gwd t-9-7疑问

shalinzz

In American Genesis, which covers the century of technological innovation in the United States beginning in 1876, Thomas Hughes assigns special prominence to Thomas Edison as archetype of the independent nineteenth-century inventor. However, Hughes virtually ignores Edison’s famous contemporary and notorious adversary in the field of electric light and power, George Westinghouse. This comparative neglect of Westinghouse is consistent with other recent historians’ works, although it marks an intriguing departure from the prevailing view during the inventors’ lifetimes (and for decades afterward) of Edison and Westinghouse as the two “pioneer innovators ” of the electrical industry.



      My recent reevaluation of Westin-house, facilitated by materials found in railroad archives, suggests that while Westinghouse and Edison shared important traits as inventors, they differed markedly in their approach to the business aspects of innovation. For Edison as an inventor, novelty was always paramount: the overriding goal of the business of innovation was simply to generate funding for new inventions. Edison therefore undertook just enough sales, product development, and manufacturing to accomplish this. Westinghouse, however, shared the attitudes of the railroads and other industries for whom he developed innovations: product development standardization, system and order were top priorities. Westinghouse thus better exemplifies the systematic approach to technological development that would become a hallmark of modern corporate research and development.


题目如下：

T-9-Q7

The author of the passage implies that the shift away from the views of Westinghouse’s contemporaries should be regarded as



A.    a natural outgrowth of the recent revival of interest in Edison



B.    a result of scholarship based on previously unknown documents



C.    reflective of modern neglect of the views of previous generations



D.    inevitable, given the changing trends in historical interpretations



E.     surprising, given the stature that Westinghouse once had


看了讨论贴，感觉还是有些疑问，提出来大家看看有理不？


感觉还是选c
This comparative neglect of Westinghouse is consistent with other recent historians’ works, although it marks an intriguing departure from the prevailing view during the inventors’ lifetimes (and for decades afterward) of Edison and Westinghouse as the two “pioneer innovators ” of the electrical industry.
这句话中aothough it ，it指代the neglect，即neglect 偏离（departure from）了E和W时代的主流观点（即认为two pioneer innotators），那么说明，现在的人和E、W时代的人不同，现在的人neglect W的成就，当然就是c的内容reflective of modern neglect of the views of previous generations

shalinzz

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vivian2011

翻遍各贴都没有好的解释

Cynth1aC

贴个我觉得很好的ron关于这题的解释。
That shift is described as "an intriguing departure from the prevailing view".

"- Intriguing = provoking curiosity. If something is expected, it won't provoke curiosity. So, this was unexpected (surprising).

"- Prevailing view = how Edison and Westinghouse were viewed at the time.

做不出来这道题，可能都是没有真正理解Intriguing的意思。

另外关于我觉得C为什么不对：
reflective of modern neglect of the views of previous generations的意思是，反映了当代对于上代人观点的忽视。但我觉得这不是重点。如果这篇文章主要是在讲当代人不重视前人的结论和评判，并且举了westinghouse作为一个例子，那么C就是选这个选项。但本文的结构是：para 1: W被忽视 para 2:W为什么被忽视。E可以算是在文章大意上的一个相关选项了。

然后再补充RON关于C的看法：
If specific words are repeated"”"”when they could easily have been rephrased"”"”then it is almost 100% certain that you're looking at a WRONG answer.

There are lots and lots and lots of other ways to say "comparative neglect".
relative lack of interest
disregard
relative indifference to
etc.

If they choose to use exactly the same words, it's almost always a trap.

Just to be clear"”"”The above "trap" applies only to ideas that can easily be expressed with different words.

For words that can't be expressed any other way"”"”especially names of things, or extremely specific descriptions"”"”this is not a trap, since there's no way to avoid repeating the words if you want to mention that particular idea/thing.

E.g., the Sonoran Desert is called "the Sonoran Desert". It doesn't have any other names.
So, if a passage says "the Sonoran Desert" and an answer choice also says "the Sonoran Desert", there's no reason to suspect that the choice is incorrect.

希望我解释清楚了。