BBC news 2010-08-16 加文本

1.The wall itself can’t be seen as a precursor to the much larger security barrier that Israel has been building in the West Bank to stop suicide attacks.

much修饰比较级

可修饰比较级的词

1）a bit, a little, rather, much, far, by far, many, a lot, lots, a great deal, any, still, even等

2）还可以用表示倍数的词或度量名词作修饰语。

3）以上词(除by far)外，必须置于比较级形容词或副词的前面。

2.The authorities in Bahrain say they’ve arrested three more Shiite activists on security related charges following the earlier detention of a leader of the mainly Shiite Haq Movement for Civil Liberties and Democracy, Abdul Jalil al-Singace.

这句话的主语和谓语是：The authorities in Bahrain say，后面是宾语从句。宾语从句的主干是：they’ve arrested three more Shiite activists on security。following the earlier detention of是现在分词作时间状语。

3.The charity Save the Children says severe flooding is causing further devastation in Niger, where nearly 300,000 children are at risk from a massive food crisis.

where引导定语从句，修饰的是Niger。