and 引导的并列句的省略问题

blueshandy

Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world’s great cities.

1. is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise,


2. is so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,


3. so reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else


4. reflective, so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer, or


5. reflects so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; if it did

问题：

1  C中省略了is，可以么？因为前面已经有个are，那根据and的省略原则，前面有be 动词，后面的be动词不是也应该省略么？

2   C中的or else与B中的were it to do so ，两个短语的具体用法哪位NN可以指点一下呢？谢谢了

3  little 与 little of 有什么区别啊？little water left，little of water left。？？

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-4-17 12:18:20编辑过]

joe11

1. is 不要省， 前面是 are, 这里是 is, 单复数不一样。

2. were it to do so 是虚拟语气, or else 是口语, 千万别用在formal 场合，所以这里是错的。

3. little ice melts 中心词是 ice

    little of ice melts 中心词是 little

携隐

主语和谓语都相同时，才可以同时省略，这里主语不同，谓语不可以省略。

or else不但是口语，且这个else是多余的。