Consultation with a child psychologist may be helpful if frightening dreams intensify and become more frequent as this may indicate a particular problem or life circumstance that need to be changed or one that the child may need extra help working through. (全国医学统一考试2016年阅读)
第一步:迅速找出句子的主句框架,标出主句主干部分:
Consultation may be helpful. ↓↓↓ 名词做主语 系动词做谓语 形容词作表语 (该句子为主系表结构) (with a child psychologist 用来修饰consultation,修饰成分跳过)
第二步:确认从句的框架,标出从句主干部分。
该句中有两个从句,一个是if引导的条件状语从句。
if frightening dreamsintensify and becomemore frequent. ↓↓↓ 名词做主语 系动词做谓语 形容词作表语 (该句子为主系表结构)
另一个从句是as引导的原因状语从句。
as thismay indicate a particular problem or life circumstance or one ↓↓↓ 代词做主语 动词作谓语 三个并列名词做宾语
(定语从句that need to be changed用来修饰circumstance,该修饰成分跳过) (定语从句that the child may need extra help working through用来修饰one,该修饰成分跳过)
第三步:结合主从句的结构,进行整个句子的理解
整个句子的主句就是:Consultation will may be helpful(咨询可能是有帮助的),后面接了一个if引导的条件状语从句以及一个as引导的原因状语从句。