小安阅读Passage 06 态度题求助

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是关于日本十八世纪经济的那一篇~
原文定位句：
Since most samurai had been reduced to idleness by years of peace, encouraged to engage in scholarship and martial exercises or to perform administrative tasks that took little time, it is not surprising that their tastes and habits grew expensive.

题目：
3.Which of the following best describes the attitude of the author toward the samurai discussed in lines 4-6?

(A) Warmly approving              

(B) Mildly sympathetic

(C) Bitterly disappointed         

(D) Harshly disdainful

(E) Profoundly shocked

然后杨继的解释是：第一个小原因：武士问题Since most samurai had beenreduced to idleness不用，闲置 by years of peace,encouraged to engage in scholarship and martial exercises or to perform administrativetasks that took little time, it is notsurprising that*3B（小结论）（略带同情的正评价） their tastes and habitsgrew expensive.

真的没有理解为什么It is not surprising that 3B那里就是略带同情的正评价？O O感觉解释非常牵强，欢迎各位xjdm解答和探讨~

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In the eighteenth century, Japan’s feudal overlords, from the shogun to the humblest samurai, found themselves under financial stress. In part, this stress can be attributed to the overlords’ failure to adjust to a rapidly expanding economy, but the stress was also due to factors beyond the overlords’ control. Concentration of the samurai in castle-towns had acted as a stimulus to trade. Commercial efficiency, in turn, had put temptations in the way of buyers. Since, most samurai had been reduced to idleness by years of peace, encouraged to engage in scholarship and martial exercises or to perform administrative tasks that took little time, it is not surprising that their tastes and habits grew expensive. Overlords’ income, despite the increase in rice production among their tenant farmers, failed to keep pace with their expenses.

这道题排除法秒杀 acde...a是正面评价  cde程度太强
剩下b

文章也在说：由于在和平年代samurai太空闲了- 只能做一些学术或武术操练，或做一些清闲的行政工作，难怪他们的品味变得昂贵

可以看出作者还是挺理解的这样的变化，挺同情samurai遭遇

个人理解请指正