标题: 在线等!OG13-81关于时态的问题 [打印本页] 作者: credo1992 时间: 2014-8-4 12:56 标题: 在线等!OG13-81关于时态的问题 求教!OG13——81
Fossils of the arm of a sloth found in Puerto Rico in 1991, and dated at 34 million years old, made it the earliest known mammal of the Greater Antilles Islands.
A sloth found in Puerto Rico in 1991, and dated at 34 million years old, made it the earliest known mammal of
B sloth, that they found in Puerto Rico in 1991, has been dated at 34 million years old, thus making it the earliest mammal known on
C sloth that was found in Puerto Rico in 1991, was dated at 34 million years old, making this the earliest known mammal of
D sloth, found in Puerto Rico in 1991, have been dated at 34 million years old, making the sloth the earliest known mammal on
E sloth which, found in Puerto Rico in 1991, was dated at 34 million years old, made the sloth the earliest known mammal of
答案是D,我做对了,凭借几个point。但看了论坛上的几篇讨论我仍有问题
主干:Fossils ... have been dated at 34 million years old,....
为什么主谓语动词dated要用have been dated?后面是 at 34 million years,并不表示过去的一段时间啊!这里我预想的应该是用were dated表示过去的某个时间比较切当! 作者: Amber.C 时间: 2014-8-4 15:52
参考 OG13 page669
Present perfect: Used with has or have, the present perfect tense describes an action that occurred at an indefinite time in the past or that began in the past and continues into the present.
如果用 were,表示过去date,而非至今为止的date。用were dated,需要明确的时间点,或者上下文有提示。
另外可以用排除法做,选出D。作者: credo1992 时间: 2014-8-4 16:27
Amber.C 发表于 2014-8-4 15:52
参考 OG13 page669
Present perfect: Used with has or have, the present perfect tense describes an act ...
抱歉来晚了。我贴个外国论坛大N的解释给亲吧,~~~
"1) 代词不能指代介词短语中的的宾语(不绝对)
2) 这里have been比were好么?
Present perfect probably makes a little bit more sense, since the findings clearly have direct relevance to the situation being discussed at present. However, it would certainly not be incorrect to use the simple past (although that usage would suggest that the findings no longer have relevance, possibly because they have been superseded by some more recent findings).
3) D选项中found不会歧义指代sloth?
Like many other modifiers, this one requires you to use common sense to identify its referent. Grammatically, it could technically stand for either of these; however, since only one of them makes any sense, it is not ambiguous.