又仔细看了一下,偶觉得确实是ETS写错了,应该是stating not that the efforts have not significantly reduced the gap 。这个红色的underline的not漏了。
stoneren,你的理解可能有问题:
Choice E uses a similarly wordy expression that changes the meaning of the sentence(选项E用了相似的罗嗦表达,而这种表达改变了句子的意思), stating not that the efforts have significantly reduced the gap([E]表达的不是the efforts大大地缩小了差距)but that they failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps(而是: they[指the efforts]没有在已经缩小的差距的过程中起到重要作用).
你的红字部分清楚表明了你的理解偏差: stating not that the efforts have significantly reduced the gap([E]表达的不是the efforts大大地缩小了差距) 应该是:E没有表达the efforts大大地缩小了差距。 但是ETS应该说的是:E没有表达the efforts没有大大地缩小了差距。
I stated that you are right, not that you are wrong.
or
I stated not that you are wrong but that you are right.
Choice E uses ..., stating not that the efforts have significantly reduced the gap but that they failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps.
stating not that the efforts have significantly reduced the gapbut that they(指efforts) failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps
tianwan GG的the efforts have not significantly reduced the gap 。里的not 对应failed to , 他们都是DE选项中的have not 搞的鬼了.
呵呵!我认为stoneren理解正确! 我想tianwan之所以坚持的关键点在于认为 “stating not that the efforts have significantly reduced the gap but that they failed to play a significant role in some already-existing reduction of several gaps.”是一个原因状语从句。我个人理解这不过是个伴随情况状语嘛!它只是接着说明一下Choice E所表达的的意思,而不是说明为什么E的表达changes the meaning of the sentence。当然,如果正确理解了E的表达的含义,那么客观上也能理解为什么E是一个逻辑上不正确的选项。