请教各位前辈一道GWD 1-Q34

Teky

Nothing wrong with the last sentense since the the proportion is uniform in all limestone.  

But this sentense is totally different with the one we discussed.  In that sentense, there should be two rates, on in france , another in US.   Only by that way, one rate can be about the same to another, or , the rates are about the same.

BTW, about same is different with the same !

我又找到一个有趣的例子，叁考看看

When you use really in front of an adjective or adverb, it has a similar meaning to `very'. Note that you can say either `Gilbert is really clever' or `Gilbert really is clever'. The meaning is almost the same. In both cases you are saying that Gilbert is very clever, but when you say `Gilbert really is clever', you are expressing surprise that Gilbert is clever, or trying to convince someone else that he is. (Collins COBUILD usage)

hedonism555

很佩服你的钻研精神，不过即使 rate is about the same in A and in B 没错的话，E 选项也是错的， 以为消费肥胖食物的人的比率和人消费肥胖事物的比率是不一样的。 80%的人也许只消费20%的肥胖食物， 对吗？

jessie_nj2002

Q34:

Although people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their death rates from heart disease are far lower in France.

1. people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their
2. people in France and the United States consume fatty foods at about the same rate, the
3. fatty foods are consumed by people in France at a comparable rate to the United States’s, their
4. the rate of fatty foods consumed in France and the United States is about the same, the
5. the rate of people consuming fatty foods is about the same in France and the United States, the

D是不是还有这个歧义？：（the rate of fatty foods） consumed ，consumed 修饰 the rate?

asicschu

選B應該比較好是嗎?

joe11

D. the rate of fatty foods consumed in France and the United States is about the same, the

别争了，好累呀。看D,  一个 rate 怎么能 is about the same 呢？ 至少有两个对象才能比较么。

irene2023

请问这题要比较的是

(B)吃fatty foods的比例(eg.每个人吃的食物里有30%是fatty food)，还是

(E)吃fatty foods的人的比例(eg.全部人中有30%的人吃fatty foods)

我怎么觉得是(E)？晕！

mikeleven

用英文思考，什么叫
the rate of fatty foods
the rate of people

用中文思考会把foods或people后面的修饰语，放在中文翻译里当形容词将rate合理化，尤其是of当作"的"来翻译常常导致问题。

用英文思考，D就变成"(被食用的高脂肪食物)的率"，并非"高脂肪食物的食用率"
同理，E也错。

longyear

以下是引用irene2023在2004-11-7 0:33:00的发言：

请问这题要比较的是

(B)吃fatty foods的比例(eg.每个人吃的食物里有30%是fatty food)，还是

(E)吃fatty foods的人的比例(eg.全部人中有30%的人吃fatty foods)

我怎么觉得是(E)？晕！

我认为从意思上理解恰恰E是错的啊！

B 说的是：法国人和美国人虽然吃了同样比例的fatty foods，但是法国人更少得心脏病。

E说的是：在法国和美国有同样多比例的人吃了fatty foods，但是法国人更少得心脏病。

那么，从我们的常识显然知道，是不是吃了fatty foods就会得心脏病呢？显然不是。现在还有谁不吃fatty foods啊。所以比较吃了fatty foods的人群的比例是没有意义的。关键是，这个fatty foods在你的饮食结构里占了多大的比例！

而这个正是这道题要强调的，虽然法国人和美国人吃的东西里面fatty foods占的比例是一样的，但是法国人命好，就是少得心脏病。

hankunlun

这里没有理由用被动吧。另外，感觉因为死亡率是人吃的行为造成的，人是主动的。比如，尽管我吃了10个西瓜，但是我没闹肚子。说成“尽管10个西瓜被我吃了，但我没闹肚子。“就不好了。

那里出现被动了，只是一个定语嘛。

beautywawa

看了半天還是昏

就我的理解,我選B

因為念起來順順的

E的話,,前面是Although the rate... , 後面是the rate..感覺念起來繞舌