求助OG12th-87

meckychen

In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut pricess; their wines are priced to sell, and they do.

怎么理解and they do ;  they 指代什么呢？谢谢。

sayysong

我把原题放上来分个讨论。

#87
In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines have been priced to sell, and they are.
A) have been priced to sell, and they are
B) are priced to sell, and they have
C) are priced to sell, and they do
D) are being priced to sell, and have
E) had been priced to sell, and they have
分号后面是单独的句子，用and连结，那么时态应该一致，排除A，B，D，E
C的they指的是wines。
wines are priced 与 they (wines) do (sell) 保持了时态上的一致。

张大猴

their wines are priced to sell, and they do.
they 指wines
do 代替sell
have been priced to sell, and they are.后面省略的应该是selling
are priced to sell, and they have.后面省略的应该是sold

meckychen

如果they 指代wines, 是不是应该用被动语态呢？酒是被卖的。
还是说sale用主动表示被动？

sayysong

什么东西卖得很好，很畅销，是用主动的
this book sells well.

容我再引申联想一下，畅销书都是best seller，而不是best sold

meckychen

谢谢你

lijundkj

可是这里的they不是有点指代不明的感觉么

哪位解惑下

张大猴

they和their只带不一致，指示代词和物主代词指代不一致在非划线部分还比较常见。their指 Italian vintners ，they指wines。但相同的指示代词在同一句话中必须指代同一个代词，如两个they，一个they一个them等

happyself

they和their只带不一致，指示代词和物主代词指代不一致在非划线部分还比较常见。their指 Italian vintners ，they指wines。但相同的指示代词在同一句话中必须指代同一个代词，如两个they，一个they一个them等

-- by 会员 张大猴 (2009/12/1 21:56:45)

张，不一致的情况你还能举个例子不？有题号就行，我第一次碰到不一致的情况。谢谢