求助OG13 SC 85题

hpnew07

原题如下：

OG13 SC 85
According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations.
A. like that of earlier generations
B. as that for earlier generations
C. just as earlier generations did
D. as have earlier generations
E. as it was of earlier generations

正确答案是E，OG的解释是：“This sentence compares a single goal shared by generations. The second part of the sentence must have the same structure as the first part: a clause with a subject and a verb...”. 这个可以理解。但是既然是compare a single goal，原句中的that可以指代the goal吧，这样直接比较为什么不可以？望大家指点

bejamin1111

that没有清晰的指代,指代majority的嫌疑很大。以下是ron更为详细的解释:
'that of earlier generations' is a problem. Specifically, 'that of' doesn't have a clear referent, because there's no strong parallel structure to determine it anymore. It could conceivably stand for 'goal', 'majority', or perhaps even 'freestanding house' or 'land'. And if you go by the best possible parallelism, 'that of' seems to refer to a majority, because that's the word placed right before '...OF young adults' (which seems to work in parallel with '...OF earlier generations').

关于As and like的区别：
As:用于比较动词或事情发生的方式(通常是整句话)
like用于比较名词

cycbill

基于三点：（1）“—…—”前面的意群及连词although；（2）“—…—”的意思及作用（—…—结构一般用于解释前文）；（3）“—…—”后面句子的意思及具有完整的主谓宾结构。
推断：“—…—”前面应该作为以although开头从句-->要求完整的主谓宾结构；“—…—”后面应该是以heirlooms为主语的主句。
而从“—…—”部分的意思来看，they应该是指heirloom tomatoes，而且应该紧跟在appeare less appetizing … cousins这个意群后面，那么although从句的主谓结构就应该是heirloom tomatoes appear less … cousins。
although从句的主谓结构有了，grow from seeds …previous year就只能作为状语插入到其中，grow变成grown，就有了B选项。

hpnew07

bejamin1111 发表于 2013-4-11 07:20
that没有清晰的指代,指代majority的嫌疑很大。以下是ron更为详细的解释:
'that of earlier generations' i ...

Thanks a lot! This makes more sense

hpnew07

cycbill 发表于 2013-4-11 09:59
基于三点：（1）“—…—”前面的意群及连词although；（2）“—…—”的意思及作用（—…—结构一般用于解 ...

你确定你是在解释我这道题吗？？？

xunzlyx

bejamin1111 发表于 2013-4-11 07:20
that没有清晰的指代,指代majority的嫌疑很大。以下是ron更为详细的解释:
'that of earlier generations' i ...

直接贴出Ron的完整版

That sentence doesn't really cut it. Here's why:

The correct choice in the original post has a very clear parallel structure: is still a goal of a majority of young adults, as it was (a goal) of earlier generations. Because of the strong parallelism, there's nothing else that the end phrase could possibly refer to.

In your most recent sentence, however, 'that of earlier generations' is a problem. Specifically, 'that of' doesn't have a clear referent, because there's no strong parallel structure to determine it anymore. It could conceivably stand for 'goal', 'majority', or perhaps even 'freestanding house' or 'land'. And if you go by the best possible parallelism, 'that of' seems to refer to a majority, because that's the word placed right before '...OF young adults' (which seems to work in parallel with '...OF earlier generations').



Here's another way of thinking about it:
Generally, you use 'as' to compare VERBS or WAYS in which things happen.
Generally, you use 'like' THINGS (nouns).

So the first example in this thread uses 'as' because of the comparison between VERBS/WAYS ('as it was of...'). Notice that, if the sentence were written in a manner that compared nouns or noun phrases (such as 'The goal of the current generation, LIKE THAT OF previous generations, is...'), then you'd use 'like'.

云游

个人觉得这道题最核心，最核心，最核心的东西是like的比较必须是针对两个不同的东西。
Like apple, banana....
Like Messi, C.Ronald...
Like USA, China....
而不是，
Like apple, apple...
Like China, China...
Like Messi, Messi...
所以就算指代没有问题，下面的句子也不对。
Like owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land of earlier generations, owning and living in a freestanding house is still a goal of a majority of young adult.     

zincgirl

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autumn921104

xunzlyx 发表于 2013-8-16 16:17
直接贴出Ron的完整版

That sentence doesn't really cut it. Here's why:

多谢搬运！

看风吹痕

云游 发表于 2013-9-26 12:39
个人觉得这道题最核心，最核心，最核心的东西是like的比较必须是针对两个不同的东西。
Like apple, banana ...

这个解释好!