prep 23

23. Unlike most severance packages, which require workers to stay until the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package even if they find a new job before they are terminated.

A. the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package

B. the last day they are scheduled to collect, workers are eligible for the automobile company's severance package

C. their last scheduled day to collect, the automobile company offers its severance package to workers

D. their last scheduled day in order to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers

E. the last day that they are scheduled to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers

A: workers比较对象不对等

B: 同上

C: 同上

D: correct

E: 从原题题干来看，scheduled是用来修饰day而不是workers；此外the last day 用in which要比that定语从句好

请教nn们E为啥不对啊？D到底在说啥呢？？？汗

这曾是道GWD（GWD-24-28）争议题，在DE之间争议，LZ可以搜一下贴子，有很多讨论。

以下是偶对该题的分析，LZ可参考。

1、原句所要表达的意思：A. the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package 我认为这个scheduled是分词作last day的后置定语，就是公司给员工安排的最后一个工作日，意思是“终止日期”，packages要在这一天collect.
            

D选项中. their last scheduled day in order to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers 这里last scheduled day的意思是和原句一样的，只不过把scheduled当作形容词放在了day的前面。所以没有改变原意。有反对D的人说这里collect的发出者变成了packages，但我觉得这里发出者很明显是workers，因为：完整看这句话——require workers to stay （until their last scheduled day）（ in order） to collect括号里面是可以先省掉的修饰语。
                

E选项中the last day that they are scheduled to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers 这里跟了一个that定语从句定这个last day，那么意思就成了他们“被安排（schedule）来collect”的最后一天了。我感觉意思不同了。

2、schedule的用法：常用被动，sth. be scheduled to…，E选项中are scheduled to collect的主语只能是packages，但they是指代workers，这样就出现了指代错误。

3、从common sense 来看，公司要求员工呆到合同的最后一天last scheduled day，然后才能领packages，这样很合情理。相反，公司要求员工呆到可以领packages的最后一天，这是怎么回事？讲不通吧？我觉得D和A的意思相通，是对的。

4、severance pay/package：money or other things that you get when you have to leave a company because your employer no longer has a job for you

受益非浅,

与楼上同感。。。

版主的分析如庖丁解牛！顶。

选D是没有问题的，此题前后是有逻辑关联的。请注意，Unlike A package,B -----.逗号后面的主语肯定是package，所以直接杀掉ABC。

分析的好，豁然开朗