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发表于 2009-7-1 10:17:00 | 只看该作者

一道语法题,来讨论下

38. GWD17-Q38:
        
ago可以用完成时吗
            

All Y chromosomes in existence today are descended from a single ancestor’s who is thought to have lived about 140,000 years ago.

A.      a single ancestor’s who is thought to have lived

B.       a single ancestor’s who was thought to live

C.      a single ancestor whom it is thought had lived

D.      the Y chromosome of a single ancestor who is thought to have lived

E.       the Y chromosome of a single ancestor whom it was thought had lived

正确答案d ,我选了b ,why?

沙发
发表于 2009-7-1 12:20:00 | 只看该作者

B选项没有D选项好有两个原因:
1. a single ancestor's Y chromosomes who was...中关系带词who与其要修饰的ancestor中其实还隔了一个被省略的Y。(尽量靠近修饰对像)
2. who was thought to live 这里没有用一般现在时好,因为它表达的是一个客观的科学观念。

然后,have lived 140,000 years ago在这里翻译出来就比较好理解了:一个在140,000年以前就已经活(在这个世上了) 不过,这里我也觉得用have lived since 140,000 years ago会比较好(虽然这个知识点没有干扰选项)但是我想题目这样用定有其深意,还请NN指点。


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