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作者: cynthia7x    时间: 2015-3-20 13:52
标题: 求高手指点:Prep07-1-163
The British sociologist and activist Barbara Wootton once noted as a humorous example of income maldistribution that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning annually exactly what she then earned as director of adult education for London.
A that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning  
B that the elephant, giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, had been earning  
C that there was an elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, and it earned  
D the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and was earning  
E the elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and that it earned

此题正确答案:A
我的疑问是:此题B选项过去完成进行时有错吗。。。因为后面提到“she then...",说明大象赚钱在她之前,那么就是过去的过去,然后再加一个正在赚钱的意思,为啥不可以呢。。。
作者: DeliciaAn    时间: 2015-3-23 19:39
1. 从语义的角度来看,简洁后的内容是-> the elephant was earning annually exactly what she then earned:大象当时赚的钱是就是她过后赚的钱,就是说这两个赚的钱数相等。用过去时描述了一种过去普遍的一种状态,用过去完成进行时,持续到某一时间点然后一直进行着的时态,还没有完成,也就是说得有个时间点来体现出来这种语义。

2. 而且B中还有个问题,that the elephant, -ing  和  A中that引导的定语从句之间的区别。
以下的内容引自毕出《GMAT句子改错语法推理精讲》2014年9月第1版,机械工业出版社
第20页“定语,其功能是修饰或限定句中的某一个名词。
第24页 ,-ing“伴随的含义是:‘一个主语发出两个动作或一个主语处于两种状态,或一个主语发出一个动作时又伴随有某一种状态。伴随状语的逻辑主语必须是主句的主语,伴随状语与谓语动作所表示的动作或状态是同时发生的。’伴随状语可以和主句具有同时发生、因果、同种状态等关系

根据上面的叙述,有以下几点浅见:
(1) 主句主语是:The British sociologist and activist Barbara Wootton,显然不是这个主语发出giving rides这个动作。
(2) 即便是考虑到是that引导从句中的主语elephant发出的giving rides这个动作,但也会造成,修饰主句主语The British sociologist and activist Barbara Wootton 的歧义。

以上为我的几点浅见,还请各位牛牛指导。
作者: 2643301345    时间: 2015-3-26 21:00
DeliciaAn 发表于 2015-3-23 19:39
1. 从语义的角度来看,简洁后的内容是-> the elephant was earning annually exactly what she then earne ...

这点还真没有想到过, 解释的很好。 谢谢
作者: DeliciaAn    时间: 2015-3-27 00:50
2643301345 发表于 2015-3-26 21:00
这点还真没有想到过, 解释的很好。 谢谢

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