124. Found throughout Central and South America, sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep 15 hours a day, moving infrequently enough that two species of algae grow on its coat and between its toes. (A) sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep 15 hours a day, moving infrequently enough (B) sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs, they sleep 15 hours a day, and with such infrequent movements (C) sloths use their long rubbery limbs to hang from trees, sleep 15 hours a day, and move so infrequently (D) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeping 15 hours a day and moving so infrequently (E) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeps 15 hours a day, and it moves infrequently enough 对OG解释里的两句话不明白 C Sloths does not agree with its; this structure says that sloths use their long rubbery limbs to … sleep.为什么这里就该这么理解呢?sleep也可以理解为以sloths做主语,与use平行吧?当然啦,感觉这里的错误就是后面的sleep,move的平行对象有歧义吧,但是就不明白OG为啥要这样解释。 E Hangs … sleeps … it moves is not a parallel construction; infrequently enough that is not a correct idiom.E中用这种结构有什么问题呢?我觉得很对啊,为啥一定要平行呢?OG为什么要这样给E定罪呢? 谢谢哦!
(E) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeps 15 hours a day, and it moves infrequently enoughE项我highlight出来的是单独一句话,那么就是说前面的两个单独平行,因此应该在sleep前面加上and
Q:E中用这种结构有什么问题呢?我觉得很对啊,为啥一定要平行呢?OG为什么要这样给E定罪呢? A:如果E选项不是平行那就犯了个更严重的罪:谓语过多: the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeps 15 hours a day, and it moves infrequently enough。 hangs,sleeps,moves能将这三个独立谓语同时放入一句句子又不违背一主语一谓语的原则,非平行结构莫属。或者,句子应该多加一个and: the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs and sleeps 15 hours a day, and it moves infrequently enough。