求教OG12 SC103

kadin5568576

103.  Yellow jackets number among the 900 or so species
of the world's social wasps, wasps living in a highly
cooperative and organized society where thev consist
almost entirely of females—the queen and her sterile
female workers.
(A)    wasps living in a highly cooperative and
       organized society where they consist almost
       entirely of
(B)   wasps that live in a highly cooperative and
       organized society consisting almost entirely of
(C） which means they live in a highly cooperative
       and organized society, almost all
(D)   which means that their society is highly
       cooperative, organized, and it is almost entirely
(E)    living in a society that is highly cooperative,
       organized, and it consists of almost all

OG答案上说三个修饰语 cooperative ，  organized， consisting almost entirely of females，做 social wasps的修饰语，而且是一个有效的平行结构，而答案的正确选项解释 consisting properly modifies society. 到底consisting修饰social wasps，还是society。我觉得那三个修饰语都是修饰society的，然后定语从句是修饰social wasps的，不过看过答案觉得很迷惑，而且对这种平行结构也不是清楚
请NN指点

libbymark

live 和 organized 不是不平行吗
那and是连接那两个结构的呢

-- by 会员 carolfeng (2011/3/25 20:55:38)

个人理解的是and前后连接的是cooperative 和organized哈~~

carolfeng

live 和 organized 不是不平行吗
那and是连接那两个结构的呢

kadin5568576

谢谢liberzephyr ，有点惭愧，我回复的这么晚，看来按逻辑意思cooperative ，  organized， consisting almost entirely of females都是修饰society的

liberzephyr

你看得好仔细阿，别管OG怎么说的了，cooperative ，organized， cosisting。。这三个结构很难用平行的结构表示，还是看逻辑关系，句子结构和文章意思吧

我用GWD方法翻译一下 解释B为什么正确
Yellow jackets 在世界上900种左右的social wasps中很出众 , wasps(什么样的呢，定语从句) 生活在cooperative and organized society(什么样的呢，分次结构)基本上全部由雌性组成。。。。