Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world’s great cities.
is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise,
is so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,
so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else
reflective, so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer, or
reflects so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; if it did
以下是引用rhod在2005-4-6 22:04:00的发言：
2、little 和 little of 的区别 看了几个回帖，发现大家都没有注意到这道题的奥妙。我的解题思路是这样的:这题划线后是虚拟语气，划线前是一般现在时，所以or else必错。需要一个分号和虚拟条件句，所以合适的选项是B, E。E有明显错误，可以排除。 但是 朗文中的这个例句和前辈所说正好矛盾！这如何解释呢？ I had to defend myself or else he'd have killed me.
前面是一般过去，后面是虚拟 用 or else 链接 且没有分号！？作者: Queeny11 时间: 2010-5-8 21:36
关键是 so reflective 前面少了 is..... 原文说的意思。。。是polar ice中的很少一部分融化。。。感觉B is better作者: weirui5621 时间: 2010-5-8 21:53
楼上说的不对，这里第二个is因为跟第一个重复时可以省略的作者: weirui5621 时间: 2010-5-8 22:01
这题虽然我觉得应该选B，可是我不知道B里it究竟指什么，难道是Antarctica ?
不过楼主的例句真的让我困惑了很久，可我觉得这里把整个the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world’s great cities. 当做or else是不合适的，因为原意的otherwise也是加了逗号的，说明整个the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world’s great cities.应该是虚拟的主句，这样看来B是最合适的。不过这样分析确实太牵强了作者: hatinreality 时间: 2010-5-9 01:23
is不能省吧，前面那个是are啊，这道题问题应该就是出在这里吧。作者: weirui5621 时间: 2010-5-9 09:29
不是，只要这里BE动词功能相同就可以省略，而不是严格的形式相同，因为功能相同才是平行最基本的要求，如果功能不一样，即使形式相同一样不能省略，这题可以查一查以往的帖子，有不少牛人的解释作者: venus2elva 时间: 2010-5-9 11:31
同意这种说法，纠结万年的一道GWD 出现在新PREP上，也说明了这个问题。 新PREP2-Q228: So dogged were Frances Perkins' investigations of the garment industry, so persistent her lobbying for wage and hour reform, that Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt recruited Perkins to work within the government, rather than as a social worker.
说明be的平行中的省略时可以被ETS原谅的。
LDOCE对or else的解释：
2 or else spoken a) used to say that there will be a bad result if someone does not do something : Hurry up or else we’ll miss the train.
b) used to say what another possibility might be : The salesman will reduce the price or else include free insurance.
c) used to threaten someone : Hand over the money, or else!
好像这题是第二种用法。
弱弱的问一句，B里面were it to do so，it指代谁？作者: weirui5621 时间: 2010-5-9 11:53