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ltl_chUID: 2260570

来自大白本，求答案
Because of its lack of theaters, the city came, ironically, to be viewed as an ____ theater town and that reputation led entrepreneurs to believe that it would be ____ to build new theaters there.
A)unprofitable...risky
B)untapped...pointless
C)unappreciated...difficult
D)unlikely...appropriate
E)unimpressed...shrewd

白本答案是E，正确吗？如何解释？

最後の使徒UID: 2257608

由于没有剧院, 这个城市成为了一个没有剧院的城市(impressed, 有标记的, 受影响的), 这个名声让企业家相信在这里造个新的剧院是件很英明的事情(需求带来市场).

mdynUID: 2197748

ironically在这应该有个转折的作用吧?我怎么觉得A比较正确呢?求教

beaqueenUID: 2248911

正确答案是A
白皮错了！

ltl_chUID: 2260570

这是我在WC时苦思的，至少说服了自己，欢迎继续讨论。
1）根据Ironical通常代表前后反差，那么Before的状态是Lack of theater，那么After的状态应该是There will be new theaters in this town。那么明显的第2个SPACE就直接排除了ABC，而D和E相比，unlikely表明的投资倾向是与appropriate矛盾的，选E。（个人认为比较有说服力的）
2）大家是否回忆一个故事，2个sailesman来到一个无人穿皮鞋的town，Sterotype会认为无市场，而innovative会认为市场很大，This is an analogy to this question。So，选A的我明显是Stereotype的，而选E的则属于Creative，Innovative的，捶胸啊~~（次说服力的）
3）根据A与E比较通常是迷惑选项，当余下E和A时，选E（此理由较牵强，但Partially符合Statistics）

lahyongUID: 2277488

个人觉得是A.
开始句 “Because......lack....", 按照常理接着就应该是说这就是一个很有潜力的市场。但是"ironically"转折，说明与常理相悖.虽然“缺少”，但并非有潜力的市场.

假如选E，套入原句,那么整个句子的意思就是：因为这个城市缺乏剧院，所以被认为是一个很有潜力市场。那么“ironically"就不通了.

[ 本帖最后由 lahyong 于 2007-5-31 11:46 编辑 ]

spspliUID: 2237504

因为它缺乏剧院，所以本来是应该建了剧院就能赚钱阿
可是很讽刺商人没有看到商机 认为是没有利益 很冒险

OleyUID: 2237618

陈圣元上面说是选A

thresherUID: 2293215

原帖由 ltl_ch 于 2007-5-31 11:06 发表
1）根据Ironical通常代表前后反差，那么Before的状态是Lack of theater，那么After的状态应该是There will be new theaters in this town。那么明显的第2 ...

Because of its lack of theaters, the city came, ironically, to beviewed as an ____ theater town and that reputation led entrepreneurs tobelieve that it would be ____ to build new theaters there.
A)unprofitable...risky
B)untapped...pointless
C)unappreciated...difficult
D)unlikely...appropriate
E)unimpressed...shrewd

我认为ironical 在这里不是“前后反差”，而是和“一般思维相悖”的意思，因为句子里并没有哪个地方要对比”时间“前后的意思啊

因此，
现实是"lack of theaters"
一般思维就会是"profitable"
而因为”ironically“了
所以思维就不是"profitable" 而是”unprofitable“, ”risky“了

我拿到的答案是A，来自武汉新东方的孙钋~

ltl_chUID: 2260570

晚上回家后和父亲的讨论，老人家还是选E啊，理由的是根据M-W的Webster解释
Quoted from M-W
Impress 2 v.t. 1 to press or force into public service, esp. into the navy.
                    2 to take for public use

unimpressed就解释为public service不发达，那么building theaters would be a shrewd judgment.
老人家的PS: GRE有时候很关注词语的多重意思。
这里是回应Last Angel，再说unprofitable推出risky是很Easy的一种思维，仅仅是without theaters的一种片面猜测，unprofitable相对于unimpressed来说，unimpressed=not pressed into public use包含了profitable和unprofitable的两种可能性，更中肯无懈。

版主们，你们的答案又是什么？

crystal_blcuUID: 2282105

即使unimpressed为public service不发达的意思，那就是对lack of theater做正面描述了阿，ironically就没有起到取非的作用了啊~~lz好好想想

我做的是新东方的大黄本，答案选A

梧芷勿睡UID: 2141923

我也觉得
选A

ltl_chUID: 2260570

嗯，陈总说的企业家的特征就是关注profit，这点是很经典的解题思路。

johnny0109UID: 2264272

Sent at 12:59 AM on Wednesday
magicite: I'd probably go with A
It mentions the town in the present tense
which means, to me, that the 'entrepeneurs' who have already reflected on it, to be risky; if they had evaluated and had come to the conclusion that it would be shrewd, we wouldn't know that yet


Johnny: I also agree with A but"ironically" makes me rather confused


magicite: so I guess it's more of a logical than grammatical thing to me
Well, one bit of logic with that is that if a place did not have any theatres, there would be no competition, and hence, a good business opportunity
but you are right, the ironically does seem weird


Johnny: so you seem to also agree with E from a logical level


magicite: well I don't know, after explaining it some more, I think I'd have to go with E now
The logic here being, that, "Hey, this town has no theatres" ==> must be a good theater town / place to do business == irony

这是我和一个native speaker(他今年进研究生院)讨论的结果。觉得选E。大家怎么看呢？

ep6h123UID: 2960051

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