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The British sociologist and activist Barbara Wootton once noted as a humorous example of income maldistribution that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning annually exactly what shethenearned as director of adult education for London.

A.that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning
B.that the elephant, giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, had been earning
C.that there was an elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, and it earned
D.the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and was earning
E.the elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and that it earned

我选的B

og解释
In B, the structure of noted... that the elephant, giving rides ..., had been earning falsely implies that the reader already knows about the elephant--that is, that the existence of this particular elephant is not new information. Also, the past perfect had been improperly places the elephant's earning in the past, prior to Wootton's; consistent verb tense is needed to show that the actions are simultaneous.

红字部分og的解释我不理解，为什么had been earning会有产生读者已经知道了的效果呢？

what she THEN earned 不是说明了，大象earn的动作应该在这个女人之前吗？

求解啊，万分感谢

bingblbing

then 的意思不就是然后嘛？能不能举个例子，我还是不懂，继续求教。。。

li3360065

1.what she ten earned 跟大象earn 是同一时期的比较 不存在谁先谁谁后的问题。
2.红体部分我是这么理解的.用have been doing 强调了 大象已经能和Barbara Wootton能够挣一样多，强调数量上相同,on the premise that the elephant can earn.而原句更多表现对大象能够挣钱并且跟Barbara Wootton 挣的一样多感到“惊奇”。

C选项看见there was 就封杀它。D的话 and 前后没法对比。E  中 elephant被 后面一大串修饰完就突然没有谓语宾语后面竟然用and 又连接一句子。所以错了。

我选A