求教~新prep破解2-155

ruclcy · 发表于 2010-8-31 16:17:43

With surface temperatures estimated at minus 230 degrees Fahrenheit, Jupiter's moon Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with 60 square miles of water thought to be frozen from top to bottom.

A. Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with

B. Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, its

C. Europa has long been considered as far too cold to support life and has

D. Europa, long considered as far too cold to support life, and its

E. Europa, long considered to be far too cold to support life, and to have
请教各位NN，B中its后面的内容在句中做什么成分呢？我选择的是A，A的错误原因是什么呢？

花子落落 · 发表于 2010-9-1 01:08:55

A肯定是错的，with后面是短语都不是一个可以并列的句子~

花子落落 · 发表于 2010-9-1 01:10:54

(b)
correct.
this is a type of modifier with which you should be familiar. (i have no idea what it's called - sorry)
here's another example:
john, his arms flailing in the wind, called out desperately for help.

note that the presence of frozen water SUPPORTS the claim that europa is "far too cold to support life", so it should be a MODIFIER.
this is done here.
it's inappropriate to place these two things in parallel with AND.

我在Manhattan论坛上看到的~

花子落落 · 发表于 2010-9-1 01:13:51

这个叫Absolute phrases
看这里：
http://www.cc.ysu.edu/~tacopela/Writing/Absolutes1.htm

ruclcy · 发表于 2010-9-1 20:26:15

嗯，明白了！谢谢！

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