新东方小蓝part1第162题

leisure258

The colorization of black-and-white films by computers is defended by those who own the film rights, for the process can mean increased revenues for them; many others in the film industry, however, contend that the technique degrades major works of art, which they liken to putting lipstick on a Greek statue.

(A) which they liken to putting lipstick on a Greek statue
(B) which they liken to a Greek statue with lipstick put on it
(C) which they liken to lipstick put on a Greek statue
(D) likening it to a Greek statue with lipstick put on it
(E) likening it to putting lipstick on a Greek statue

正确答案是E，但是个人觉得E中it的指代存在一定歧义。我选的B，which指的是major works of art,被比作a Greek statue也貌似合理。求解释~

ksdl

The colorization of black-and-white films by computers is defended by those who own the film rights, for the process can mean increased revenues for them; many others in the film industry, however, contend that the technique degrades major works of art, which they liken to putting lipstick on a Greek statue.

(A) which they liken to putting lipstick on a Greek statue
(B) which they liken to a Greek statue with lipstick put on it
(C) which they liken to lipstick put on a Greek statue
(D) likening it to a Greek statue with lipstick put on it
(E) likening it to putting lipstick on a Greek statue

正确答案是E，但是个人觉得E中it的指代存在一定歧义。我选的B，which指的是major works of art,被比作a Greek statue也貌似合理。求解释~

-- by 会员 leisure258 (2012/4/1 14:13:26)

首先从意思看，作者是想说the technique degrades major works of art这个东西整体likening......ABC排除
然后It是个形式主语吧哦觉得，指代后面的to.......不过我个人觉得这个it是用地不太好。。继续求NN指点

hoteldeville

作者是想说这种technique使得major works of art降低了层次，就如同在一个希腊雕塑上画口红。likening连接起来的应当是两个想比较的动作过程，共同修饰technique。

B中，contend that the technique degrades major works of art, which they liken to a Greek statue with lipstick put on it。假若which指代major works of art, 你把which替换成a Greek statue with lipstick put on it，变成degrades (a Greek statue with lipstick put on it), 括号中的内容应当是degrades这个动作造成的结果，而非degrades的对象。有逻辑错误。
因此知，后面这个分句应当指代前面整个句子，是一个动作的过程，而非结果，所以D：a Greek statue也错，E更合适。

leisure258

谢谢，可我还是不太明白。。。我对B选项的理解是： 他们认为technique使major works of art降低了层次，他们把这种major works of art比作涂了口红的希腊雕像一样。不知道错在哪？

losaohan

谢谢，可我还是不太明白。。。我对B选项的理解是： 他们认为technique使major works of art降低了层次，他们把这种major works of art比作涂了口红的希腊雕像一样。不知道错在哪？

-- by 会员 leisure258 (2012/4/1 19:48:20)

意思上反了。。整个句子表达了作者对给无色电影上色的批判，而作者将这种行为比作给希腊雕像上口红，而major works of art被作者的批判对象technique=colorization所贬低的，也就是作者想要保护的。因此不能把major works of art和给希腊雕像上口红相比

hoteldeville

不能用major work和涂了口红的希腊相比，如果是这样，那么major前面的degrade不就重复了？degrade了一个涂口红的希腊雕塑。不对，有degrade就说明后面的art应该是涂口红之前的。