标题: 关于修饰语的两道题的区别。 [打印本页] 作者: waterflea 时间: 2003-10-14 11:41 标题: 关于修饰语的两道题的区别。 lyricling 兄的修饰语一文中有如下例题。 Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale of oil into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the state’s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves. (A) fund, with the intention to sustain the state’s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves. (C) fund intended to sustain the state’s economy after oil reserves are exhausted.
其中C用过于分词比A用介词短语更为明确。
另有一题： 补充第1题 Added to the increase in hourly wages requested last July, the railroad employees are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits.
(C) The railroad employees are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits added to the increase in hourly wages that were requested last July. (E) In addition to the increase in hourly wages requested last July, the employees of the railroad are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits.
答案选择了用介词短语，而不用过去分词结构，为何？是否将E中的介词结构后置就变成错误的了？ 作者: givemeahome 时间: 2003-10-14 12:25
第一，an expanded program of retirement benefits added to the increase in hourly wages 有被读成an expanded program of( retirement benefits added to the increase in hourly wages )的可能 其次，仔细辨认an expanded program of retirement benefits 与the increase in hourly wages 都是seek的对象属于并列关系，所以in addition to好些，用分词修饰则意在被修饰的对象。 第三，(A) fund, with the intention to sustain the state’s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves. (C) fund intended to sustain the state’s economy after oil reserves are exhausted. 可比较的还有after的用法 the exhaustion没有一个特定事件的感觉；关于这点请大家讨论；ETS关于用名词形式还是用动词表达也是长考的。作者: waterflea 时间: 2003-10-14 13:06
谢谢楼上。 看来，这种题目还是要具体情况具体分析了，主要是不能产生歧义。不过考试那么短时间内，的确很难把方方面面可能产生的歧义都想到的啊，哎！：（ 最好是大家能总结出一些规律来。