求解 OG13 130题

wziang · 发表于 2012-10-23 23:26:10

130. Over 75 percent of the energy produced in France derives from nuclear power, while in Germany it is just over 33 percent.

(C) whereas nuclear power accounts for just over 33 percent of the energy produced in Germany

(D) whereas just over 33 percent of the energy comes from nuclear power in Germany

哪位大神可以解释一下c、d选项，正确答案选C，可是我不知道D为什么错了，og解释的没看懂~

DUKB24 · 发表于 2012-10-23 23:34:13

all quote from manhattan

D选项为什么不对（用一个analogy来说明）：
consider the following sentence:
over 80% of the energy in almonds comes from fat; by contrast, less than 10% of the energy comes from protein.
--> in this sentence, it should be pretty clear that "the energy"refers to "the energy in almonds".（so far so good.）

now, for where the trouble comes in:
over 80% of the energy in almonds comes from fat; less than 10% of the energy comes from protein in beef.
this sentence is ambiguous in the same way as the one you posted, but, because you've been "primed" for the meaning of the preceding sentence, it should be easier for you to see the ambiguity.
i.e., one interpretation of this sentence -- the interpretation in which "the energy" has the same significance as in the preceding sentence -- suggests that some percentage of the energy in almonds actually comes from beef!
the problem that you posted has the same issue.

搬回来原题（还是有点模糊？再看以下这个例子！）
It might be easier to see choice D as such (33 has been substituted with 25):

Over 75 percent of the energy produced in France derives from nuclear power, whereas just over 25 percent of the energy comes from nuclear power in Germany.

Still a bad sentence needlessly to say, but the meaning is ambiguous and the sentence can easily be interpreted in a way different from its intention. Is it 75% of France's nuclear energy from France itself and the remaining 25% from Germany? Or is it merely stating a contrast of nuclear production between two countries?

Now, substitute with 33 with 25 in choice C and you will still retain the original intention of the sentence.

另一种理解：
D选项的错误（有点misplaced modifier的意思）：
this sentence is written in a way whose meaning is at best ambiguous and at worst incorrect.

one possible meaning, if not the meaning, is that 33% of "the energy" (we don't know where this energy is, or where it's used) comes from "nuclear power in germany". i.e., the power itself is in germany (whatever that means), but "the energy" is we-don't-know-where.

wziang · 发表于 2012-10-23 23:43:10

大神的第一种方法，替换成25理解，甚是好用啊。。。彻底明白了。。。跪谢了。。。

EcHo- · 发表于 2014-5-18 19:19:13

终于搞懂D选项了。。

potentialwjy117 · 发表于 2014-7-12 03:53:17

顶这个25取代33的例子!!!
豁然开朗!!!

我要喝可乐 · 发表于 2015-11-30 04:21:08

DUKB24 发表于 2012-10-23 23:34
all quote from manhattanD选项为什么不对（用一个analogy来说明）：consider the following sentence: ove ...

Mark一下！

我要喝可乐 · 发表于 2015-11-30 04:21:37

DUKB24 发表于 2012-10-23 23:34
all quote from manhattanD选项为什么不对（用一个analogy来说明）：consider the following sentence: ove ...

这个解释太赞了！

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