请问OG6的一句话

tropicalfish

我的语法太差了, 下面的句子看了半天也实在没搞懂结构, 请NN指点.

Some were from the old artisan class of slavery-blacksmiths, masons, carpenters-which had had a monopoly of certain trades, but they were gradually being pushed out by competition, mechanization, and obsolescence.

Which 指代是什么?They 是否指代blacksmiths, masons, carpenters? 再 帮我分析一下两个had. 谢谢

wangyu73cn

我认为，which指the old artisan class of slavery-blacksmiths, masons, carpenters；they指class；had had是过去完成时。不是十分确定，请指正。

tropicalfish

谢谢 wangyu73cn, 总是得到你的指导, 真是万分感谢. had had 我彻底明白. 但对于指代, 我又想了一下,请看我的理解是否正确:which 指the old artisan class of slavery-blacksmiths, masons, carpenters, 我完全同意.  但我觉得they指代的是some, 也就是说部分来自于老的手工艺阶层的人, 所以用they. 如果是指class, 就应该用it 吧. 再探讨.

wangyu73cn

you are welcome.^_^。

they指some好。这样语法上就对了，而且意思更顺畅了：“虽然从事技术行业的35％城市黑人中的一部分来自传统手工业，但这一部分人还是受到排挤。”原文如下：

About thirty-five percent of the urban Black population in the South was engaged in skilled trades. Some were from the old artisan class of slavery-blacksmiths, masons, carpenters-which had had a monopoly of certain trades, but they were gradually being pushed out by competition, mechanization, and obsolescence. The remaining sixty-five percent, more recently urbanized, worked in newly developed industries---tobacco, lumber, coal and iron manufacture, and railroads.

swlfx

谢谢斑竹。

chyyoung780

  搞懂了,感謝