GWD31-15,前人讨论未决的题目

如果讨论过的话，肯定会指出 e中 的body heat 是和前文的 body heat 并列的,

至于by的省略，我也不是很清楚，召唤nn先，不过一般来说在并列和比较结构中，介词都会给出的 

是A

rather than (to) do,别忘记这个省略

support A. "by drawing heat... rather than burning calories" is quite simple and clear. 

E is not 平行,drawing their body heat directly from the Sun
        & instead of body heat generated by burning calories are two completely different structures. Hence, it is not good.

Reptiles, by drawing their body heat directly from the Sun rather than burning calories to generate it, can survive on ten percent of the nourishment that a mammal of similar size would normally require

A: rather than burning calories to generate it

B: rather than the generation of body heat by burning calories

C: and not from generating it by burning calories

D: instead of by burning calories for generating it

E: instead of body heat generated by burning calories

“the Sun” rather than “body heat” 平行

Reptiles直接通过“sun”获取他们的体能，而不是通过燃烧卡路里产生的"body heat"

rather than  ( instead of):

I think you'd call it a lecture rather than a talk.

Rather than go straight on to university why not get some work experience first?

Bryson decided to quit rather than accept the new rules.

We merely suggest or advise rather than give orders.