首先理清哪句是原因 哪句是结论 第一句 Although the discount stores in Goreville's central shopping district are expected to close wihtin five years as a result of competition from a Spendless discount department store that just opened, those locations will not stay vacant for long. will 表示作者的argument 意思:五年内竞争不过S店的折扣店都会倒闭,但这些倒闭店的地方不会空缺太久 第二句 In the five years since the opening of Colson's, a nondiscount deparment store, a new store has opened at the location of every store in the shoping district that closed because it could not compete with Colson's. 现在完成时表事实,这一句就是作者得到第一句结论的原因 意思:自非折扣店C店开店以来,每一个竞争不过C店而倒闭的店的地方都会有新的店出现 作者用类比推出结论 weaken:削弱原因:在竞争不过C店而倒闭的地方新开的不是非折扣店,而是折扣店 我这样理解的 不晓得你认同不 -- by 会员 海鸟 (2009/8/20 18:32:00)
这个解释得很清楚。也就是OG上的解释。削弱类比就是指出二者的不同之处。 |