Re: [字彙] 想請教一題閱讀

看板GRE (GRE入學考試)作者sovereignty (主權)時間16年前 (2010/05/17 12:46)推噓2(2推 0噓 0→)

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※ 引述《sovereignty (主權)》之銘言： : 幫排版... : The common belief of some linguists that each language is a perfect : vehicle for the thoughts of the nation speaking it is in some ways, : the exact counterpart of the conviction of the Manchester school of : economics that supply and demand will regulate everything for the : best. Just as economists were blind to the numerous cases in which : the law of supply and demand left actual wants unsatisfied, so also : many linguists are deaf to those instances in which the very nature ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : of a language calls forth misunderstandings in everyday conversation, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : and in which, consequently, a word has to be modified or defined in ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : order to present the idea intended by the speaker: "He took his stick ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : —no, not John's, but his own." No language is perfect, and if we ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 看畫線的部分，這題其實很簡單耶前面舉某學派 (school) 的經濟理論 (供給和需求) 之不足來講語言也不是完美的有其缺陷，作者提到語言中的字必須定義清楚，才能了解說話者的原意。他舉的例子是 "He took his stick — no, not John's, but his own." 句子其實只有 "He took his stick." 就講完了，但用代名詞 he，講這句話的人怕別人誤會這個 He 和 his 是指不同人 (John)，所以後面用破折號補充 "no, not John's, but his own." 你瞧，這就是語言的不足處...這是 "代名詞使用的問題" : admit this truth, we must also admit that it is not unreasonable to : investigate the relative merits of different languages or of different : details in languages. : 13-14: : ...speaker: "He took his stick - no, not John's, but his own." No language : is perfect,... : Qestion: : The misunderstanding presented by the author in lines 13-14 (the lines above) : is similar to which of the following? : I. X uses the word "you" to refer to a group, but Y thinks that X is referring : to one person only. I. 對，因為也是 "代名詞使用問題"，you 可以指單數或複數，有可能造成誤會 : II. X mistakenly uses the word "anomaly" to refer to a typical example, but Y : knows that "anomaly" means "exception." : III. X uses the word "bachelor" to mean "unmarried man", but Y mistakenly : thinks that bachelor means "unmarried woman." II. III. 在文章中沒提到 (就不要浪費時間去思考) : (A) I only : (B) II only : (C) III only : (D) I and II only : (E) II and III only 答案選 A，文章中沒提到的東西不論對錯都不要選，也不要浪費時間去思考它的對錯頭腦不要太聰明!!! 閱讀是新制 GRE 的重點，千萬不要放棄，放棄閱讀，新制 GRE 是不可能拿高分的!!! -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 122.146.35.9