由 wangdaven » 2005-06-17 14:17
For many revisionist historians, Christopher Columbus has come to personify devastation and enslavement in the name of progress that has decimated native peoples of the Western Hemisphere.
A. devastation and enslavement in the name of progress that has decimated native peoples of the Western Hemisphere
E. the devastation and enslavement in the name of progress that have decimated the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere
這題(A)(E)決選, 因為(B)在which子句後沒有動詞, 造成fragment
關鍵在於:誰去做decimate the native peoples的動作?
(A)是progress去做 =>has
(E)是the devastation and (the) enslavement去做 =>have
我覺得(A)較優些, 原因:
1. 這題給了個提示, 是progress這個字, 有沒有想過為什麼要用have/has + p.p, 因為表示這個動作一直到現在都還在進行, 也就是說Columbus帶來的影響持續到今日, 而progress可以傳達這個意思, 但the devastation and enslavement無法傳達這個意思
2. 關代that, 和其referent的距離, 在(A)是比較靠近的, 不會有S-V agreement的爭議, 相反的, (E)就沒有交代那麼清楚
3. the的指代, 我認為這裡指的是Columbus帶來的一個廣泛且深遠的影響, 沒有限定修飾的必要, 就算有, 題目也說的很清楚了, 西半球的那些人, 我認為這樣就夠清楚了, 沒有必要畫蛇添足