Making a timeline that shows when different events happened can help you understand how the events are connected to each other.
【分析】
1. that shows when different events happened 是定语从句,该定语从句中的 when different events happened是一个宾语从句中,作shows 的宾语;
2. can help 是主句的谓语动词,you understand how the events are connected to each other 是宾语从句,作can help的宾语;
3. 在you understand how the events are connected to each other 这个宾语从句中,how the events are connected to each other 又是一个宾语从句,作 understand 的宾语。
【试译】
Making a timeline that shows when different events happened can help you understand how the events are connected to each other. 列一张显示不同的大事发生的时间表可以帮助你理解这些事件是怎样相互联系的。