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一道Cambridge ED GMAT上面的SC

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楼主
发表于 2008-1-30 17:42:00 | 只看该作者

一道Cambridge ED GMAT上面的SC

这是一道SC题目 请大家看看:

Having been forbidden by Church law to marry, it was not unusual for a priest during the Middle Ages to sire a family.

D. Although a priest was forbidden by Church law to marry, it was not unusual for him during the Middle Ages to sire a family.

E.Although they were forbidden by Church law to marry, it was not unusual for priests during the Middle Ages to sire families.

Answer: E

The original sentence commites an error of logical expression. ....The D choice changes the intended meaning of the original by implying that there was a single priest who sired several families.

我觉得比较奇怪,因为也有很多句子,用单数来陈述普遍的情况。而且E里面,我觉得they先行在although后面的句子里面,对应"it was....for priests...."中的priests,这种结构好么?

望指点!

沙发
发表于 2008-1-31 09:43:00 | 只看该作者
The D choice changes the intended meaning of the original by implying that there was a single priest who sired several families.没看出来,反而E倒像有这个问题。而且E还有楼主说的问题。
板凳
发表于 2008-1-31 11:40:00 | 只看该作者

正如LZ所说,a表示泛指,但是在D中的主句中出现了him,感觉像又在特指一个男的。

个人理解,欢迎指正

地板
发表于 2008-1-31 12:12:00 | 只看该作者

a priest 。。。him 将泛指变成了特指。


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发表于 2008-1-31 13:54:00 | 只看该作者
但用单数表泛指,后面应该用什么代词呢?
6#
发表于 2008-1-31 16:28:00 | 只看该作者
以下是引用plato1983在2008-1-31 13:54:00的发言:
但用单数表泛指,后面应该用什么代词呢?

你说得对。起是我觉得怪怪是前面的a priest.

原句中 it was not unusual for a priest during the Middle Ages to sire a family. 这里就是单数泛指,都没有意见。

但是 D. Although a priest was forbidden by Church law to marry,这里我觉得是特指。

我不太懂那些语法术语,但是凭语感这2个"a priest"似乎不太一样,因为后者多了个单数谓语动词,而且在翻译成中文的时候比较难体现泛指。如果不是这样的话,不知能否举1,2个像d这样单数泛指的例子。请指教。

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