这两道og不明256.259，请教nn！

snail

256. The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.

(A)  The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.

(B)   To the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote two letters, being the only eyewitness accounts of the great eruption of Vesuvius.

(C)  The only eyewitness account is in two letters by the nephew of Pliny the Elder writing to the historian Tacitus an account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.

(D)  Writing the only eyewitness account, Pliny the Elder's nephew accounted for the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.

(E)   In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.

答案是e，nn给解释一下，这句话应该怎么翻译？og的答案没看懂

259. Five fledgling sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer, bringing to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975.

(A)      bringing

(B)       and brings

(C)      and it brings

(D)      and it brought

(E)       and brought

答案是a，请教e为什么不对，这个bringings在句子中做什么成分？整句话是什么意思呢？

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howardwang

256 in two letters to the historian Tacitus.放在句尾，有可能修饰与其较近的名词，比如，Vesuvius什么的，所以会产生歧义。

259。如果E and brought正确，则其主语应该为Five fledgling sea eagles ，逻辑意思不对。

bringing to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975.相当于我们平时语法中的which引导的从句（当然，在gmat一般不能这样用），which指代前面整个句子。

snail

thanks a lot!up!

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