中考察對(duì)并列成分的抓取），比如在官方指南上的一篇閱讀文章Artisans and Industrialization 的一句話就有比較復(fù)雜的并列結(jié)構(gòu)，這句話介紹了19世紀(jì)美國學(xué)徒Apprentice和匠人師傅之間的關(guān)系：
Apprentices were considered part of the family, and masters were responsible not only for teaching their apprentices a trade but also for providing them some education and for supervising their moral behavior.

生詞積累
1. Supervise: v. 監(jiān)督，近義詞 oversee
2. Moral: adj 道德的
 
總體來說，這個(gè)句子是個(gè)并列句。前半部分：Apprentices were considered part of the family 就是說學(xué)徒被當(dāng)做（師傅的）家人。（是不是和我們中國很像）
 
我們關(guān)鍵看看這個(gè)句子的后半句 masters were responsible not only for teaching their apprentices a trade but also for providing them some education and for supervising their moral behavior. 這句話有很多 for 引導(dǎo)的短語，這會(huì)使得一些同學(xué)們感到頭疼。
 
大家還要抓住并列結(jié)構(gòu) not only, but also, and 并且明白它們的功能是連接意義相關(guān)、層次相同、語法結(jié)構(gòu)也相同的結(jié)構(gòu)。那么這三個(gè) for 引導(dǎo)的介詞短語，它們的層次和語法結(jié)構(gòu)都相同，很明顯都是并列關(guān)系。大家需要注意，有時(shí)候并列關(guān)系不僅僅是并列兩項(xiàng)，還有可能并列多項(xiàng)。我們把并列關(guān)系都標(biāo)出來，結(jié)構(gòu)如下：
 
masters were responsible not only for teaching their apprentices a trade but also for providing them some education and for supervising their moral behavior.

我們知道 be responsible for （對(duì)……負(fù)責(zé)）的結(jié)構(gòu)，并且三個(gè)for引導(dǎo)的介詞短語是并列關(guān)系。所以這句話講解的是師傅要對(duì)三件事情負(fù)責(zé)。句子含義是：師傅對(duì)教學(xué)徒一個(gè)行業(yè)、提供學(xué)徒一定的教育和監(jiān)管他們的道德行為負(fù)責(zé)。