[求助]PrepII-25依然是比较对象对等的老大难问题

HeavenlyAres

25. There is a widespread belief in the United States and Western Europe that young people have a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents and that the source of the change lies in the collapse of the "work ethic."

 

(A) a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents

(B) less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents

(C) a smaller commitment to work and a career than that of their parents and grandparents

(D) less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents had

(E) a lessening of the commitment to work and a career that their parents and grandparents had

D is correct.

Prep笔记上说C的问题是前后比较对象有问题，我觉得奇怪，比较词是smaller，说明修饰和比较的的确是commitment，那后文的that有什么问题么？

跪谢各位的帮忙了

xz328

楼主这样想：

i have a bigger apple than you 好呢还是 i have a bigger apple than your apple

由此可见c选项中，that不能加。但是个人感觉D也不好，最后的had应该改成did比较好。坐等nn解释这个问题

HeavenlyAres

以下是引用xz328在2009/10/29 19:53:00的发言：
楼主这样想：

i have a bigger apple than you 好呢还是 i have a bigger apple than your apple

由此可见c选项中，that不能加。但是个人感觉D也不好，最后的had应该改成did比较好。坐等nn解释这个问题

对哦，C选项还原之后类似于I have a bigger apple than that of you. 豁然开朗

jiaxizou

我觉得不单单是YONG PEOPLE 与 THEIR PARENTS AND GRADPARENTS的比较吧。
为了突出表现两代人生活的时间之差的比较时候，前面的HAVE现在时与后面的HAD过去时行程了强烈的对比，感觉比DID好的多了。虽然白勇语法规则上也有说明重复动词时候用DID来代替前者HAVE。