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cyzmcl · 发表于 2009-12-1 19:24:05

新prep sc1218. (28036-!-item-!-188;#058&002747) (GWD7-Q4)Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.
A. movies—less than those
B. movies—fewer than have been
C. movies, which is less than those
D. movies, a number lower than the people
E. movies, fewer than the ones

正确答案是B,但是E为什么错呢？还有the man-eater of the movies是插入语么？插入语不是前后用逗号隔开么，这里怎么用破折号了，不明白啊不明白～

cx_ding · 发表于 2009-12-2 03:04:03

the表示特指，the ones指代前面出现过的名词，也就是那7个人，所以逻辑不通。
请牛牛指正。

cyzmcl · 发表于 2009-12-2 10:56:35

那the man-eater of the movies不是应该是插入语么，插入语不是要用逗号隔开的么？破折号有什么用法呢？

sasazan · 发表于 2009-12-2 11:04:59

觉得这里破折号用的不对啊，用了不就是在说明前面的the man-eater of the movies？

cyzmcl · 发表于 2009-12-3 19:52:45

up～

dontwannalose · 发表于 2009-12-3 22:34:04

the ones即使没有也不会有歧义，所以可以省去。

dontwannalose · 发表于 2009-12-3 22:54:24

刚才上了一下www.manhattangmat.com，有几个不错的点和大家分享一下：

2- "the ones" is ambiguous, is it "the movies" or "the people"?

in this context, the dash essentially serves the same purpose as a comma. the only difference is that you don't use dashes at random; you use them when there is some special emphasis or irony (or both) in what you're saying.

example:
Joe, who is from Miami, complained about the cold of the Las Vegas winter. --> no irony; this makes perfect sense, since las vegas is much colder than miami in winter. therefore, no reason to use dashes.
Joe -- who is from Duluth -- complained about the cold of the Las Vegas winter. --> extreme irony, since duluth is about 70 degrees colder than las vegas in the winter.

same sort of deal here: there's considerable irony in the fact that the formidable shark has fewer kills under its belt than does the cute lil yellow fuzzy bee.

as a bonus, the dash also adds a degree of clarity, since "the great white shark" is already followed by one comma + appositive modifier; adding another modifier after another comma would muddy the waters a bit too much for my liking (and, apparently, for the test writers' liking as well).

you can't use parallel constructions with "those"/"that"/etc unless they are EXACTLY PARALLEL to whatever shows up in the other part.

in this case:
you can't write "those killed by bee stings"
unless
the other part contains "people killed by the great white shark" (with NOTHING IN BETWEEN).
it doesn't, so you can't.

this is really annoying at first, but, once you get used to this completely mechanical mentality, you'll find that it's one of the easier things to do on SC.
if you are a "quant person", you should be able to do these sorts of eliminations very quickly, because they operate on essentially mathematical principles (unlike, say, idiom or awkwardness issues).

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