GWD20-13 请教NN们

angel0428

Like the grassy fields and oldpastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting whenit returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas, thesandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result ofresidential and industrial development and of changes in farming practices.
A. the sandpipers vanishing inthe northeastern United States is a result of residential andindustrial development and of changes in
B. the bird itself isvanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residentialand industrial development and of changes in
C. that the birdsthemselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due toresidential and industrial development and changes to
D. in the northeastern United States, sandpipers’ vanishing is due to residential and industrial development and to changes in
E. in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers’ vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing
答案是B

可我怎么都理解不了，句首是Like，怎么能在第二个分句开头用"the bird"呢？
我觉得D看起来还挺对的呢~
请教各位~谢谢了先~

果汁软糖

谢谢LS的NN啦~

-- by 会员 angel0428 (2010/1/10 13:19:03)

nono，我也是小菜鸟 大家一起进步啦~~

angel0428

谢谢LS的NN啦~

果汁软糖

嗯 itself应该是这样理解的  比较的两者还是"the grassy fields and old pastures"和"the bird itself"，因为两者都消失，所以放在一起比较

angel0428

umm……这题我前天刚做过 是这样的，题目的意思是“就像the grassy fields and old pastures这些sandpiper需要用来feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas的东西一样，sandpiper本身也……” 不能单纯地从idiom的层面上来看对称，要用逻辑含义哦

-- by 会员 果汁软糖 (2010/1/10 12:35:40)

谢谢指教！好像明白点了...这也就是用反身代词itself的原因是吗？
也就是说这句话比较的两者分别是"the grassy fields and old pastures"和"the bird itself"，两者都消失。但是不能将the bird 的消失和句首的"the grassy fields and old pastures"比较。
我理解的对吗？

果汁软糖

umm……这题我前天刚做过 是这样的，题目的意思是“就像the grassy fields and old pastures这些sandpiper需要用来feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas的东西一样，sandpiper本身也……” 不能单纯地从idiom的层面上来看对称，要用逻辑含义哦