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bigbenzhang

同意楼上。虽然个人选了D，但是根据答案A只能从“语义”上去考虑把前两个动作并列所以用一个and，后面的几个动作并列最后用一个and。但是说实话这么解释还是有点牵强，这样的话，这个题的难度就太大了。

xz328

these two "and"s are not both in the list.
the list begins with "cost less".

analogy:
i went to the grocery store and bought food, got money from the ATM, and sampled dishes from the deli.
this is fine, since the list (3 things that i did at the store) STARTS with "bought food". "went to the store" is not part of the list.

molly123

发表于: 2009-06-23 10:11:00 - IP:12.*.*.* 只看该用户 大 中 小 #14
这可以看成两个句子合成一个，用同一个主语 Minivans：


1）Minivans carry as many as seven passengers


2）Compared with most sport utility vehicles, minivans cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.


第一个 and 套第二个，两个不是平行的。


Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.



ding!!!!

cherrywang

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Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.

此题carry没有和compared并列 而是与cost, get. make, have并列...

第一个and的用意是：隔开carry和compared。明确compared到底是修饰谁的。

是向前找载客数量还是向后面找更经济什么。注意compared后面全是用的比较级，暗指实际是指后面一连串的性能与其他轿车的比较。此时如果去掉and，很容易引起歧义。造成以下两种翻译：

1.错误翻译：与其他大多运动型轿车相比， M可以承载7名乘客，并且更经济，每加仑可以行驶里程数更大，更方便乘客进出，和提供更舒适驾乘体验。

2.GMAC的用意：M可以承载7名乘客，而且与其他大多运动型轿车相比M更经济，每加仑可以行驶里程数更大，更方便乘客进出，和提供更舒适驾乘体验。

-- by 会员 cally5803 (2009/9/18 20:39:00)

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醍醐灌顶啊，解释很合理

serene301

个人认为and在这里是连词，连接的是两个句子。“and compared with SUV，most cost less……”，这里的most是代词，在and连接的后面这个句子里作主语，compared with SUV是比较状语

agnesliu

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mamaning016

up!!!

八大山人

闭关锁国会害人的。。。  google 一下你知道的。。。


my first complaint about (d) is that it's noticeably awkward, but you'd have to be a native speaker of english to pick up on that.

however, there's a problem of semantics (meaning) with (d). the modifier "...carrying..." seems to signify that the latter traits are only true of minivans when those minivans are actually carrying the requisite number of passengers. if they aren't, then all of a sudden those things aren't true anymore.

choice (a) correctly uses the conjunction "and", which implies that both things are true but don't necessarily have to do with each other (i.e., the # of passengers is independent of the other claims).

zziinngg

http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/minivans-carry-as-many-as-seven-passengers-t6094.html

zziinngg

D肯定错，不管前面有没有逗号，所有的V.ed形式都是名词修饰语，就近修饰。那么D中compared就近修饰了passengers，逻辑矛盾。
A在逻辑上是两个对称层次。首先，carry与后面的所有四个动词cost，get，allow，have并列。carry说的是minivan与其他车的共性，后面四个动词说的是minivan的优势。其次，后面四个动词也并列了，列举中的最后一项前面必须有and，所以have前面出现and了。语法上逻辑上都perfect。