Season 3——manhattan 55 （已点评）

HarrisZheng · 发表于 2011-11-22 21:07:47

e选项的歧义太多

corneliaflower · 发表于 2011-11-23 00:40:15

55. The bowerbirds of Australia derive their name from the fact that the males build elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs to attract females, decorating them with flowers and other vegetation in a display of courtship.

A the fact that the males build elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs to attract females, decorating them with flowers and other vegetation
B the elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs that the males build and decorate with flowers and other vegetation in order to attract females
C the elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs, decorated with flowers and other vegetation that the males use to attract females
D the fact that the males build elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs, having decorated them with flowers and other vegetation, to attract females
E the elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs that are built by the males and decorated with flowers and other vegetation to attract females

Answer: B
语意出发纵观原文实际讲的是bowerbirds的得名是由于雄性为吸引雌性而造的the elaborate bowers
看各分句的关系和逻辑可迅速得出B
逐选项分析:
A decorating修饰谁呢？them又指的谁呢？意思上在说the elaborate bowers，中间又隔着长长的目的
C 雄性吸引雌性的目的是主干意思，放在decorated分句中表达不好。
D having decorated错，意思上并没有谁先谁后的表示
E 意思上没有强调出雄性为雌性建造这一层，而是直接吧to attract接在the elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs 的意思后面（不知道说清楚没？）语法上that are多余，且被动不如主动好。

balapupu · 发表于 2011-12-13 10:49:16

The bowerbirds of Australia derive their name from the fact that the males build elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs to attract females, decorating them with flowers and other vegetation in a display of courtship.

A the fact that the males build elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs to attract females, decorating them with flowers and other vegetation-->这里的them指代有歧义。

B the elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs that the males build and decorate with flowers and other vegetation in order to attract females-->that 这里有限定修饰twigs的歧义。

C the elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs, decorated with flowers and other vegetation that the males use to attract females-->that 有修饰vegetation的歧义.

D the fact that the males build elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs, having decorated them with flowers and other vegetation, to attract females-->having 冗余，them指代有歧义。

E the elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs that are built by the males and decorated with flowers and other vegetation to attract females-->句子一个主动一个被动不平行。。。
额。。。。选不出来了。。

balapupu · 发表于 2011-12-13 11:02:40

这道题很经典啊~~~注意，这里的逻辑意思和平时的题是不一样的，我一开始就是想反了，想成了得名是因为这件事~~“Moreover, the bowerbird does not derive its name from the fact that it builds bowers, but from the bowers themselves. ”答案的解析需要好好领会，这里这个鸟得名，不是因为它建造了B，而且因为B本身，这里要好好揣摩作者的意思，我看到其他同学也提到C选项有that修饰歧义的问题，但是B选项同理不是也应该有么？这个问题求解释。。。

maxiv · 发表于 2011-12-29 17:48:01

55. The bowerbirds of Australia derive their name from the fact that the males build elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs to attract females, decorating them with flowers and other vegetation in a display of courtship.

A the fact that the males build elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs to attract females, decorating them with flowers and other vegetation
them指代不清

B the elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs that the males build and decorate with flowers and other vegetation in order to attract females
没法从bowers里面derive name哈

C the elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs, decorated with flowers and other vegetation that the males use to attract females
没法从bowers里面derive name哈

D the fact that the males build elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs, having decorated them with flowers and other vegetation, to attract females
flower变成插入语了，失去了与courtship的关联

E the elaborate bowers of sticks and twigs that are built by the males and decorated with flowers and other vegetation to attract females
对

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[tr] [td=710]1，看到了“having”的用法。This choice uses the phrase "having decorated them" improperly. It is not necessary to use "having" in this context because the sentence describes an ongoing event, not one that occurred in the past.
2，如果选项中verb的位置改变了，一定要确认verb是否还属于原来的主语。
如that are built by the males and decorated with flowers and other vegetation中，decorated的subj就不是males了，不知道是谁。[/td][/tr]

hexiaomu77 · 发表于 2011-12-29 18:14:13

5楼亮了大牛原来这么多语法点

Monica2020 · 发表于 2019-8-5 11:07:18

感谢分享！之前做题都没注意E有这个错误点

lark9213 · 发表于 2019-10-12 16:11:29

"Ah yes. If the explanation is discriminating based on THAT distinction, then ... well, it's the wrong explanation. You're correct to point out that the modifiers in B and E are constructed in essentially the same way. What's more, they're both fine - when you have a construction involving 'an X of Y', or, in general, 'X (preposition) Y', it's possible for the modifier to refer to EITHER 'Y' or the entire phrase 'X (preposition) Y'. We've seen copious examples of this on official problems.

We will attend to the problem in the explanation; thank you for calling attention to it.

The real problem with choice E is one of meaning. Specifically, it says 'built by the males and decorated with flowers and other vegetation'. That's a problem, because it doesn't carry the intended meaning: i.e., that the males decorate the bowers in addition to building them. In fact, this wording seems to imply that the males aren't the ones that decorate the bowers, because the sentence goes to the pain of specifically saying 'built by the males' before mentioning the decoration (by some anonymous/unknown agent). Since the original sentence clearly implies that the males both build and decorate the bowers - and you aren't supposed to change the meaning of a sentence unless the original is nonsense - you have to stick with that."------From Ron

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