OG10-43很困惑

runpiggie

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

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.

1、首先，这句话的意思不懂，请大家给翻译一下，行吗？

2、A选项中的it是指什么呢？

3、D选项的解释看不懂。

carolinelmf

在英格兰人的思想中，澳大利亚成为“澳大利亚”（国家）前,是一个antipodes,文明的对立面,一个被认为是世界尽头的朦胧不可想象的地方。

it就是澳大利亚

D把澳大利亚说成它成为国家后是一个antipodes,和原意相反。

runpiggie

D选项中的what was多余，那去掉以后，就是Australia was antipodes吧？

那个成为国家后，后是怎么体现的？

AlienX

為什麼B中的it不能指代Australia?