[問題]OG-258

[doways]

The British sociologist and activist Barbara Wootton once noted as a humorous example of income maldistribution that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning annually exactly what she then earned as director of adult education for London.
(A) that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning
(B) that the elephant, giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, had been earning
(C) that there was an elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, and it earned
(D) the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and was earning
(E) the elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and that it earned

Choice A, the best answer, uses the idiomatic construction noted... that and clearly focuses on the salient information—a comparison of annual earnings. In B, the structure of noted... that the elephant, giving rides..., had been earning falsely implies that the reader already knows about the elephant—that is, that the existence of this particular elephant is not new information.

Ans: A

小弟不懂的地方在於

1. 為啥這邊的解釋說，B的情況就會暗示讀者已經知道大象??

2. 在來就是，為啥要用進行式，was earning

(完成式那邊的錯誤在下一句有講，我沒貼出來)

請大大 指導一下，謝謝~

[Pufa]

1. 為啥這邊的解釋說，B的情況就會暗示讀者已經知道大象??

that the elephant, giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, had been earning
兩個逗號間的資訊代表『大家都知道的一般資訊』，可以消去不看。
作者要表達的是那『獨特大象』的『特有性質』，是文章裡必要的資訊，所以不能用B這種表達方式。

2. 在來就是，為啥要用進行式，was earning

Wootton在當director時，那隻大象還在賺錢。