prep1-11

Japanese researchers are producing a series of robots that can identify human facial expressions, to which they will then respond; their goal is primarily creating a robot that will empathize with us.  

(A) expressions, to which they will then respond; their goal is primarily creating  

(B) expressions, then responding to them; primarily to create  

(C) expressions and then respond to them; the researchers' primary goal is to create  

(D) expressions as well as giving a response to them; their primary goal is creation of  

(E) expressions and responding to them; primarily, the researchers' goal is creating

答案是C

问题：

1、A中they指代歧义吗？为什么？
（they的确指代不清，跟4楼说的一样。但是这道题更大的问题不是they，robot can identify and then respond,这是有顺序的，respond在identify后面，你不能说identify 那些可以respond的expressions。在很多时候，即使存在代词指代不清，也作为对的选项，是因为相比其他选项他更好一些，但是这里显然除了C，所有选项都有大问题。）
2、A中primarily为什么笔记上说是修饰错误？怎么就知道他不是想修饰creat的？我当时还觉得primary是改变词性呢。。

（逻辑上primary是修饰goal的，语法上primarily修饰creat没错。另外idioms“the goal to do，表示目的”）

(goal和to do搭配我知道，只是上面粉色两点)

求教NN

Japanese researchers are producing a series of robots that can identify human facial expressions, to which they will then respond; their goal is primarily creating a robot that will empathize with us.  

(A) expressions, to which they will then respond; their goal is primarily creating  

(B) expressions, then responding to them; primarily to create  

(C) expressions and then respond to them; the researchers' primary goal is to create  

(D) expressions as well as giving a response to them; their primary goal is creation of  

(E) expressions and responding to them; primarily, the researchers' goal is creating

答案是C

问题：

1、A中they指代歧义吗？为什么？
（they的确指代不清，跟4楼说的一样。但是这道题更大的问题不是they，robot can identify and then respond,这是有顺序的，respond在identify后面，你不能说identify 那些可以respond的expressions。在很多时候，即使存在代词指代不清，也作为对的选项，是因为相比其他选项他更好一些，但是这里显然除了C，所有选项都有大问题。）
2、A中primarily为什么笔记上说是修饰错误？怎么就知道他不是想修饰creat的？我当时还觉得primary是改变词性呢。。

（[bgcolor=#f564fe]逻辑上primary是修饰goal的，语法上primarily修饰creat没错。另外idioms“the goal to do，表示目的”）[/bgcolor]

(goal和to do搭配我知道，只是上面粉色两点)

求教NN

怎么知道逻辑上primary是修饰goal的？

Japanese researchers are producing a series of robots that can identify human facial expressions, to which they will then respond; their goal is primarily creating a robot that will empathize with us.  

(A) expressions, to which they will then respond; their goal is primarily creating  

(B) expressions, then responding to them; primarily to create  

(C) expressions and then respond to them; the researchers' primary goal is to create  

(D) expressions as well as giving a response to them; their primary goal is creation of  

(E) expressions and responding to them; primarily, the researchers' goal is creating

答案是C

问题：

1、A中they指代歧义吗？为什么？

2、A中primarily为什么笔记上说是修饰错误？怎么就知道他不是想修饰creat的？我当时还觉得primary是改变词性呢。。

(goal和to do搭配我知道，只是上面粉色两点)

求教NN