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2017年成人英语三级考试挑错题型考点(四)

来源:考试网  [ 2017年3月2日 ]  【

  怎样避免代名词错误

  谈到代名词的误用,特别是代名词的数和所指引的主语的数不符,使得后头谓语动词的数也跟着出差错,真是差之毫厘,失之千里,不可不察。

  这里要指出一些方向,以避免因代名词的错误而使句子的意思模糊不清。

  怎样避免代名词的错误呢?

  ㈠不要用同个代名词指引两个性别一样的名词,如:

  ① Mr Li told Mr Lin that he was wrong.

  这里的he既可指林先生,也可指李先生,含糊不清。应该改为②或③:

  ② Mr Li said to Mr Lin, "I am wrong."

  ③ Mr Li said to Mr Lin, "You are wrong."

  ㈡避免把代名词和它所指引的名词隔开太远,如:

  ④ The man leaned over the bench for hours working on the plan. It was too low to be comfortable.

  这里的代词it离开名词the bench太远,结果关系不清楚,因为在位置上,它更适合指引the plan.在这种情况下,只好避开it,而用名词,即the bench.

  ㈢避免滥用指示代词"this,that"或关系代词"who,which,that"泛指上文的内容。例如:

  ⑤ Tom's brother is an accountant, and this is the profession everyone envies.

  这里的this指"accountant"。“会计师”是一种专业人士,和后头的“专业”(profession)并不相称,因此要把this改为 accountancy(会计工作),才合句子的意思。

  ⑥ The profit from the business was large, which I realised sometime later.

  这里的"which I realised sometime later"是句形容词分句,应该出现在先行词后面,不应该脱离出来而独立。如果要用它来修饰全句话,更不合逻辑,应该改为⑦或⑧:

  ⑦ I realised sometime later that the profit from the business was large.(主句 + 名词分句)

  ⑧ The profit from the business was large. I realised this (matter) sometime later.(单句 + 单句)

  ㈣避免用代名词"they, you, it"影射脑子里的事物,如:

  ⑨ In Singapore, it relies heavily on tourism as a source of national revenue.

  这里的 it 指向什么呢?如果是心目中的“政府”或“旅游促进局”,那就要明言,不要用不清不楚的it:

  ⑩ In Singapore, the government…

  11. In Singapore, the Tourist Promotion Board…

  12. In less industrialised countries, they do not know the problems of urban development.

  这里的代名词they是不是指the people(人民)?如果是就用吧。In less industrialised countries, the people…过后,要再提这主语时,才用they:...the people…They are only interested in their daily life.

  其实,在这种主语不详的情况下,被动语态是最好的选择:

  13. In less industrialised countries, the problems of urban development are not known "Though the standard of living is raised, the costs of living are also increasing."

  

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