GRE36套 文化探讨

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Discussion of the assimilation of Puerto Ricans in the United States has focused on two different factors: social standing and the loss of national culture, depending on whether the commentator is North American or Puerto Rican. Many North American social scientists consider Puerto Ricans as the most recent in a long line of ethnic entrants to occupy the lowest rung on the social ladder. Such a ―socio-demographic‖ approach tends to regard assimilation as a benign process. In contrast, the ―colonialist‖ approach of island-based writers tends to view assimilation as the forced loss of national culture in an unequal contest with imposed foreign values. There is, of course, a strong tradition of cultural accommodation among other Puerto Rican thinkers, like Eugenio Fernandez Mendez. But the Puerto Rican intellectuals who have written most about the assimilation process in the United States all advance cultural nationalist views, advocating the preservation of minority cultural distinctions and rejecting what they see as the subjugation of colonial nationalities.

It can be inferred from the passage that a writer such as Eugenio Fernandez Mendez would most likely agree with which of the following statements concerning members of minority ethnic groups?
(A) It is necessary for the members of such groups to adapt to the culture of the majority.

(B) The members of such groups generally encounter a culture that is static and undifferentiated.

(C) Social mobility is the most important feature of the experience of members of such groups.

(D) Social scientists should emphasize the cultural and political aspects of the experience of members of such groups.

(E) The assimilation of members of such groups requires the forced abandonment of their authentic national roots.
根据前面红色黑体的部分可以看出在强大的异国文化面前，island-based writers被迫放弃自己国家势单力薄的文化，再者从后面的but跟preservation of minority cultural distinctions 也可以看出对于文化底蕴的放弃（迫于异国文化的强大力量）。但是答案是选择了B，而我根据自己的理解选择了E。所以在此求解。

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本文主要介绍了North American  social scientists 和Puerto Rican thinkers对于the assimilation of Puerto Ricans in the United States 不同的看法。
Puerto Rican thinkers中又分为other Puerto Rican thinkers和the Puerto Rican intellectuals 。
按照据中的but，两者观点相反。
那么前面的other Puerto Rican thinkers观点应该是不同于，后面the Puerto Rican intellectuals 的advocating the preservation of minority cultural distinctions and rejecting what they see as the subjugation of colonial nationalities.
下面的linacre理解很正确，我的理解有误，请大家明鉴。

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哎呀，我一直以为 Eugenio Fernandez Mendez 是反对preservation of minority cultural distinctions观点的。 这样就导致最终理解上的错误了。

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这题应该选A吧，Eugenio这个人观点和后面的其他人观点不同（But），如楼上所说，所以Eugenio的观点应该是不保留自己的文化，AE都比较符合，但E说要forced，这文中没有。是个强对比取非题啊。

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这题应该选A吧，Eugenio这个人观点和后面的其他人观点不同（But），如楼上所说，所以Eugenio的观点应该是不保留自己的文化，AE都比较符合，但E说要forced，这文中没有。是个强对比取非题啊。
linacre 发表于 2011-9-9 12:51

赞同~

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题目真tricky

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路过了啊，进来帮忙支持一下楼主啊

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5# 苏梳眠

There is, of course, a strong tradition of cultural accommodation among other Puerto Rican thinkers, like Eugenio Fernandez Mendez. But the Puerto Rican intellectuals who have written most about the assimilation process in the United States all advance cultural nationalist views, advocating the preservation of minority cultural distinctions and rejecting what they see as the subjugation of colonial nationalities.+ E

Puerto Rican thinkers（以下简称PR thinkers）分两派没错，但应当是一派为other PR thinkers，另一派为PR  intellectuals who have written most about the assimilation process in the US。后一派提出的观点是保留少数民族文化并拒绝从属，此处的but起到一个对前后两派观点转折的作用，前一派的观点自然相反，这的确是一个对比取非无疑。版主举例如：甲喜欢X和Y，但乙只喜欢X，这只能表明甲和乙的兴趣为程度的不同而不是完全的不同，但我们仍然可以得出结论是甲喜欢Y而乙不喜欢Y；且此类比与本题并不相关，本题的逻辑是：甲____X，但是乙支持X。空格自然填反对。

PS：此题为No9里一个阅读，在铁人三项里面答案为A，且在吴中东《决胜机考G阅读》中有详解，说得不一定对，但可供参考。

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5# 苏梳眠  

There is, of course, a strong tradition of cultural accommodation among other Puerto Rican thinkers, like Eugenio Fernandez Mendez. But the Puerto Rican intellectuals who have written  ...
linacre 发表于 2011-9-9 16:53

看来我考虑太过复杂了，谢谢你，分析很正确，也很到位，我受教了~

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你说E有force的意思所以摒弃了。但 从view assimilation as the forced loss 和an unequal contest 中能否理解成由于异国文化过于强大，而导致了minority cultural 无力反抗，才被迫被同化呢？而且A选项的少数服从多数一说是不是就是体现在异国文化之所以强大所以在那边是得多数人心的啊？ 4# linacre

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你说E有force的意思所以摒弃了。但 从view assimilation as the forced loss 和an unequal contest 中能否理解成由于异国文化过于强大，而导致了minority cultural 无力反抗，才被迫被同化呢？而且A选项的少数服从多 ...
Destroy_2010 发表于 2011-9-9 19:29

cultural accommodation 和后面but转折，表明了该处的E的态度。

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哎呦，我把这个帖子供顶起来是因为我也觉得这道题很难。但是楼上几位说的有值得商榷的地方。我贡献一下我的two cents吧：
我把解题点的意义段给标色了。加粗了几个关键转折词，这些转折词证明这个解题点是有三重意义的转折。（读者朋友可以把转折词翻译出来，用汉语读也能读出这三重意思）。
那么显然题目问道的Eugenio Fernandez Mendez的观点是支持assimilation的。
这种一叹三折的结构很微妙，把很多人绕进去了。
Discussion of the assimilation of Puerto Ricans in the United States has focused on two different factors: social standing and the loss of national culture, depending on whether the commentator is North American or Puerto Rican. Many North American social scientists consider Puerto Ricans as the most recent in a long line of ethnic entrants to occupy the lowest rung on the social ladder. Such a ―socio-demographic approach tends to regard assimilation as a benign process. In contrast, the ―colonialist approach of island-based writers tends to view assimilation as the forced loss of national culture in an unequal contest with imposed foreign values. There is, of course, a strong tradition of cultural accommodation among other Puerto Rican thinkers, like Eugenio Fernandez Mendez. But the Puerto Rican intellectuals who have written most about the assimilation process in the United States all advance cultural nationalist views, advocating the preservation of minority cultural distinctions and rejecting what they see as the subjugation of colonial nationalities.

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关键在于我们平时很少把other看成是一个转折词。所以如果忽略它，那么就会把Eugenio Fernandez Mendez这一段与前面的in contrast后面的那部分合在一起读，自然会错选E。