The British sociologist and activist Barbara Wootton once noted as a humorous example of income
maldistribution that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning
annually exactly what she then earned as director of adult education for London.
(A) that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning
(B) that the elephant, giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, had been earning
(C) that there was an elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, and it earned
(D) the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and was earning
(E) the elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and that it earned
首先:本题我是在A和B里面徘徊不知道选哪个。 A:我觉得was earning不对,这个过去进行时态用的蹊跷,一般过去式更好 B:我觉得似乎好点。 giving....修饰大象,这块不属于夹心修饰,因为后面是had been earning,不会造成误解。且had been正好说这个是发生在后面的then之前
但答案是A。于是我思考为何如是A,OG解释说B后面不该用完成时;B中的大象是新概念,不是老概念。于是我开始琢磨,现在有这么几点想法: 1、then:在这里then表示的时间先后不是大象挣钱和这个人当导演挣钱的时间先后。而只是单纯的说这个人在后来做过导演。举个例子,比如这个人之前做过司机,后来做过导演。举例子的时候,有个大象在挣钱,就构成了这句话的语境。哈哈,我貌似有点能想象。 2、关于大象是否是一个新的概念问题。如果按照B,则认为这个大象大家都知道,因为用了定冠词;而按照A的解释,对这个大象(后面是限制性定语从句)进行了解释,于是我们知道了是这样一个大象。按照语义,这是这个人打的一个比方,因此不该是大家都知道的。
坦白的讲,这个是看了解释之后,琢磨出来的。考场上肯定想不了这么多。估计多半会选成A,有哪位NN来给一个权威的解释呀?
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