OG 43请答疑，谢谢

qierliu

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
(E) Australia was what had been known as the antipodes

答案是A，我觉得很别扭啊，E为什么不对啊，OG上说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.
偶还是不明白，怎么曲解意思了？时态怎么不对了？

Marrow

before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes--前面A指那块地，后面指A指澳洲，it指前面那A,was指在那块地成为澳洲的时候。清楚。
Australia was what had been known as the antipodes--had been在过去之前，过去是什么？原文没有指代。如果硬要说前面的A是澳洲，那应该是 A is what was known as ...但是改变原意。

qierliu

谢谢。我原先不明白A的意思，现在我知道了
但是怎么才知道ETS是什么意思呢？这里也没有上下文。

redjean

这道题我也不明白，the opposite pole to civilization和an obscure and unimaginable place that was considered the end of the world分别是什么成分？

redjean

up

redjean

555~~~~
没人理

Snazzy

别哭，别哭
1， 都是同位语
2， when past perfect is used, it MUST be very clear that time frame shows the past of the past. otherwise, only past tense is needed.

Andrea625

宾语同位语

lip00ff2002

can someone explain this question again?

wwwhahchn

这道题对于E，我是这样理解的：had been known表示动作发生在was之前，并且到was结束，说Australia was一个再was之前就已经不被承认的东西，是不合逻辑的。不知道这样理解对不对？

我现在的问题是，OG对于C的解释：Nor does it have a referent in C: substituting Australia for it produces a nonsensical statement. 这句话应该怎样理解？