再问GWD 3-10，谢先

dpreview

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crowkiller

我做这道题一直在B和C中徘徊。

刚刚用google 搜到这句话的原文出处：

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1511/is_6_20/ai_55926777

Pure ice is transparent, but the air bubbles in fresh snow reflect light, a fact that is essential to life as we know it.
        Antarctica receives more sun radiation than anywhere else on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap so reflective that minimal ice melt occurs each summer. Otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise by 250 feet and engulf most of the world's great cities.

我觉得可以说明

1# is 在这里可以省略。。。。

2# 原文中用的是句号后otherwise.. 如果像楼上的NN能approve ",or else' 能代替otherwise。我觉得C 比B好。

期待NN 进一步讨论。。。。

lloottuuss

太感谢了！因此我要坚持住选C！

以下是引用crowkiller在2007-4-10 2:57:00的发言：

Pure ice is transparent, but the air bubbles in fresh snow reflect light, a fact that is essential to life as we know it.
  Antarctica receives more sun radiation than anywhere else on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap so reflective that minimal ice melt occurs each summer. Otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise by 250 feet and engulf most of the world's great cities.

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best_vivien

可是，此处otherwise是句首，所以可以啊～

所以or else应该不可以代替otherwise吧？

wsdoll

究竟B还是C呢？？？

or else太口语化，是不是不好。

qianrene

1.既然crowkiller找到原文，我觉得关于可不可以省略单复数谓语的讨论就不存在了：are so cold and ice caps so reflective是对的

2.那么比较Or else和were it to do so哪个正确，感觉or else的虚拟语气不是那么强烈，是or或者的意思，与现在事实相反，就是有可能发生的意思，而were it to do so给出了一个虚拟的前提条件，也即后面的吞没城市是不可能发生的

故仍然选B

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MBA1982

TX

lupisces

以下是引用crowkiller在2007-4-10 2:57:00的发言：

我做这道题一直在B和C中徘徊。

刚刚用google 搜到这句话的原文出处：

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1511/is_6_20/ai_55926777

Pure ice is transparent, but the air bubbles in fresh snow reflect light, a fact that is essential to life as we know it.
  Antarctica receives more sun radiation than anywhere else on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap so reflective that minimal ice melt occurs each summer. Otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise by 250 feet and engulf most of the world's great cities.

我觉得可以说明

1# is 在这里可以省略。。。。

2# 原文中用的是句号后otherwise.. 如果像楼上的NN能approve ",or else' 能代替otherwise。我觉得C 比B好。

期待NN 进一步讨论。。。。

认为C错的都觉得or else有问题

可是

既然otherwise后能接虚拟，B这样的就即wordy，又有歧义（前面有那么多，单数名词，凭什么用it没有歧义呢？指Antarctica，do指receive？）

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Kevinzhan

http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/source-sets-t1315.html

参看Ron对这一题的解释