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miffyhui

On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold gold in the form of bullion or coins, immigrants found that on arrival in the United States they had to surrender all of the gold they had brought with them.

A. On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
B. With a law passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
C. A law passed in 1933 that made it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen holding
D. Because of a law passed in 1933 making it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold
E. Due to a law being passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold
求解这道题，主要是ron对于E的解释不怎么明白

choice e changes the meaning of the sentence: taken literally, it says that the immigrants found themselves in this unenviable situation not because of the law itself, but because of the passage of the law. although somewhat plausible, this is not the intent of the original sentence.

为什么解读成了the passage of the law
跟这里the being有关吗？求解


附解释：http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/post10960.html#p10960

Medill

是跟being有关的

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babybearmm

On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold gold in the form of bullion or coins, immigrants found that on arrival in the United States they had to surrender all of the gold they had brought with them.

A. On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
B. With a law passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
C. A law passed in 1933 that made it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen holding
D. Because of a law passed in 1933 making it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold
E. Due to a law being passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold
求解这道题，主要是ron对于E的解释不怎么明白

choice e changes the meaning of the sentence: taken literally, it says that the immigrants found themselves in this unenviable situation not because of the law itself, but because of the passage of the law. although somewhat plausible, this is not the intent of the original sentence.

为什么解读成了the passage of the law
跟这里the being有关吗？求解


附解释：http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/post10960.html#p10960

-- by 会员 miffyhui (2012/7/26 0:41:09)

我觉得，比较简单的排除E的方法是due to. "Due to" functions as an adj.
Right: The cancellation was due to the rain.
Wrong: The concert was cancelled due to the rain.


至于Ron说的，他的思路是不考虑语法只考虑语意。如果读(E)这个句子，
Due to a law being passed in 1933 that ...
如果你能找到一个native speaker读这个句子的话，他/她一定会重读那个being! 也就是说，这个句子, read literally, 强调的是being passed这个过程 （Ron有次讲课说过，gerund is process-oriented）。所以对这个选项的语意解读，就是being passed这个过程是原因，而不是a law本身是原因。

miffyhui

thx,baby,I got it.

酩茗

due to 不能放句首，还有similar to, differing from