求助CD-22,T-9-Q24一道让人困惑的语法题

weisky

For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle.

(A) even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle

(B) despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle

(C) even if they can afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous

(D) although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous（C）

(E) even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents

ANS; C

哪位帮忙分析一下这个句子啊，谢谢

onopan

首先排除B,D,因为even if

再排除A,因为their grandparents 这个their指代不清,可以指代appliances,引起歧义

再排除E,which后面那摊东西太难看了,又是被动，显然不如C简洁

weisky

谢谢楼上的解释。

可是为什么要排除D呢，能否解释一下although 和 even if 的区别啊？

Confused a little

onopan

(D) although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous

D的find时态不对，要改成完成时

因为afford和find这两个动作是有先后顺序的

they 和their grandparents 不是生活在同一时代的

letian1313

不是很清楚这句话是什么意思。。。那位高人帮帮忙。。。

zyca

even if和although和even though究竟是否可以互相替代呢？困扰。。。

pharmacystar

would have been时态是对的

 

xiaoda

up

pwss

up

gmat928

谢谢楼上的解释。
可是为什么要排除D呢，能否解释一下although 和 even if 的区别啊？
Confused a little

-- by 会员 weisky (2007/9/18 17:44:00)

D错在although与even if的区别

although 在前意思是“虽然”，在后意思是“但是”表转折

尽管, 虽然

Although my car is very old, it still runs very well. 我的汽车虽然很旧, 但仍然跑得很快。

但是, 然而

The high tax policy is certainly unpopular, although it's unlikely to meet the soaring armament expenditures. 高赋税政策肯定是不受欢迎的，但也未必能满足飞涨的军备开支。

如果本题中使用although，则要翻译成：家务事对于大多数人来说依旧比较费劲，但他们能买得起祖辈视为神奇的家用电器。

Even if 意思是“即使... 也…”表让步

即使, 纵然

I wouldn't lose courage even if I should fail ten times. 即使要失败十次, 我也绝不灰心。

这个题用even if更合理：即使他们能买得起祖辈视为神奇的家用电器，家务事对于大多数人来说依旧比较费劲。