Unlike the original National Museum of Science and Technology in Italy, where the models are encased in glass or operated only by staff members, the Virtual Leonardo Project, an online version of the museum, encourages visitors to "touch" each exhibit, which thereby activates the animated functions of the piece.
Unlike the original National Museum of Science and Technology in Italy , where the models are encased in glass or operated only by staff members, the Virtual Leonardo Project, an online version of the museum, encourages visitors to “touch” each exhibit, which thereby activates the animated functions of the piece.
exhibit, which thereby activates
exhibit, in turn an activation of
exhibit, and it will activate
exhibit and thereby activate
exhibit which, as a result, activates 答案是D。 activate 的主语不是the Virtual Leonardo Project吗?那为什么用不是单数形式? 请各位指点一下,谢谢!
这一题 A 不对是因为英语动词大部份都是单向的,不像汉语那样是双向的。例如“我去理发”的“我”,可以是理发师也可以是理发顾客。英文动词大部份不能这样的。(唯一常见的例外是 sell。如:Many online sites are selling i-Phones. I-Phones are selling well right now.)
Activate 就是单向的动词。Activate 的是人,exhibit 不能 activate 自己的,一定要有施动者。固然可以 activates itself,但是在这句里面后面跟着的是 activates the animated functions of the piece,那就不是 exhibit 能够做到的事。(Exhibit 只是展览,和展览里面的机件不一样的。如果真的是 self-activation 就要说出来是这样的。)
就是因为 activate 是需要很明显的施动者,所以不能用 encourages visitors to "touch" each exhibit 来做主语的。这是可以用 which 指代前面分句的例:
The Virtual Leonardo Project encourages visitors to “touch” each exhibit, which has the effect of involving them much more deeply in each object, thereby instilling a greater understanding. smilebaby0910 发表于 2008-5-1 22:01
Asrgbf 发表于 2008-5-2 08:36
我发现还没有解释到为什么 D 那里是用 activate 而不是 activates。这并不是因为 activate 的主语是 visitors。D 是这样的: . . . encourages visitors to “touch” each exhibit and thereby activate the animated functions of the piece. 这里 visitors 是 encourages 的宾语,不是 touch 与 activate 形式上的主语。要明白这半句话的结构,首先要知道 and 连接什么。是谁 activate?当然是 visitors。但是这里 visitors 不是主语,不过却是 touch 与 activate 的施动者。所以 and 是把 touch 和 activate 连起来的,这表示 activate 和 touch 一样,是跟在 to 后面的,那当然要用 infinitive form,不用变化。这就是为什么 activate 后面没有 s。