西瓜贝 发表于 2014-8-20 10:38
The sentence suggests that both Roth’s original conception and his execution were
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我后来又好好想了下,我觉得练习册上的解释不正确~。 应该是这么理解的,roth小说的构思的内容是dull and flat的但是他写出来的东西却不是,这是作者的一种genius.这句话的是 James Poniewozik 在Time上说的,原话是:It is to Roth’s credit that he cannot quite bring himself to write a book as dull and flat as Everyman‘s concept seems to demand. His style repeatedly breaks its leash, as at the funeral, when the protagonist’s brother gives a moving eulogy and his estranged son struggles violently against unbidden grief.
PS:其实我觉得那个练习册上还有几个题目解释都有问题,大家可以一起讨论~
Practice Set3 Q9 答案B,应该是C(他解释的内容也确实是选C)
Practice Set1 Q13 答案是D, 我觉得应该是B,文章正如解释说的2派争论的焦点是现在员工的缺点到底在哪,D在考虑合格员工的数量是否充足,对于这个问题两派应该都是认为不充足(所以对于这个问题他么没有分歧),分歧点在于他们认为导致不充足的理由不同,B更能反映出他们争论的核心问题
还有几个填空的解释也有点差强人意吧,感觉不是出题者自己写的。举个例子吧:TC-HARD里面的第五题,解释是说第二空贬义,所以指出错误的review一定是贬的,因此第一空选adverse.但是我认为这么解释其实不太对,这个题如果没有at their best,可能填hortatory也挺合理的(尤其句子还出现了hope),但是因为出现了at their best,因此第一空就肯定是贬义了。