OG2, OG4.

xealot

OG2: Since 1981, when the farm depression began, the number of acres overseen by professional farm-management companies have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado’s size.

(A) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado’s size

(B) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colorado

(C) has grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado

(D) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado’s

(E) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado’s size

In choice C, the best answer, an area about the size of Colorado clearly describes a rough equivalence between the area of Colorado and the area overseen by the companies. In A and B, the plural verb have does not agree with the singular subject number. Choice A is also wordy, since that is can be deleted without loss of clarity. The absence of an area in B and E impairs clarity: the phrase beginning with about must modify a noun such as area that is logically equivalent to the number of acres given. In D and E up to is unidiomatic; the correct expression is from x to y. In D, the size of Colorado’s is unidiomatic, since of Colorado forms a complete possessive.

那么是不是说，数词总是必须要用名词结构来equivalent呢？另外，这句话的意思，from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado,到底59M是size of colorado，还是(59-48)=11M是size of colorado呢?

OG4 The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.

(A) to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns

(B) if they are quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns to rot them

(C) for them to be processed quickly into juice concentrate before the fruit rots when warmer weather returns

(D) if the fruit is quickly processed into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns

(E) to have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit

For parallelism, the linking verb is should link two infinitives: The only way to salvage... is to process. Choice A begins with an infinitive, but the plural pronouns them and they do not agree with the singular noun citrus. Choices B, C, and D do not begin with an infinitive, and all present pronoun errors: the plural pronouns cannot grammatically refer to citrus or fruit, nor can they refer to farmers without absurdity. The best choice, E, has parallel infinitives and uses fruit to refer unambiguously to citrus. E also expresses the cause-and-effect relationship between the return of warmer weather and the rotting of the fruit; A, C, and D merely describe these events as contemporaneous.

但是事实上，is的主语的中心词是the only way，而非to salvage....，怎么能说link两个不定式呢？

rt316

OG4相同部分省略

hougang

stoneren,可否说的在详细一点,哪一点相同,不懂?

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-11-10 16:50:08编辑过]

david_348

is （the way) to process

closedeyes

以下是引用xealot在2004-7-16 19:03:00的发言：

OG2:48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado,到底59M是size of colorado，还是(59-48)=11M是size of colorado呢?

谁帮忙解释一下这个问题呀，谢谢！

jerjer

nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado

perfect  equivalents.

closedeyes

是因为an area that is about Colorado's size是59 million的同位语，而不是from 48 million to nearly 59 million这个副词短语的同位语吗？

jerjer

是因为an area that is about Colorado's size是59 million的同位语，而不是from 48 million to nearly 59 million这个副词短语的同位语吗？

Correct.

closedeyes

明白了 谢谢

swlfx

以下是引用david_348在2004-11-12 22:18:00的发言：
is （the way) to process

多谢。