578 of 987,PLEASE!!!

snowflower · 发表于 2004-5-19 03:30:00

578 Personal trainers and fitness coaches are to the narcissistic 1980’s just like a private fencing master and dancing teacher was to an earlier time.

(A) just like a private fencing master and dancing teacher was

(B) as have been a private fencing master and dancing teacher

(C) what private fencing masters and dancing teachers were

(D) what private fencing masters and dancing teachers are（C）

(E) just the same as private fencing masters and dancing teachers had been

I have no idea about this sentence, NNs help me, PLEASE!!! thanks!!!

mariezhu · 发表于 2004-5-19 09:55:00

A is to B what C was to D

lshine · 发表于 2004-5-19 11:11:00

如果MM困惑的是在于are和were的不一致，我尝试着扔个砖头如下：

我认为这里具有欺骗性的是一个小结构变化，如果改动一下就会很清楚：

Personal trainers and fitness coaches to the narcissistic 1980’s are just like a private fencing master and dancing teacher was to an earlier time.

第一个are是主句的动词，用一般现在时是因为它阐述的是一个事实A = B;而后面那个were是为了对应的正确性，即B was *** to an earlier time。

snowflower · 发表于 2004-5-19 22:43:00

oh, now i see, thank you very much!!!

zhouhaichen · 发表于 2004-6-21 11:52:00

以下是引用lshine在2004-5-19 11:11:00的发言：

如果MM困惑的是在于are和were的不一致，我尝试着扔个砖头如下：

我认为这里具有欺骗性的是一个小结构变化，如果改动一下就会很清楚：

Personal trainers and fitness coaches to the narcissistic 1980’s are just like a private fencing master and dancing teacher was to an earlier time.

第一个are是主句的动词，用一般现在时是因为它阐述的是一个事实A = B;而后面那个were是为了对应的正确性，即B was *** to an earlier time。

还是不太明白,后面句中使用 are 也能体现对应啊, A are to (the narcissistic 1980') what C are to an earlier time. 我觉得前后句都使用are更清晰, 因为to an earlier time 不是 happened in an earlier time. 或者说 to an earlier time 可以换成 to the 1960'

578 of 987,PLEASE!!!

578 of 987,PLEASE!!!

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