magoosh一篇文学短文章，好不容易看懂文章，依然不理解题T_T求助！

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Both darkly comic and deeply tragic, Guy’s biography of the 12th archbishop of Canterbury Sir Thomas Becket, is a portrait of a saint with plenty of shadows. Does it diminish Becket for us to know that this future martyr in a hair shirt (clothing worn by ascetics) also made sure to keep a fine silk robe handy for his return to Canterbury, a stately progress one chronicler compared to Christ’s entry into Jerusalem? That his abstemious diet was partly the result of a lifelong susceptibility to chronic, and debilitating, indigestion? That one of his oldest and closest friends would have found his canonization “utterly absurd”? Only if we prefer the black-and-white certainties of hagiography to the convincingly human portrayal of a charismatic, contradictory individual who was, as Guy puts it, “as prickly as he was smooth . . . a man with the habits of a hedgehog.”

1.The primary purpose of this passage is to

a.provide insight into the contradictions of a historical figure

b.enumerate the shortcomings of a piece of literature

c.praise a work for favoring a complex portrayal over a simple one

d.criticize practices particular to a certain time

e.present a balanced depiction of a well-known historical person



2.The author’s tone towards Guy’s biography of Becket can best be described as

apologetic

neutral

ambivalent

sardonic

appreciative

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看不太懂

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读懂了文章却不会做题，什么原因？读不懂题目？还是没有真正理解文章？

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两题我都选E。不会做题说明还是没读懂文章吧

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ally1213 发表于 2015-6-20 23:33
两题我都选E。不会做题说明还是没读懂文章吧

第一题C，第二题E
为什么第二题E呀？如果第二E成立的话我就明白为什么第一题C了T_T求解答

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RevrieRiver 发表于 2015-6-20 22:37
读懂了文章却不会做题，什么原因？读不懂题目？还是没有真正理解文章？

我肯定是没能彻底理解文章，我只是明白了文章再讲什么，但是深层次的就不明白
比如从哪里看出来作者在appreciate这个传记，求解答T_T
PSmagoosh 解析说darkly comic and deeply tragic是appreciate的评价。请问这两个词是不是别有含义而不是字面上的意思？

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far2go 发表于 2015-6-20 21:22
看不太懂

把中间那个长句拆开，差不多就懂了，我也是度第二遍才读懂T_T

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无敌浩克One 发表于 2015-6-21 07:51
我肯定是没能彻底理解文章，我只是明白了文章再讲什么，但是深层次的就不明白
比如从哪里看出来作者在ap ...

Only if we prefer the black-and-white certainties of hagiography to the convincingly human portrayal of a charismatic, contradictory individual who was, as Guy puts it, “as prickly as he was smooth . . . a man with the habits of a hedgehog.”
我选e是因为这句， convincingly。不知对不对？

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无敌浩克One 发表于 2015-6-21 07:51
我肯定是没能彻底理解文章，我只是明白了文章再讲什么，但是深层次的就不明白
比如从哪里看出来作者在ap ...

首先，读完了全文，应该知道该文主旨是什么。这篇短文只有短短4句话，评述对象是人还是书呢？
显然，一眼就能看出文章评述对象是书，而书的对象是一个人，即一篇任务对象的书评。
所以第一题毫无疑问是C，选E的话就混淆了书的对象与述评对象的区别。

第二题，选E的关键，我认为关键依据不在第一句，而在本文的论述方式，特别是最后一句的呈现。
开篇指出Guy呈现了一个有诸多阴暗面的圣人。作者紧接着连用三个较长的设问句发问？后两个设问句带省略。下面翻译下大意

Does it diminish for us to know that....?
会有损Becket吗，若我们知道了这个衣着简朴之人其实随时备了豪服.....？若我们知道他的禁欲式食谱只不过是他患有消化不良症所致？连他最亲密的朋友都认为把他圣化荒谬至极？

最后的only if最鲜明的地表明了作者态度。
只有当我们喜欢那种黑白分明的圣徒传记胜于喜欢用饶富人情味的笔调刻画一个矛盾而富有魅力的人物....的作品。

这儿其实有省略，即the answer would be YES。上面的三个设问句的答案才会是yes。
至此，作者态度昭然若揭。

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RevrieRiver 发表于 2015-6-21 08:29
首先，读完了全文，应该知道该文主旨是什么。这篇短文只有短短4句话，评述对象是人还是书呢？
显然，一眼 ...

大神，好强
您连翻译出来的语言都好赞的，感觉您像文学评论家一般。
您一指导，就抓到点子上了

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wfxmfwjw 发表于 2015-6-21 08:44
大神，好强
您连翻译出来的语言都好赞的，感觉您像文学评论家一般。
您一指导，就抓到点子上了

认同的不能再多....

第一题做错了，
第二题，我根据“as Guy puts it,”选E，既然作者用GUY的话来支持自己的论点，就说明是赞赏的。

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RevrieRiver 发表于 2015-6-21 08:29
首先，读完了全文，应该知道该文主旨是什么。这篇短文只有短短4句话，评述对象是人还是书呢？
显然，一眼 ...

我还是没明白这个appreciate是哪里来的
是说大家其实都误解了这个人
而这个传记把这个人奇怪的地方的实际原因列了出来，证明了他不是怪
所以作者欣赏这个传记？

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wfxmfwjw 发表于 2015-6-21 08:19
Only if we prefer the black-and-white certainties of hagiography to the convincingly human portray ...

哦对！这个词是褒义词！我也是看的这句话，虽然看到了这个词，但是觉得这是个客观的评价就选了neutral。
于是评价如果代正态度就要选正态度词吼~~

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Only if we prefer the black-and-white certainties of hagiography to the convincingly human portrayal of a charismatic, contradictory individual who was, as Guy puts it, “as prickly as he was smooth . . . a man with the habits of a hedgehog.”
prefer A to B,不是更喜欢A吗？不就是更支持black-white吗？

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RevrieRiver 发表于 2015-6-21 08:29
首先，读完了全文，应该知道该文主旨是什么。这篇短文只有短短4句话，评述对象是人还是书呢？
显然，一眼 ...

没太搞懂这句话的意思。
Only if we prefer the black-and-white certainties of hagiography to the convincingly human portrayal of a charismatic, contradictory individual who was, as Guy puts it, “as prickly as he was smooth . . . a man with the habits of a hedgehog.”
prefer A to B,不是更喜欢A吗？不就是更支持black-white吗？