雅思基礎閱讀難句解析-平行結構

　　11.More than three million people live in inner London, and nearly five million people live in the surrounding suburban area, which is made up of formerly separate villages that have merged to form what is now called outer London.

　　結構：本句有5個謂語動詞：live/live/is/have/is。其中主句的謂語動詞為兩個并列的live。which引導非限定性定語從句修area，that引導定語從句修飾villages，而what引導form的賓語從句。

　　可以拆分為：1) More than people live in inner London.2) And nearly five million people live in area.3) The area is made up of villages.4) The villages have merged to form.5) What is now called outer London.

　　翻譯：三百多萬人住在倫敦市區，將近五百多萬人住在周邊郊區該地區由以前分散的村莊組成，后來逐漸合并形成今天所謂的外部倫敦。