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作者: delldell    时间: 2004-4-25 17:35
标题: 大全22

1.        A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago.


(A) there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were


(B) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were


(C) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were


(D) every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there wereC


偶对选C没有疑问, 但偶怎么也搞不清为什么four times as many as后面是there WERE


There IS ONE computer for every 32 pupils , 4 time as many as there WERE. 这是怎样的一个比较的结构呢? there were 和谁对应呢?



作者: JerryGuan    时间: 2004-4-25 22:00

这题确实很变态!:(

不知楼主有没有看过OG的解释。可以去下载一个看看。

我个人的意见是:

there is 是表达每32个人一台,单位数字;而there were是表示所有机子,是集体概念。两者之间没有绝对平行,所以,“four times as many as there were”前面加了一个“,”,伴随说明:总体数量的大小。

不知其他NN有没有更精辟的论断。

我本人也没有办法,只能每天看它一眼,直到有一天能背下来,毕竟这是人家的语言。


作者: delldell    时间: 2004-4-26 06:50
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作者: jeremy2000    时间: 2004-4-26 09:25

用there were的原因是因为不知道后面接的是单数还是复数,当不知道是单数还是复数时,就要用复数。


在举个简单的例子,


The student who failed the class should call ----- (his,her,their)parents。因为不知道这个学生的性别就要用复数their。


    


    


作者: quiny    时间: 2005-8-1 09:59
谢谢
作者: 三脚猫    时间: 2005-8-1 11:34
jeremy也解了我的一大疑惑,多谢啦
作者: jessica_cxy    时间: 2008-9-11 15:01
好贴!
作者: xiaoy791    时间: 2008-9-11 15:47
有种感觉were是跟as many as 走的,




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