OG 12 102题 关于戏剧表演的

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102. Theater Critic: The play La Finestrina, now at Central Theater, was written in Italy in the eighteenth century. The
director claims that this production is as similar to the original production as is possible in a modern theater.
Although the actor who plays Harlequin the clown gives a performance very reminiscent of the twentieth-century
American comedian Groucho Marx, Marx’s comic style was very much within the comic acting tradition that had
begun in sixteenth-century Italy.

The considerations given best serve as part of an argument that
(A) modern audiences would fi nd it hard to tolerate certain characteristics of a historically accurate
performance of an eighteenth-century play
(B) Groucho Marx once performed the part of the character Harlequin in La Finestrina
(C) in the United States the training of actors in the twentieth century is based on principles that do not differ
radically from those that underlay the training of actors in eighteenth-century Italy
(D) the performance of the actor who plays Harlequin in La Finestrina does not serve as evidence against the
director’s claim
(E) the director of La Finestrina must have advised the actor who plays Harlequin to model his performance on
comic performances of Groucho Marx

Argument Construction
Situation Th e director of the local production of La Finestrina says it is as similar to the original
production as is possible in a modern theater. Th e actor playing Harlequin gives a
performance reminiscent of Groucho Marx, whose comic style falls within an acting
tradition which began in sixteenth-century Italy.

Reasoning For which of the options would the consideration given best serve as an argument?
    

Th e actor’s
performance was reminiscent of someone who fell within a tradition going back to
sixteenth-century Italy. Th e play was written, and therefore was likely fi rst performed, in
eighteenth-century Italy. All of this suggests that there could be a similarity between the
performances of Harlequin in the local production and in the original production. While
the two performances might have been quite dissimilar, there is nothing here that
supports that.
A Regardless of how plausible this option might be on its own merits, the passage provides no
support for it because the passage provides no information about the characteristics of a
historically accurate performance of an eighteenth-century play.
B Th e passage neither says this nor implies it.
C Th e passage says nothing about the training of actors, so this option would be supported by the
passage only in a very roundabout, indirect way.
D Correct. Th is is the option that the considerations most support.
E Th at the performance reminded the theater critic of Groucho Marx hardly shows that the
similarity was intentional, let alone that it was at the director’s instruction.

 this production is as similar to the original production as is possible in a modern theater。这句话是什么意思？

Reasoning For which of the options would the consideration given best serve as an argument?  这句话是什么意思？

这题要解决的问题到底是什么？

sunjin1988

这题的思路是：play La Finestrina,用的是18世纪的意大利文写的，结论： 但这并不影响他在现在的舞台上放映表现的是18世纪的东西！ 尽管actor who plays Harlequin总让人联想到现在20世纪的戏剧家MAX的形象，然后作者反驳说即使如此Marx’s comic style 喜剧风格来自于16世纪的意大利所以说还是能够支持结论的！

问的就是下列哪个选项正确吧

D就是说actor表现了20世纪戏剧家MAX的形象这就事并不能反驳结论！

CD用户363773

以下是引用sunjin1988在2009/10/22 15:38:00的发言：

这题的思路是：play La Finestrina,用的是18世纪的意大利文写的，结论： 但这并不影响他在现在的舞台上放映表现的是18世纪的东西！ 尽管actor who plays Harlequin总让人联想到现在20世纪的戏剧家MAX的形象，然后作者反驳说即使如此Marx’s comic style 喜剧风格来自于16世纪的意大利所以说还是能够支持结论的！

问的就是下列哪个选项正确吧

D就是说actor表现了20世纪戏剧家MAX的形象这就事并不能反驳结论！

我不明白的是，这个题目到底结论是什么？还有题目怎么翻译？

noss

晕，真的感觉非常的乱～

stella1220

同感 Reasoning For which of the options would the consideration given best serve as an argument?  这句话是什么意思？

cradlepig

我的感觉是，这道题实际上是拐着弯子在问你 “以上的信息对形成以下哪一个观点最有帮助？”

从题目中的信息可以看出，一个写于18世纪的戏剧要放在现在来表演，导演说他会尽可能地坚持原剧的风格（在现代的舞台上面表演）。虽然演员的风格和美国20世纪的戏剧家GM很像，但是其实GM的风格与16世纪意大利歌剧的表演风格非常接近。（潜台词即是：演员的表演是符合导演所说的终于原剧风格的）

因此，D选项中提到演员在戏剧中的表演并没有与导演的话相矛盾。正确。

Reasoning For which of the options would the consideration given best serve as an argument?  这句话是什么意思？
这句话的意思其实就是把问题用另一种方式提了一遍，简单来说，就是从题干的信息中，可以得出以下哪个观点/论点。

smitaforward

下面是引用网络上的解释，供大家参考
Step one of the Kaplan method tells us to read the question stem, and then to determine the kind of question that it is. The question stem:

“The considerations given best serve as part of an argument that”

Okay, so there are considerations given (by the author) leading up to an argument. The “considerations given” is evidence, and the question wants us to determine the author’s main point, or conclusion. We call this type of question a “main point” question.

Step two is to analyze the stimulus: Normally, we identify a conclusion by looking for words like “thus, therefore, hence, etc.” .... BUT, in a main point question, we actually don’t want to be attracted by those kind of words-they are put there by the test-maker because they know you will naturally be attracted to them in a main point question.

Instead, in a main point question, the author’s main point will often be signalled by a contrast keyword such as “but,” “however,” “while,” or, “although.”

In the passage of this question, we learn of the director’s claim in the second sentence. The director’s claim is that their reproduction of the play is a lot like the original play. The next sentence starts with the word “although.” Here, the function of “although” is to dismiss potential counter-evidence against the director’s claim: the fact that the actor is like 20th century Groucho Marx could be used against the director’s claim (that the reproduction is a faithful representation of the original 16th century version.)

So from the word “although,” and using some critical reasoning, we can determine that the author’s intent in arguing is to defend the director’s claim against evidence that could go against it (against the director’s claim).

Step three of the method is to make a prediction of the right answer. Say to yourself: “The author is defending the director. The author’s main point is that the director’s claim is correct.”

Step four is to aggressively scan for a match to the prediction. Because we spent so much time generating the prediction, and because we don’t care about wrong answers and why they are wrong, we scan for a choice that matches our insight.

Then, choice D is correct.

Because we don’t care about why wrong answers are wrong, and because wrong answers are written by the test-maker to be very tempting, whenever it is possible to predict and match, we should do that instead of over-using POE.
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Kaplan Teacher in Toronto

bunnygw

今天也做到这道题懵了，应该就是6楼说的意思，好绕的一题。

侯子的西游记

多谢楼上smitaforward 的分享！！！
其实这道题就是问题“The considerations given best serve as part of an argument that” 问的有点怪，如果说这是归纳题，问infer或what can be concluded? 估计大家也就不觉得绕了
另外整个思路的分析也很受益，大家可以从中借鉴kaplan的分析思路，谢谢smitaforward ！

mabelren

呃 原来是这样……
我以为因为剧本是  18   世纪的  但是演员像GM的风格而GM是   16   世纪的风格
所以并不符合导演忠实剧本的风格的决定