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作者: tianc 时间: 2007-8-25 01:26
标题: GWD-1-7
anyone, prep also.
GWD1-Q7:
A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980.
- that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times
- that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, a ratio that compares to 42 times
- that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio
- CEO’s who now earn on average 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio
- CEO’s now earning an average of 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, compared to the ratio of 42 times
answer is B or C (prep answer)
So confused, so many discussion before, still not result
作者: yedeanboy 时间: 2007-8-25 01:45
prep说是C,那就只好是C了,那还咋办阿?
作者: Hamiton 时间: 2007-8-25 03:42
试着分析一下:首先D,E 肯定不对。其次,在倍数比较中,我们用 419 times as ~ as 或 419 times + n., 所以A也不对,因为倍数+ more than是典型的比较错误。
然后,使用compare时,如果不是动作发出者(人),必须用被动,这里ratio肯定是被compare, 排除B.
最后,只剩C了, 前半句的比较形式是对的,ratio在后面做同位语,as compared to用法不熟悉。查了langman,没有明显的词条,搜索了OG,语法中没有出现,逻辑和阅读里各出现过一次。查了google,发现这是个常用的词组,多放在句尾表比较,相对应的前面比较对象不定。
试理解:as 这里做连词,后面故意省略了类似it is的结构,这样可以灵活的使用,来表达与前面某部分(可以是主语或宾语)比较的含义。如果单独使用compared的话,放在句子前面要逻辑主语一致,放在后面。。。好像不常见,也许as compared to是 compare 放在后面的的优选形式?
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作者: Hamiton 时间: 2007-8-25 03:56
另外这道题还有两个小语法点,大家看分析的对不对
1. an average of 被 “,on average, ” 代替了,明显逻辑意思清楚了很多,an average 和 419 times more pay是平等关系,不能用所属关系(of) 来表达,嗯,以后要注意
2. CEO's 代表CEO的复数,不是所有格,因为他要对应后面的复数workers。这里5个选项是一样的,并没有考这一点,但的确给理解题意带来了困难。据查,很多人认为这样表达是不对的(Plural of Acronym),但 New York Times 已经这样使用了,我们就不管这么多了,记住再说吧
作者: Hamiton 时间: 2007-8-26 09:36
看到又有人问,自己顶一下,大家多提意见讨论讨论
作者: 流浪猫猫2008 时间: 2007-8-26 22:58
啊~茅塞顿开~~compared to好象只能用被动形式的,可是有一点还是不明白,as compared to 42 times their pay,这到底怎么翻译? as如果后面省略了it is,那这个it is 又指代谁呢? their又指代谁呢?我当时选B的时候就是因为觉得C里面their根本就说不清是谁.
大家多讨论一下此题~~~~~~
作者: 阿土莎莎 时间: 2007-11-8 15:39
还是很困惑啊呵呵。。
作者: heyii 时间: 2008-1-10 03:53
喜欢这个解释~这个题目告诉我们,所以不要一看到被逗号分开的就是罗嗦了。。。毕竟是选最优答案。至少要保证基本语法正确才考虑是否罗嗦。
A. that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times
A is incorrect. The comparison is illogical. The pay of CEOs is being compared to blue-collar workers. To make the sentence correct, add the auxiliary do after blue-collar workers.
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B. that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, a ratio that compares to 42 times |
I don't like the second part; a ratio that compares to 42 times.
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C. that, on average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio
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C is the best. The basis of comparison is the same: 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers vs 42 times their pay.
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D. CEO’s who now earn on average 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio |
D is incorrect. The first part is a relative clause; the subordinate clause is incomplete.
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E. CEO’s now earning an average of 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, compared to the ratio of 42 times |
E is incorrect. The first part needs an auxiliary verb; earning is a present participle, not a verb.
It is indeed a very difficult English question.
作者: Aquafer 时间: 2008-7-19 18:51
请问NN,42times their pay中的their代指什么?blue-collar worker's?似乎有指代不清的嫌疑啊
作者: itcemzh 时间: 2008-7-19 21:36
以下是引用Aquafer在2008-7-19 18:51:00的发言:
请问NN,42times their pay中的their代指什么?blue-collar worker's?似乎有指代不清的嫌疑啊
嗯,看了分析,我认为是指workers
作者: reallingling 时间: 2008-7-20 09:39
choose c
作者: sarahzhensh 时间: 2008-7-20 12:03
倍数+ more than并没有错啊
倍数(数量词)+ 形容词/副词比较级 + than 有这种结构阿!
A 错在哪呢?
作者: kevintown 时间: 2008-7-22 06:18
According to Business Week, CEOs now earn an astounding 419 times the pay of average blue-collar workers, up from 42 times as recently as 1980.
作者: kevintown 时间: 2008-7-22 06:19
A: compare to的前后不匹配,pay和工人 compared to比较对象不对等CEO和a ratio
作者: pipiyu12 时间: 2008-8-25 04:39
GWD1-Q7:
A recent
review of pay scales indicates that CEO’s now earn an average of 419 times
more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980.
A. that CEO’s now earn an average of
419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times->
CEO’s compared to a ratio,人不能和ratio相比,错
B. that, on
average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, a ratio that compares to 42 times->
sb compare x to y, x is compared to y,这里应该是ratio被比较
C. that, on
average, CEO’s now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times
their pay, the ratio
D. CEO’s who now earn on average 419 times more pay than
blue-collar workers, as compared
to 42 times their pay, the ratio->A
review indicates CEO’s可以indicate+ n,但是用在这里语义不合逻辑,错
E. CEO’s now earning an average of 419 times the pay of
blue-collar workers, compared to the ratio of 42 times-> A review indicates sb. doing错
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作者: cici8796 时间: 2008-10-28 13:54
C感觉很啰嗦啊。。。不过用排除法的话其他的错误比较明显
我清楚的记得xx times +more than 这种用法不对。要用bigger或者greater
CEO's竟然表示CEO的复数?这种用法是第一次见到~~有没有nn们见过类似的用法呢?
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Hamiton 发表于 2007-8-25 03:42
试着分析一下:首先D,E 肯定不对。其次,在倍数比较中,我们用 419 times as ~ as 或 419 times + n., 所以 ...
Very useful!
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