NO 42 SC OG

橙子

OG上的解释中有一句，worried about is preferable when describing a condition rather than an action
我的理解是worried是形容词，而这里强调的是状态，而不是动作，所以用worried比worrying更好

plainn

1.首先，OG42, C正确， worrying about是可以的，worried about也是可以的，be worried about是一个短语。
OG42:The current administration, being worrid over some foreign trade barriers being removed and our export failing to increase as a result of deep cuts in the value of the dollar, has formed a group to study ways to sharpen our competitiveness.
c) worried about the removal of some foreign trade barriers and the failure of our exports.


2.大全207， D 为正确答案，LZM 的E5-16有解释。D中的平行结构中心词是对称的，houses 和 houses。
大全207：Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for urban apartment houses including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities.
(A) including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities
(D) that included child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities

3.我的困惑是：OG42中的C：worried about the removal of some foreign trade barriers and the failure of our exports
为什么不是：worried about the removal of some foreign trade barriers and about the failure of our exports.
如果这里可以不加about.
那么大全207的A的第二个houses前不加for也是可以的。
‘the removal of some foreign trade barriers and the failure of our exports’和
‘urban apartment houses including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities’
都是并列复杂宾语结构。 既然removal和failure并列,没有歧义, 那么houses和houses并列,就更没有歧义。

所以我怀疑，大全207和LZM的E5-16的答案有问题。对不起，"寂寞的自由"，我只能提供大全207和LZM的E5-16（大全207和LZM的E5-16时同一题）的答案，但是我无法解释OG42和大全207的矛盾。

请NN解惑。

-- by 会员 tianwan (2004/1/31 15:40:00)

OG42中的比较都在一个层次上，故不用补出about
worried about the removal of some foreign trade barriers and the failure of our exports
这里failure除了和removal比还能和谁比呢

但是 大全207 的内容多了一层介宾结构
called for urban apartment houses including child-care facilities and （for）clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities.
所以说suburban houses有了和child-care facilities比较的歧义
此处应该补出介词for才正确