The World Wildlife Fund has declared that global warming, a phenomenon most scientists agree to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels, will create havoc among migratory birds by altering the environment in ways harmful to their habitats.
a phenomenon most scientists agree to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels,
a phenomenon most scientists agree that is caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings,
a phenomenon that most scientists agree is caused by human beings' burning of fossil fuels,
which most scientists agree on as a phenomenon caused by human beings who burn fossil fuels,
which most scientists agree to be a phenomenon caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings,
题目分析:
本题的划线部分是global warming的同位语或者定语,它的变化并不影响整个句子主干的表达。
选项分析:
A选项:首先我们需要先把这个句型看懂,由于先行词a phenomenon在其身后的定语从句中充当宾语,所以这里省略了引导词that,补全则有:
a phenomenon that most scientists agree to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels
在定语从句中,若将先行词代入位置,则有:
most scientists agree a phenomenon to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels
在本选项中,引起这个现象的是human beings in burning fossil fuels,这个名词短语中的核心词是human beings。但在逻辑上,真正引起气候变暖的应该是人类焚烧化石能源这个行为,而不是人类本身。
另外,agree A to be B不是正确的表达,应该用agree that A do B。(考查“不定式和从句的区别”,由于agree的约束力较弱,所以必须用宾语从句)
B选项:本选项中先行词a phenomenon实际上是做agree的宾语从句中的主语,即:
most scientists agree that a phenomenon is caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings
同(A)理,正引起气候变暖的应该是人类焚烧化石能源这个行为,而不是化石燃料本身。
C选项:Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确。本选项a phenomenon身后的定语从句学名叫嵌入式关系分句。
D选项:cause逻辑主语的核心词错误同(A)。
E选项:cause逻辑主语的核心词错误同(B)。
D:agree on as a... VS agree(that) is
同时C的burning of fossil fuels 没有human beings burn fossil fuels好,但选项中无。再次说明了相对性错误不能作为eliminate的原则。
可以理解为:a phenomenon that (most scientists agree) is caused by human beings' burning of fossil fuels.
仔细一看,这并不是preposition+noun+verbing的结构。。。这就是介词+名词的结构。。。human beings' burning, 这里是human beings' 是所有格,形容词性,跟Burning连在一起构成一个名词。所以下次还是要看仔细呀
Ron对此反复举例说明,怎么用名词性结构来形容一个动作?要用“所有格”结构。即“sb\'s doing/done”。例如: People laughed at my walking to the classroom, 人们笑的既不是我也不是教室,而是我走向教室的这个动作。
Ron不是这样说的。他的意思大概是有些情况当成没’来看登录 或 注册 后可以参加讨论
A选项:'to be caused' , 'in burning' are wordy, awkward and indirect;
B选项:'that s' should be followed immediately by 'a phenomenon', 中间不要夹着most scientists agree; caused by ‘the burning of fossil fuels'这件事,而不是fossil fuels
C选项:human beings' burning of fossil fuels比介词+fossil fuels强多了;
D选项:caused by ‘the burning of fossil fuels'这件事,而不是human beings’
E选项:caused by ‘the burning of fossil fuels'这件事,而不是fossil fuels
同问
我感觉约束力这种东西太玄了,好多感觉是知道答案之后硬套进去的登录 或 注册 后可以参加讨论
就是定语从句里又一个从句,先行词在第二个从句中做成分,这句话展开就是a phenomenon that most scientists agree that (a phenemonon) is caused by human being's burning of fossils. a phenonemon在第二层中的宾语从句里做主语登录 或 注册 后可以参加讨论
是啊,你看,你在中文里也说煤的“燃烧”。所以,必须让burn当核心词呀。登录 或 注册 后可以参加讨论
修复了,感谢指正。登录 或 注册 后可以参加讨论