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9. In 1860, the PhilologicalSociety launched its effort to create a dictionary more comprehensive than theworld had ever seen; although the project would take more than 60 years to complete,the Oxford English Dictionary had been born.

• would take more than 60years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary had been

• took more than60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was

• would take more than 60years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was being

• would take morethan 60 years to complete, the Oxford English Dictionary was

• took more than 60 years tocomplete, the Oxford English Dictionary was about to be

答案D

(B) This choice changes both the first and second verbs to simple past ("took" and
"was born," respectively). In this circumstance, we have two events that took place at
different times in the past, which requires use of the past perfect to indicate which
event happened first. The dictionary's "birth" obviously happens before its
completion, so correct usage would be that the "Dictionary had been born."
In B, if it is ‘had been born’, it will become CORRECT.

我的理解take 60 years发生在前，born在后，所以如果需要用过去完成时应该是take用。为什么born在前呢？

还有就是能不能把would take more than理解成一种猜测呢？--这个project 估计得花60多年才能完成

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顶楼主！               

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走过路过不要错过啊 攒RP的好时候啊 请大家帮帮忙哟

secondlifegg

我今天也做到了这题，这里的解释born应该对应的就是launched，而不是我们理解的完全被编撰完成。如果把born换成launched应该就可以理解了。
这题，说实话，我也是说服我自己理解。。。看看后面有没有大神给个更好的解释把。

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secondlifegg 发表于 2018-12-9 23:24
我今天也做到了这题，这里的解释born应该对应的就是launched，而不是我们理解的完全被编撰完成。如果把born ...

这么说可以理解 但是如果考到这种 肯定也做不对

EricToronto

曼哈顿上面的instructor讲的："would take" vs. "took"
At this point in the sentence, the dictionary wasn't finished yet, so we can't say "took" 60 years to finish because that implies that it's already completed-- it has to be "would take", because we're looking forward from the past while we are in the present (strange to think about in real life, but it works in grammar-world).