OG-22 133注释

flyingceleste · 发表于 2005-12-8 08:04:00

The new school of political history that emerged in

the 1960’s and 1970’s sought to go beyond the traditional

focus of political historians on leaders and government

institutions by examining directly the political practices of

(5)ordinary citizens. Like the old approach, however, this new

approach excluded women. The very techniques these

historians used to uncover mass political behavior in the

nineteenth-century United States – quantitative analyses of

election returns, for example – were useless in analyzing

(10)the political activities of women, who were denied the vote

until 1920.

By redefining “political activity,” historian Paula Baker

has developed a political history that includes women. She

concludes that among ordinary citizens, political activism

(15)by women in the nineteenth century prefigured trends in

twentieth-century politics. Defining “politics” as “any action

taken to affect the course of behavior of government or of

the community,” Baker concludes that, while voting and

holding office were restricted to men, women in the nine-

(20)teenth century organized themselves into societies committed to

social issues such as temperance and poverty. In

other words, Baker contends, women activists were early

practitioners of nonpartisan, issue-oriented politics and thus

were more interested in enlisting lawmakers, regardless of

(25)their party affiliation, on behalf of certain issues than in

ensuring that one party or another won an election. In the

twentieth century, more men drew closer to women’s ideas

about politics and took up modes of issue-oriented politics

that Baker sees women as having pioneered.

133. It ban be inferred that the author of the passage quotes Baker directly in the second paragraph primarily in order to

(A) clarify a position before providing an alternative ot that position

(B) differentiate between a novel definition and traditional definitions

(C) provide an example of a point agreed on by different generations of scholars

(D) provide an example of the prose style of an important historian (B)

(E) amplify a definition given in the first paragraph

The best answer is B. The first paragraph suggests that political activity had been defined in terms of voting, party politics, and office holding, whereas the second paragraph indicates that Baker broadened the definition to include any action influencing government or community issues. Thus, the author’s direct quotation serves to display the difference between Baker’s definition and more traditional definitions. Because no alternative view is discussed after the discussion of Baker’s, A can be eliminated. Choice C is incorrect because, as the passage indicates, the definition offered by Baker is not one on which different generations of scholars agree. Choice D can be eliminated because the author displays no interest in Baker’s prose style. Choice E is incorrect because no definition like Baker’s is discussed in the first paragraph.

想请教下荧光部分是怎么得出的？

flyingceleste · 发表于 2005-12-8 22:38:00

汗。。。。。。

wangyu73cn · 发表于 2005-12-10 13:07:00

The new school of political history that emerged in

the 1960’s and 1970’s sought to go beyond the traditional

focus of political historians on leaders and government

institutions by examining directly the political practices of

(5)ordinary citizens. Like the old approach, however, this new

approach excluded women. The very techniques these

historians used to uncover mass political behavior in the

nineteenth-century United States – quantitative analyses of

election returns, for example – were useless in analyzing

(10)the political activities of women, who were denied the vote

until 1920.

第一段的意思就是原有的对政治活动的考察在于政党领袖、政府职务和选举情况几方面。

The first paragraph suggests that political activity had been defined in terms of voting, party politics, and office holding,

flyingceleste · 发表于 2005-12-11 14:15:00

收到，谢谢

OG-22 133注释

OG-22 133注释

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