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Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while being an adolescent, Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.
(A) while being an adolescent
(B) while in adolescence
(C) at the time of her being adolescent
(D) as being in adolescence
(E) as an adolescent
Choices A, B, and D are unidiomatic. Choice C is awkward and wordy; furthermore, the phrase at the time of her being adolescent suggests that Willard’s adolescence lasted only for a brief, finite moment rather than for an extended period of time. Choice E, idiomatic and precise, is the best answer.
这道题og给的解释过于简单了。我想问的是，像A那样用while doing……表达一个时间状语对不对？我记得以前tianwan斑竹曾经说过while的用法：
以下是引用tianwan在2004-6-19 12:54:00的发言：while带让步或时间状语从句，且从句的主语是主句主语，从今可简化为动词的ing形式。表让步，简化后，while不变。 时间状语从句变ing，while可不变也可以变成in。when是变成on/upon。所以当你看到时间状语是in doing很可能就是由while sb/sth do转化的，而upon/on doing就是when sb/sth do转化的，其中sb/sth就是主句主语.
按照tianwan斑竹的说法，while being an adolescent从语法上应该是可以的吧？ETS不用它，是否只是因为表示“当某人还是什么什么的时候”这样的意思时，E选项更符合习惯？
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