不定式to，OG-9和885 B-19

weichenli

did not 跟 have 重複? 怎麼說呢? 好像又有點說的通? 兩種表達方式也很有道理呢!

有沒有人認同或提出furthur explanation 呢?

weichenli

did not seem to bother ---一個層次, 單純past tense

did not seem to have bothered---兩個層次, past tense 跟 present perfect, 句子複雜性增加, 邏輯上也比較繞! 還有seem 的關係, 先bother 了一陣子, 才去seem , 句意不對

不知大家意見如何?

weichenli

up up~~~~

tinabeauty1984

up~~~~~~~`

当当84

19.   Balzac drank more than fifty cups of coffee a day and died of caffeine poisoning; furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother Samuel Johnson, the great writer and lexicographer, who was reported to have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting.

(A) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother

(B) however, caffeine did not seem to bother

(C) however, caffeine did not seem to have bothered

(D) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to have bothered（B）

(E) in addition, caffeine did not seem to bother

 如果是把have bothered看成是一个延续性的意思哪，“caffeine看起来好像一直以来都没有困扰他”这样的解释是不是应该比b选项的 to bother 要好那？

oncross

I don't mean to challenge the authority, but I think choice C is better than choice B.

Here are some of my thoughts on Q.19.

1. "who was reported to have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting." modifies Samuel Johnson. To parallel with "was reported to have drunk", "did not seem to have bothered" seems better.

2. Samuel Johnson died even before Balzac was born. Thus "did not seem to have bothered" correctly stated that the action of bother happened before the action seem, which is in past tense as drank ... and died... in the first part of the sentence.

19.Balzac drank more than fifty cups of coffee a day and died of caffeine poisoning; furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother Samuel Johnson, the great writer and lexicographer, who was reported to have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting.

(A) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother

(B) however, caffeine did not seem to bother

(C) however, caffeine did not seem to have bothered

(D) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to have bothered

(E) in addition, caffeine did not seem to bother

xiaowan

同意oncross，答案错了么？

yboo

以下是引用oncross在2006-7-22 12:14:00的发言：

I don't mean to challenge the authority, but I think choice C is better than choice B.

Here are some of my thoughts on Q.19.

1. "who was reported to have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting." modifies Samuel Johnson. To parallel with "was reported to have drunk", "did not seem to have bothered" seems better.

2. Samuel Johnson died even before Balzac was born. Thus "did not seem to have bothered" correctly stated that the action of bother happened before the action seem, which is in past tense as drank ... and died... in the first part of the sentence.

my 2 cents:

1.  "have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting" is a whole part.  what it emphasizes is Sam's this speical experience (drinking 25 cups of tea at one sitting, sth that is out of a normal person's range), not the time sequence (this action happened before some other actions).  just like in the saying "Been there, done that."

2. - "Samuel Johnson died even before Balzac was born." - this was not mentioned at all, thus it is nonrelevant.

    - "seem" really doesnt mean anything, so it is not a comparative to other verbs. 

[此贴子已经被作者于2006-8-25 23:26:47编辑过]

盈儿

以下是引用ogram在2005-7-7 19:18:00的发言：

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19. Balzac drank more than fifty cups of coffee a day and died of caffeine poisoning; furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother Samuel Johnson, the great writer and lexicographer, who was reported to have drunk twenty-five cups of tea at one sitting.
(A) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to bother
(B) however, caffeine did not seem to bother
(C) however, caffeine did not seem to have bothered
(D) furthermore, caffeine did not seem to have bothered
(E) in addition, caffeine did not seem to bother
ANSWER: B
为什么C不对？从逻辑上理解to have bothered应该是发生在seem(ed)之前，用不定式的完成形式不是很好吗？
难道是因为bothered所表达的过去的含义已经被did (not) seem已经表达了？
请各路高手指教，不胜感谢！

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我觉得C选项中did not 和have 表达重复了

其实题干想表达的意思有两种表达方式，一种是B选项的表达方式，用did not seem to bother, 另一种表达方式是do not seem to have bothered, 具体用哪一种，还要根据上下文来确定。

yep, I agree with you

ana9

still confused with "885 B-19"