218. (28036-!-item-!-188;#058&002747) (GWD7-Q4)求解释！！

gracedan

218.(28036-!-item-!-188;#058&002747)(GWD7-Q4)



Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.

A. movies—less than those

B. movies—fewer than have been

C. movies, which is less than those

D. movies, a number lower than the people

E. movies, fewer thanthe ones

B的fewer than have been怎么感觉这么别扭啊~~这个句子不缺成分么？！
求NN解答啊~~

sisichen666

句子结构：Only seven people this century have been killed by … --- fewer than have been killed…

有两点注意一下：第一，由于people作为人民讲的时候是复数名词，所以用few不用little。
第二，破折号在本题中有反讽或表达意外的含义：被蜜蜂蛰死的人比被专门吃人的白鲨吃掉的人还多。

B选项，虽然have been前省略了people/those，是相对来讲比较结构使用最对称的一个选项了

对于本题的比较Ron曾经给自己的观点，可参考
you can't use parallel constructions with "those"/"that"/etc, in separate clauses, unless they are EXACTLY PARALLEL to whatever shows up in the other part.

in this case:
you can't write "those killed by bee stings"
unless
the other part contains "people killed by the great white shark" (with NOTHING IN BETWEEN).
it doesn't, so you can't.
话说这个问题问过很多次，亲可以搜下老帖

supershuang

have been最平行的一个选项