求教GWD29-Q5 and Q6

eng_mba

GWD-29-Q3-Q6

      In a 1984 book, Claire C.

            Robertson argued that,

            before colonialism, age was

Line      a more important indicator

  (5)      of status and authority than

gender in Ghana and in

Africa generally.  British

colonialism imposed

European-style male-

 (10)     dominant notions upon

more egalitarian local

situations to the detriment

of women generally, and

gender became a defining

 (15)     characteristic that weak-

ened women’s power and

authority.

      Subsequent research in

Kenya convinced Robertson

 (20)     that she had overgeneralized

            about Africa.  Before colo-

            nialism, gender was more

salient in central Kenya than

it was in Ghana, although age

 (25)     was still crucial in determin-

ing authority.  In contrast with

Ghana, where women had

traded for hundreds of years

and achieved legal majority

 (30)     (not unrelated phenomena),

the evidence regarding

central Kenya indicated that

            women were legal minors

and were sometimes treated

 (35)
               as male property, as were

European women at that

time.  Factors like strong

patrilinearity and patrilocality,

           as well as women’s inferior

 (40)    land rights and lesser

involvement in trade, made

women more dependent on

men than was generally the

case in Ghana.  However,

 (45)     since age apparently

remained the overriding

principle of social organiza-

tion in central Kenya, some

senior women had much

 (50)     authority.  Thus, Robertson

revised her hypothesis

somewhat, arguing that

in determining authority in

precolonial Africa age was a

 (55)     primary principle that super-

seded gender to varying

degrees depending on the

situation.

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8. GWD29-Q5:

The passage suggests that after conducting the research mentioned in line 18, but not before, Robertson would have agreed with which of the following about women’s status and authority in Ghana?

                       

1. Greater land rights and greater involvement in trade made women in precolonial Ghana less dependent on men than were European women at that time.

1. Colonialism had a greater impact on the status and authority of Ghanaian women than on Kenyan women.

2. Colonialism had less of an impact on the status and authority of Ghanaian women that it had on the status and authority of other African women.
3. The relative independence of Ghanaian women prior to colonialism was unique in Africa.
4. Before colonialism, the status and authority of Ghanaian women was similar to that of Kenyan women.

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9. GWD29-Q6:

The author of the passage mentions the status of age as a principle of social organization in precolonial central Kenya in lines 24-26 most likely in order to

 

1. indicate that women’s dependence on men in precolonial Kenya was not absolute
2. contrast the situation of senior women to that of less senior women in precolonial Kenyan society
3. differentiate between the status and authority of precolonial Kenyan women and that of precolonial Ghanaian women
4. explain why age superseded gender to a greater extent in precolonial Kenya than it did elsewhere in Africa
5. identify a factor that led Robertson to revise her hypothesis about precolonial Africa

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eng_mba

Please help, thank you.

wei_wangyan

请问LZ的问题具体是什么？这两道题您是选是什么，又是怎么定位和考虑的呢？

这样别人才能更清楚地解答你的问题。

rosemaryyan

我的思路：

文章讨论的是在殖民主义前，age和gender的相对重要性，对于殖民后，都是gender占上风。因为1p: 已经明确指出殖民主义后，gender更重要。British colonialism imposed European-style male-dominant notions upon more egalitarian local situations to the detriment of women generally, and gender became a defining characteristic

R原本提出in G and Afrca, 殖民前都是age占上风，后来意识到对于Afrca 此结论是错的。于是revise为：在Afrca, 殖民前，gender占上风。即由in Kenya, 殖民后gender占上风---à意识到殖民前，gender已经占上风，而不是age--àrevise: 殖民前的Kenya, gender占上风。答案C:是否只是在殖民后GENDER占上风。

但是B的意思说在殖民前的Afrca,gender是否占上风，意思不是一样的吗？

wei_wangyan

Q4问题如下：

7. GWD29-Q4:

The passage indicates that Robertson’s research in Kenya caused her to change her mind regarding which of the following?信息题

             

1. Whether age was the prevailing principle of social organization in Kenya before colonialism

2. Whether gender was the primary determinant of social authority in Africa generally before colonialism

3. Whether it was only after colonialism that gender became a significant determinant of authority in Kenyan society

4. Whether age was a crucial factor determining authority in Africa after colonialism

5. Whether British colonialism imposed European-style male-dominant notions upon local situations in Ghana

看不明显rosemaryyan的推理。

我觉得C正确没有问题，作者起初认为所有Africa国家在colonialism之前都是age起主导作用，但后来经过调查发现Kenya并不是这样的，Kenya在colonialism之前是gender起主导作用，注意这句话：“Before colonialism, gender was more salient in central Kenya than it was in Ghana, although age was still crucial in determining authority. ”

注意salient的意思是：most important or noticeable最重要的;显著的。

所以他最初的结论“Robertson argued that, before colonialism, age was a more important indicator of status and authority than gender in Ghana
                    and in Africa generally.”就不成立了（阴影部分）。

作者改了他的结论：“Thus, Robertson revised her hypothesis somewhat, arguing that in determining authority in precolonial Africa age was a primary principle that superseded gender to varying degrees depending on the situation.”注意阴影部分的限定性说法，作者把generally改为了to vary degrees depend on the situation。

答案C讲Kenya的情况，与原文重心一致。讲gender的主导性是否只在colonialism之后，还是在colonialism之前本来就是主导因素了（作者所强调的）。

太久没有看了，刚才大致读了一下，希望有帮助。

wei_wangyan

PS：关于选项B。

作者探讨的是age在Africa的主导性（in generally Africa），并没有探讨gender in generally Africa的作用，只是提到有些地区（Kenya）并不是age主导以否定作者最初的结论。那么，在Kenya不是age主导是什么主导？是gender。

余认为全文的gender只起了这样一个作用。所以B不正确。

wei_wangyan

现在已经看明白rosemaryyan的意思了，但你的理解是错误的。

作者自始至终认为在colonialism之前都是age占上风（文章末尾），只是由“全包”generally in Africa变为了“部分”to varying degree depending on situation，其实作者是把某些地方排除在外了，而这个地方就是Kenya——全文探讨的重心。

rosemaryyan

才刚刚看到啊。这句话：全包”generally in Africa变为了“部分”to varying degree depending on situation，其实作者是把某些地方排除在外了，而这个地方就是Kenya——全文探讨的重心。真是点出了我的误区啊！！！还是句子没读明白啊！！感激啊！！！！再把文章好好读一遍！！

顿顿的微笑

第6题是不是用排除法，其他的都不对

scarlett8327

以下是引用eng_mba在2007/4/19 15:42:00的发言：

8. GWD29-Q5:

The passage suggests that after conducting the research mentioned in line 18, but not before, Robertson would have agreed with which of the following about women’s status and authority in Ghana?

                       

1. Greater land rights and greater involvement in trade made women in precolonial Ghana less dependent on men than were European women at that time.

1. Colonialism had a greater impact on the status and authority of Ghanaian women than on Kenyan women.

2. Colonialism had less of an impact on the status and authority of Ghanaian women that it had on the status and authority of other African women.
3. The relative independence of Ghanaian women prior to colonialism was unique in Africa.
4. Before colonialism, the status and authority of Ghanaian women was similar to that of Kenyan women.

谁能告诉我第5题的A为什么不对？？？