[問題]gwd9-17

[8妹]

Q17:
Unlike most other mergers in the utility industry, which have been driven by the need to save money and extend companies’ service areas, the merger of the nation’s leading gas and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening their utility markets to competition.


A. and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening

B. and electric companies are intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open

C. and electric companies are intended to create a huge network that will be marketing the utilities in question, with states opening

D. company and electric company are intending to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question, with states opening

E. company and leading electric company is intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open


the answer is e

(H) 大家怎麼解這題

[micht]

the merger of .................is

A, E 選一個

A. and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening

E. company and leading electric company is intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open

the merger of the nation’s leading gas and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening their utility markets to competition.

(A) 不清楚是 一個company同時leading gas&electric
還是兩個公司 一個是leading gas 另一個是electric

所以選 E

[8妹]

再請問一下a還有錯的地方嗎

[micht]

有無其他錯 我不肯定

A. and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening

E. company and leading electric company is intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open

但我覺得 A, E 裡面
我標的地方感覺不同...

to create a huge marketing network應該不是為了 the utilities in question with states opening 應該是為了 for marketing the utilitites in question as states open......

不太會解釋
請大家幫忙 8-|

[8妹]

再來推一下 8-|

[cg]

有無其他錯 我不肯定

A. and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening

E. company and leading electric company is intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open

但我覺得 A, E 裡面
我標的地方感覺不同...

to create a huge marketing network應該不是為了 the utilities in question with states opening 應該是為了 for marketing the utilitites in question as states open......

不太會解釋
請大家幫忙 8-|

來練習解釋一下
先說文解字一下 utilities公用事業
我覺得marketing的位置並不重要 因為兩個選項解釋都通
重點應該在With 和 as
With 通常指伴隨發生 主詞同前句，修飾前句動詞，詳見OG113
As同When 表狀態

[cg]

補充 OG113
113. Visitors to the park have often looked up into the leafy canopy and saw monkeys sleeping on the branches.
whose arms and legs hang like socks on a clothesline.
(A) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs hang
(B) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs were hanging
(C) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, with arms and legs hanging
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(D) seen monkeys sleeping on the branches, with arms and legs hanging
(E) seen monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs have hung

答案D

[Calvin]

I agree with cg's explanation

the main problem of A is " with ".

in choice E, "as represents the concept of time (= when), the sentence meaning is correct and clear.

[davidlee0222]

A的company要用複數
states沒有一撇'所有格
也錯
原句是要講"當"開放市場時所發生的問題
A. in question with states opening ...
with表附帶狀態改變句意
變成講只要有opening的狀態就有問題

as當連接詞when
表"當...時"
E才能傳達正確句意

補充一下with
with是表某附帶狀態
載有這個附帶狀態的情況
原句主軸才成立
若無此狀態無法推知主軸成不成立

但本句是要講"當...時"
當某時期來臨時
是要講時間狀態的概念
用with無法表達時間概念

[bugubugu]

Please refer to:
http://www.formosamba.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=28410

[hungji]

1.觀察比較5答案
2.差異(1)gas and electric company與gas and electric companies與gas company and electric company與gas company and leading electric company(2)V動詞 is 與 are(3)with states opening與as states open與with states opening
3.看原句, 抓主詞單數 刪 B,C,D
4.兩家公司合併 刪 A, 因 leading gas and electric company is....
5.強迫中獎 選E, E 對了

[CUGGYER]

我想對支持E提供一個新觀點
就是劃線部份的後面接了 "their" utility markets to competition ,這個their 我將他解釋為states 如此這個their 前面才有referent 請問這樣的想是否正確 我是這樣選出來的啦^"^

[eggcake520]

我想對支持E提供一個新觀點
就是劃線部份的後面接了 "their" utility markets to competition ,這個their 我將他解釋為states 如此這個their 前面才有referent 請問這樣的想是否正確 我是這樣選出來的啦^"^

你說的沒錯，可是好像五個選項都有states耶...

[CUGGYER]

不過PRONOUN大多是代本句主詞，用主動詞一致原則後刪掉BCD
在A: with states 跟E: as states之間 很明顯的 their在E的裡面就是代表states

[greenfox]

A選項的with states opening~，可以參考OG#102(B)-->the prepositional phrase containing this participle (with... it) is unidiomatic