[求助]时态的一致性 - OG-43, OG-30

YY_lalala

我对句子时态问题的判断标准主要是两个：1）句子中是否有明确的表示时间状态的词进行提示  2）逻辑含义是否合理。但在OG中碰到几个问题：

43.  In the minds of many people living in England, before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes, the opposite pole to civilization, an obscure and unimaginable place that was considered the end of the world.
    (A) before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes
    (B) before there was Australia, it was the antipodes
    (C) it was the antipodes that was Australia
    (D) Australia was what was the antipodes   (A)
    (E) Australia was what had been known as the antipodes

Choice A is best, for A alone makes clear that the land now known as Australia was considered the antipodes before it was developed. In B, it has no logical referent, because the previous clause describes a time when there was no Australia. Nor does it have a referent in C: substituting Australia for it produces a nonsensical statement. D is wordy, with the unnecessary what was, and imprecise in suggesting that Australia was considered the antipodes after it became Australia. E similarly distorts the original meaning, and the past perfect had been is inconsistent with the past tense used to establish a time frame for the rest of the sentence.

A选项的合理性看过讨论没有什么问题了，但是E选项还是不理解。

OG的解释说E时态不一致，我想了很久不知道是下面哪种情况：

1）Australia was what had been known as… 同为描述Australia但是用了不同的时态，这点类似OG-30对A选项的解释。但是我认为这里的时态不一致是可以解释得通的。A.it was the antipodes是Australia was Australia以前的事情，有明确的before提示时间先后，而且从逻辑含义上澳洲成为欧洲之后，它就不再是antipodes了，所以我认为这里应该用过去完成时。从这个意义上来讲E就很合理。在was以前had been known as the antipodes。

2) what (Australia) had been known as the antipodes, the opposite pole to civilization, an obscure and unimaginable place that was considered the end of the world. 都是讲澳洲在成为澳洲前被认为怎样怎样，但是未划线部分用的是was，所以E选项用had been known不合适。

E选项的时态不一致，请NN、斑斑帮忙看看到底是怎么一回事。上面两种意见在以前的讨论中都出现过，但是没有明确的答复。

另外，如果是1）情况的话，可否结合下OG-30的A选项讲一下？

30.  What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc has been the use of the new technology to revitalize, in better sound than was ever before possible, some of the classic recorded performances of the pre-LP era.
    (A) What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc
    (B) The thing that was as remarkable as developing the compact disc
    (C) No less remarkable than the development of the compact disc
    (D) Developing the compact disc has been none the less remarkable than  (C)
    (E) Development of the compact disc has been no less remarkable as

Besides being wordy, the clauses beginning What was in A and The thing that was in B cause inconsistencies in verb tense: the use of the new technology cannot logically be described by both the present perfect has been and the past was. In B and D, developing the compact disc is not parallel to the use of new technology to revitalize... performances; in C, the best answer, the noun development is parallel to use. The phrases none the less... than in D and no less... as in E are unidiomatic; the correct form of expression, no less... than, appears in C, the best choice.

这道题选C没有问题，但是关于A选项的时态不一致我说不出个所以然来。

请NN、斑斑不吝指教～！！谢谢～！！

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-3-9 14:59:52编辑过]

strout

43. D还原

In the minds of many people living in England, Australia was what had been known as the antipodes the opposite pole to civilization, an obscure and unimaginable place that was considered the end of the world.

宾语和同位语指以前的AUSTRALIA，一个用had been known 一个用was considered。 That's why OG said is inconsistent with the past tense used to establish a time frame for the rest of the sentence.

strout

30. A

What was ... has been ...

Do you see what's wrong here?

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