OG12 SC 48

维小C · 发表于 2010-5-19 14:23:04

In 1713, Alexander Pope began his translation of the
Iliad, a work that, taking him seven years until
completion, and that literary critic Samuel Johnson,
Pope’s contemporary, pronounced the greatest
translation in any language.
(A) his translation of the Iliad, a work that, taking
him seven years until completion, and that
literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s
contemporary, pronounced
(B) his translation of the Iliad, a work that took him
seven years to complete and that literary critic
Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary,
pronounced
(C) his translation of the Iliad, a work that had taken
seven years to complete and that literary critic
Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary,
pronounced it as
(D) translating the Iliad, a work that took seven
years until completion and that literary critic
Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary,
pronounced it as
(E) translating the Iliad, a work that had taken seven
years to complete and literary critic Samuel
Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced it

Logical predication; Grammatical construction

Pope’s translation of the Iliad, not the Iliad itself,
took seven years to complete. Th e main point of
the sentence is that Pope began this translation in
1713, and every other comment about it must be
subordinated to that opening claim, in parallel
relative clauses.
A A work that … requires a verb; without it,
the sentence is a fragment.
B Correct. Pope’s translation is described as a
work, which is then described concisely in
two dependent clauses.
C Th e pronoun it after pronounced is redundant,
an ungrammatical reference to a work, which
has already been referenced by the relative
pronoun that.

小问题：请问选项B中的took和C选项中的had taken有什么区别？有必要非要用took么？had taken到底能不能用？我觉得had taken也对阿。OG里没给这个解释。

abjure · 发表于 2010-5-19 14:54:07

个人意见不可以，过去完成时是表过去的过去。。。未划线部分是过去时began, 但如果用了had taken his serveal years to complete 就意味后者比前者还要早发生，逻辑上有问题。

nemiah · 发表于 2010-6-27 14:52:21

a work that took him seven years to complete，that定语从句修饰a work，如果用had taken表示一个已经完成了。就不用begin了，逻辑错误。

云南 · 发表于 2010-7-16 09:01:16

花七年时间翻译，比开始翻译还要早，这样的逻辑不合理阿

lingz · 发表于 2010-7-18 22:44:54

a work that took him seven years to complete，that定语从句修饰a work，如果用had taken表示一个已经完成了。就不用begin了，逻辑错误。

-- by 会员 nemiah (2010/6/27 14:52:21)

a work也可以被认为是一部著作，如果不看后面未划线部分的translation，可不可以把a work理解成著作，而非一项工作呢？

bennywang2usa · 发表于 2010-7-19 13:16:51

本来跟后面的也没关系啊。a work 要么指代前面的his translation ，要么指代Illiad

lingz · 发表于 2010-7-21 00:19:19

本来跟后面的也没关系啊。a work 要么指代前面的his translation ，要么指代Illiad

-- by 会员 bennywang2usa (2010/7/19 13:16:51)

(D) translating the Iliad, a work that took seven
years until completion and that literary critic
Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary,
pronounced it as

如果照你这么理解，是不是d选项去掉 pronounce 后面的it as也可以是正确选项？

miller811 · 发表于 2010-7-21 00:32:41

had done表示过去的过去完成的动作，需要句子中出现过去的动作

这句中过去的动作的began 你说花了7年完成时在这动作之前还是之后呢

维小C · 发表于 2010-7-21 00:42:59

本来跟后面的也没关系啊。a work 要么指代前面的his translation ，要么指代Illiad

-- by 会员 bennywang2usa (2010/7/19 13:16:51)

(D) translating the Iliad, a work that took seven
years until completion and that literary critic
Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary,
pronounced it as

如果照你这么理解，是不是d选项去掉 pronounce 后面的it as也可以是正确选项？

-- by 会员 lingz (2010/7/21 0:19:19)

LZ来了。。。
这是我刚开始复习GMAT语法第二天时候的帖子。。
我来讲下这道题。
这道题的关键是在同位语的用法上。
很明显，这里a work只能表示his translation,也就是说 a work 是his translation的同位语，解释说明用的。
不要想这里是什么跳跃指代，A OF B, WHICH.../同位语从句的时候，可能指A也可能指B，据句意而定。只有当A IN B..., A FOR B的时候才可能指的是A不是B。（大多数）
而D为什么不对。。。
a work已经引导了同位语从句，指代translation, 如果像D，pronounce IT as...这个it = a work = his translation, 就会显得非常啰嗦，所以不用。
另外，pronounce没有+as的用法。
朗文给的三种用法：
pronounce somebody/something sth
pronounce on/upon
pronounce sentence

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/pronounce
对于词的细致了解建议多查longman

miller811 · 发表于 2010-7-21 01:00:43

顶LZ 这么晚还在不过你好像你当时问的不是如何选出正确答案YO

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