OG 89题

dashasha

A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago.

(A) there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were

(B) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were

(C) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were

(D) every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were

(E) every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as

我对答案C没有异议，我的问题是为什么在答案C里用four times as many as there were而不是there was呢？

LES

mm 先看看下面一个连接吧。

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=23&ID=26698

X_TonY_X

"there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils"

讲的既是ratio, 也是number of computers, 看后面跟什么，从后面"four times as many as" 看出, 只能比较数量，又因为是there be句型, there were one-quarter as many computers four years ago as there are now, 所以只能用there were.

dashasha

以下是引用LES在2004-5-7 16:10:00的发言：
mm 先看看下面一个连接吧。

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=23&ID=26698

提问前就看过了，不过还是不明白啊。

dashasha

X_TonY_X,谢谢你的回答。不过你说“因为是there be句型, there were one-quarter as many computers four years ago as there are now, 所以只能用there were”，我不是很理解，你的意思是4年前的computer数量是现在的1/4了？我想那不是原句的意思。原句是there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were，这句前半段说one computer for every 32 pupils,后面应该是there was 1/4 computer for every 32 pupils啊。请继续指正。

ca3ltoys

以下是引用X_TonY_X在2004-5-7 22:19:00的发言：

"there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils"

讲的既是ratio, 也是number of computers, 看后面跟什么，从后面"four times as many as" 看出, 只能比较数量，又因为是there be句型, there were one-quarter as many computers four years ago as there are now, 所以只能用there were.

同意X_TonY_X的见解,使我们对此题豁然开朗.谢谢!

there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils,(好像补全了后是there are) four times as many (computers now )as there were four years ago.除非极端情况,四年前只能1台,而现在有四台, 128个学生.但这也太凑巧了.

cmtn

有这样的一种说法：老外数学不好，又懒得算，于是订下了一条规矩，如果不用计算,单复数一致，such as, there is one computer for, or there are two computers for；如果需要计算不论简单复杂，不管3721一律用复数，such as, four times as many as there were two years ago. Or there are now two computers for each group, two times as many as there are two years ago. 他们到是简单了可难坏数学好的XDJM了。

A suggestion: next time you do not have to make a new post, just 顶出 old post to ask.

cmtn

If anybody need discuss this question in future, please use the old post.

http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=23&id=26698

thanks

dashasha

以下是引用ca3ltoys在2004-5-8 7:30:00的发言：

同意X_TonY_X的见解,使我们对此题豁然开朗.谢谢!

there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils,(好像补全了后是there are) four times as many (computers now )as there were four years ago.除非极端情况,四年前只能1台,而现在有四台, 128个学生.但这也太凑巧了.

不明白，不好意思。前半句是说RATIO，后面怎么说起了数量了呢？前面说有一台计算机给32个学生，是四年前的4倍，只能推导出四年前1/4台计算机给32个学生，但是不能推导出计算机的总数，因为学生数目在4年前和现在不会一样吧？

dashasha

UP一下,不要怪我钻牛角尖啊，请指点啊。