大全173 分词的平行问题 （自我解答+ 什么时候being多余的情况总结）

plainn

261. Being a United States citizen since 1988 and born in Calcutta in 1940. author Bharati Mukherjee has lived in England and Canada, and first came to the United States in 1961 to study at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

(A) Being a United States citizen since 1988 and born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee has
(B) Having been a United States citizen since 1988, she was born in Calcutta in 1940; author Bharati Mukherjee
(C) Born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee became a United States citizen in 1988; she has
(D) Being born in Calcutta in 1940 and having been a United States citizen since 1988, author Bharati Mukherjee
(E) Having been born in Calcutta in 1940 and being a United States citizen since 1988, author Bharati Mukherjee


答案：C
可是A答案的错误解释有点不明白  （先看题干，鼠标拉过来就看得到答案啦）

DeliciaAn

这是我从曼哈顿prep上找到的：

dbernst：
GMAT 2007,

That is an interesting question. You are correct that the present perfect is used to discuss an event that began at some point in the past and continues to the present moment. Although I understand your interpretation that this "event" is where the author lived, the intention of the sentence is to use the entire life of the author as the "event."

For example, in my life I have lived in Boston, Atlanta, Colorado, and California. This does not mean, however, that I still live in each of these places. As my life is an ongoing event, the present perfect is an appropriate verb tense.

As for process of elimination, choices A, D, and E can quickly be eliminate since "being" is an awkward construction and is thus customarily incorrect. As for choice B, the pronoun "she" in the first independent clause has no antecedent.

-dan

DeliciaAn

lakes 发表于 2012-5-28 15:58
有个疑问是，has lived这种现在完成时不是表示一直持续到现在吗，为什么这里不直接用过去呢 ...

对呀。这个我也有疑问。

lakes

有个疑问是，has lived这种现在完成时不是表示一直持续到现在吗，为什么这里不直接用过去呢

sally77589

being的确有点纠结，很少见过他是对的。我觉得RON大神的解释的确特别特别好！

plainn

补充：
being+adj的形式也往往是多余的

Being tired from the party, I fell asleep in less than one minute.错！
改: Tired from the party, I fell asleep in less than one minute.

-- by 会员 plainn (2012/5/15 19:26:56)

总结being的多余用法：
1、being+done 作modifier
Being committed to his company, the executive worked long hours. --> incorrect
Committed to his company, the executive worked long hours. --> correct
but being+done作 gerund 当主语时是对的
2、 being+adj的形式，being可直接省掉

3、being + n. 特别是n.是表明修饰对象的identity&characteristics的时候，being可直接省掉

plainn

She has lived in England and Canada，and first came to the United States in 1961 to study at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
1）现在完成时可以一般过去时这样平行吗？
2）Canada后面的逗号是不是超诡异。。
，+and 不是一定要接含主语的完整句子么~？

-- by 会员 plainn (2012/5/9 16:48:42)

1) native speaker认为she has lived in...这样没有其他时间暗示词的用法就意味着是“她曾经住在”，现在已经不住了，只是暗含对现在有影响
整体来说句子的时态和逻辑是流畅的
（仍然不是那么有道理）
2）S+V1+O1, and V2+O2---correct
     S+V1+O1, and pronoun+V2+O2 ---correct
     but S+V1+O1 and pronoun+V2+O2 --- run-on sentence

plainn

补充：
being+adj的形式也往往是多余的

Being tired from the party, I fell asleep in less than one minute.错！
改: Tired from the party, I fell asleep in less than one minute.

plainn

总是自我解答。。。！！！
Ron大神的解释：
the answer to that question is, ROUGHLY, that you should avoid "being" when expressing the IDENTITY or CHARACTERISTICS of some individual or thing. this is because "being" is usually unnecessary in such cases; there are simpler modifiers (such as appositives) that, while absolutely impossible to use in spoken language, are better in written language.
example:
being a cigar aficionado, john has strong opinions on when to use single-guillotine cigar cutters rather than double-guillotine cutters. --> bad.
a cigar aficionado, john has strong opinions on when to use single-guillotine cigar cutters rather than double-guillotine cutters. --> good. notice that we can simply omit the "being" here.

you don't want to omit "being" here, because it's not expressing identity: in the context of (e), it's a necessary verbal. (nice litmus test: try omitting it and see whether the sentence is still viable, perhaps with minor modifications. here, it isn't.)

so, to sum up:
if "being" expresses IDENTITY or CHARACTERISTICS, then kill it.
otherwise, evaluate it on the same merits as you would any other verb.
非常精辟

plainn