以下是引用mbz在2006-9-22 1:05:00的发言:Thanks for getting the original context! However, it is not the same as choice B. 原文: have half or less the chance of dying of a second heart attack as those who are sedentary. (B) have half the chance, or less, of dying of a heart attack than those who are sedentary do. Even if we accept "have half the chance, or less" as being correct (which I am still not really sure about), the "than" used in B is still wrong since there is no comparision here. further discussion welcome 首先,原文不是一定正确的,这是ETS出题的一个思路,从原文也就是美国人的习惯用法中寻找错误的逻辑所在,然后考美国人。 举个中国人的习惯用法 A、几千年来,农民就是这样晒太阳的 B、几千年来,太阳就是这样晒农民的 你觉得哪个对?我相信绝大多数中国人都会选择A,因为我们都是这么说的。但A错了,错在逻辑颠倒,作为晒动作的实施者太阳,应该是主动,而不是被晒。 美国人也不例外,我相信美国人的口语中,应该有 have half or less the chance of dying of a second heart attack as those who are sedentary 这种用法,但从逻辑意思严格来讲,less一定是有比较的动作,应该用than而不是如同的意思如as。 所以原文改正as到than是正确的,此处用than比较两个行为主体即patients ,比较主语,两个who来表示平行对称,用do来替代前面相同的实义动词have,同时do尽量不省略,因为在have的后面还出现了其他的宾语,为了避免those可能被认为指代宾语,补充了动词do。
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