今日长难句：

选自《华盛顿邮报》

For those women, telling them they can't have an abortion at 15 weeks is an undue burden as well as for women who haven't been able to scrape together the money and time and everything else in order to obtain the abortion.

对这些妇女来说，在怀孕15周时告诉她们不能堕胎是一种不适当的负担，对那些无法筹集到金钱、时间和其他一切以获得堕胎的妇女来说也是如此。

第一步 简单划分句子成分，进行初步断句

For those women, telling them /they can't have an abortion/ at 15 weeks/ is an undue burden as well as/ for women /who haven't been able to scrape together /the money and time and everything else/ in order to /obtain the abortion.

第二步 抓动词，看主语，确定一下句子的基本框架，先看主句再看从句。

For those women, telling them /they can't have an abortion/ at 15 weeks/ is an undue burden as well as/ for women /who haven't been able to scrape together /the money and time and everything else/ in order to /obtain the abortion.

for those women...as well as for women who...

For 表示对于，针对的两个群体的女人

句子的主框架：Telling them（ that）....is an undue burden

告诉她们...是一种不适当的负担

They can't have an abortion at 15 weeks...

定语从句who haven't been able to scrape together the money and time and everything else

那些无法筹集到金钱、时间和其他一切以获得堕胎的妇女

第三步把刚才跳读和略读的修饰性成分信息还原，细节补充回去，得到句子清晰完整的全貌。

表示目的in order to obtain the abortion

For those women, telling them they can't have an abortion at 15 weeks is an undue burden as well as for women who haven't been able to scrape together the money and time and everything else in order to obtain the abortion.

对这些妇女来说，在怀孕15周时告诉她们不能堕胎是一种不适当的负担，对那些无法筹集到金钱、时间和其他一切以获得堕胎的妇女来说也是如此。

核心要点：

1. burden n. 负担；压力

Renting a house in a big city is the biggest financial burden for many young people nowadays.

2. obtain v. 获得

She managed to obtain a PHD in both psychology and education.

3. scrape together v. 艰难地凑齐；筹集

He tried his best to scrape together some money for his father's surgery.

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