请教 GWD 白白说的超高分题

                  Trans World Entertainment Corporation, which owns the Record
                  Town and Saturday Matinee retail chains, announced that since
                  sales of up to one-fourth of its stores are poor, they will be
                  closed.

                     A    that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores are
                        poor, they will be closed.

                     B  it is closing up to one-fourth of its stores, which
                        accounted for its poor sales

                      C  it was closing up to one fourth of its stores because
                        of poor sales.

                       D  to be closing, on account of poor sales, up to
                        one-fourth of its stores.

                       E  having poor sales, such that up to one-fourth of its
                        stores will be closed.

Lz~好傻～

D,E一眼望去～就是错，A和B一堆的its,they，代词太多了～一般容易成错误选项～

但是C为什么要用was?

announced it was doing......BT的表达．．没看见过

强烈呼唤NN们来看看，

 我觉得C 之所以要用was doing的结构，是表示“过去将来”的时态，不是过去进行时态。就像说，I am here to tell you that I am going to Japan next week一样，不过说的是过去的事。

原句意为：这个公司宣布，即将关闭1/4销售情况不佳的店。

楼上的这么说~~似乎是有点道理的，但是这里announce用法很奇怪～～

正确的表达：announce to sb. to do sth.

　　　　　　announce that

错误的表达：announce sb.sth.

题目的announced it was going to ．．我觉得少个that～announce直接不能加句子的啊～

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