SSAT阅读备考长难句解析：Away across the endless dead level of the prairie a black speck appears against the sky.这句话并不算长，我们还是按照Rambo老师的阅读步骤来——抓主干。Speck appears。一个斑点出现。这个speck的同义词有spot, mark, dot, fleck, speckle等。然后加细节，black speck黑色的斑点;away across是指对面那边;endless，无尽的，无边的;prairie草原;against the sky是指在天边。结合起来，就是“在一马平川的广袤草原的那一头，一个黑影出现在天边。”

　　好，接下来我们再看一句话。The myths of the ancient Greek described the world as managed by a multitude of beings who were like men but who had different powers.抓主干：myths described the world as managed……，神话描述世界被……管理。加细节，a multitude of = many;后面的who引导定语从句，与第二个who引导的定语从句平行，或者叫并列，都是修饰beings生物的。所以，整句话的意思是“古希腊神话讲，世界是由很多生物来管理的，这些生物很像人，但是拥有不同的法力。”

　　All right，let’s call it a day!