问一句翻译。。。

fannybeibei

突然发现题目看不懂了。。。晕。。。。
Which of the following, if true, would most clearly support the argument about keystone

status advanced in the last sentence of the passage (lines 15 – 19)?
这里的advance是什么意思？
是叫我们往15-19行前面看吗？可答案就在15-19行啊
可以翻译一下下题吗？。。。。。。。





虽然应该不需要，不过还是附上完整版。。。


Which of the following, if true, would most clearly support the argument about keystone

status advanced in the last sentence of the passage (lines 15 – 19)?

A species of bat is primarily responsible for keeping insect populations within an

ecosystem low, and the size of the insect population in turn affects bird species

within that ecosystem.

B.A species of iguana occupies a keystone role on certain tropical islands, but does

not play that role on adjacent tropical islands that are inhabited by a greater number

of animal species.

C.Close observation of a savannah ecosystem reveals that more species occupy

keystone roles within that ecosystem than biologists had previously believed.

D.As a keystone species of bee becomes more abundant, it has a larger effect on

the ecosystem it habits.

E.A species of mouse that occupies a keystone role in a prairie habitat develops

coloration patterns that camouflage it from potential predators.



Keystone status appears to depend on               15
context, whether of particular geography or of such factors as community diversity                     16
(for example, a reduction in species diversity may thrust more of the remaining species          17
into keystone roles) and length of species interaction (since newly arrived species                  18
in particular may dramatically affect ecosystem).

Jasmine10

Is B the right answer?

yanb

我同意edwardelric  的说法，这个词的确切意思完全不影响做题。
切记：作任何GMAT题时都不要翻译，那是浪费时间！

但为了满足你的好奇心，附上如下解释：

第一题：
从第十五至十九行的上下文来看，首要物种地位（keystone status）是指某个特定生态系统里最重要的那个物种，该物种决定其他相关物种的数量。而这个地位是可以改变的，其他物种可以晋升（advance）到首要物种地位。

15-19原文大意：首要物种地位取决于特定的地理，或是其他因素，比如生态系统内物种多样性（种类减少会使更多的残存物种成为首要物种）以及物种之间接触的长短（新到物种给生态系统带来的影响特别大）。

第二题翻译：
相反，民族更为合理的定义是：一个为了以适应生活环境变化为实用目的，建立相互纽带和共同文化特征的过程。

这里rather译成“相反”是因为前一种观点削弱文化的重要性，把民族定义为（经济）利益集图，而非文化性质的。

fannybeibei

谢谢2位，去学校了，开学真是影响复习！！！！！！！
刚看到～

vashzz

Which of the following, if true, would most clearly support the argument about keystone status advanced in the last sentence of the passage (lines 15 – 19)?
以下各个选项，如果内容属实，那么哪一个将最大程度地支持文章的主旨地位，这个主旨在文章的最后一个句子（lines 15-19）被提出。
Advance意思为“提出”

edwardelric

你的第一个问题
我认为advanced 做后置定语
可以解释为高级，进阶~
我也没太翻译好~但不影响做题
第二个
但是，种族划分是一个作为一个先于 communal bond 和根据不断改变的真实生活情况以机械化目的而接受的common 文化属性的过程

fannybeibei

偶还有一句话也没看懂。。。
Rather, ethnicity is more satisfactorily conceived of as a process in which preexisting communal bonds and common cultural attributes are adapted for instrumental purposes according to changing real-life situations.
能不能帮我把这句也翻一下下。。。。。





还是附上那一段吧～虽然好像也不需要的说。。。。。
Two divergent definitions have dominated sociologists’ discussions of the nature of ethnicity. The first emphasizes the primordial and unchanging character of ethnicity. In this view, people have an essential need for belonging that is satisfied by membership in groups based on shared ancestry and culture. A different conception of ethnicity de-emphasizes the cultural component and defines ethnic groups as interest groups. In this view, ethnicity serves as a way of mobilizing a certain population behind issues relating to its economic position. While both of these definitions are useful, neither fully captures the dynamic and changing aspects of ethnicity in the United States. Rather, ethnicity is more satisfactorily conceived of as a process in which preexisting communal bonds and common cultural attributes are adapted for instrumental purposes according to changing real-life situations.