LSAT15-2-12-->bigmouse转移

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请教MINDFREE: LSAT-Set15-SecII-Q12
Questions 12
In many languages other than English there is a word for "mother's brother" which is different from the word for "father's brother." Whereas English uses the word "uncle" for both. Thus, speakers of these languages evidence a more finely discriminated kinship system than English speakers do. The number of basic words for colors also caries widely from language to language. Therefore. Speakers of languages that have fewer basic words for colors than English has must be perceptually unable to distinguish as many colors as speakers of English can distinguish.

12. which one of the following, if true, undermines the conclusion concerning words for colors?

(A) Speakers of English are able to distinguish between lighter and darker shades of the color they call "blue" for which Russian has two different basic words.

(B) Almost every language distinguishes red from the other colors.

(C) Khmer uses a basic word corresponding to English "blue" for most leaves, but uses its basic word corresponding to English "green" for unripe bananas.

(D) The word "orange" in English has the same origin as the equivalent word in Spanish.

(E) Most languages do not have a basic word that distinguishes gray from other colors, although gray is commonly found in nature.


答案是A), 可是: 原文结论是: 如果外国语言的BASIC WORDS FOR COLOR比英语少, 表明说外国语言的人不能识别更多的颜色. 但是A)是说: RUSSIAN用2个BASIC WORDS来表达英文中的一个颜色单词BLUE的不同深浅. 不能说是UNDERMINE吧. 除非他说: 英语用2个单词, 而RUSSIAN用一个单词.我看了前人给的解答，还是不明白。

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Therefore. Speakers of languages that have fewer basic words for colors than English has must be perceptually unable to distinguish as many colors as speakers of English can distinguish.

(A) Speakers of English are able to distinguish between lighter and darker shades of the color they call "blue" for which Russian has two different basic words.

这题还真变态，我也变态的发挥一下想象。

这里看Therefore这个句子和A选项；

A选项中的English替换掉了Therefore句中Speakers of languages that have fewer basic words for colors；

而Russian则替换了原Therefore句中的English；

虽然（A）中English have fewer basic words for colors，但是（A）Speakers of English are able to distinguish between lighter and darker shades of the color they call "blue"，这恰好和原文意思相反，这样A就undermine了。

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-6-16 9:37:23编辑过]

sammen

谢谢，现在想明白了