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考点分类练(九)词句猜测题(3)

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主题:英文句子词数:372难度:★★☆☆☆

ThinkyouhaveagoodgraspofEnglish?Good.Readthesixsentencesbelow,then.

Sentence1:Theoldmantheboat.

Sentence2:ThecottonclothingismadeofgrowsinMississippi.

Sentence3:Timeflieslikeanarrow;fruitflieslikeabanana.

Sentence4:Fatpeopleeatcollects.

Sentence5:Themanwhohuntsducksoutonweekends.

Sentence6:Thecomplexhousesmarriedandsinglesoldiersandtheirfamilies.

Linguists(语言学家)callthese“gardenpathsentences”,whichtakeyoubythehandandleadyoudownawindingpathtoadeadend.Despitethis,they’reallgrammaticallycorrect.Let’sseewhy.

Sentence1:Theoldmantheboat.

BesidessoundinglikearejectedHemingwaytitle,thissentenceisindeedgrammaticallycorrectthankstosomewell-placedhomonyms—wordsthatsharethesamespellingsbuthavedifferentmeanings.Homonym1hereis“old”,usedasanoun,meaning“oldpeople”;homonym2is“man”,usedasaverb,meaning“toservein/on”.Withthatinmind,thesentencemeans“Theoldpeopleserveontheboat.”

Sentence2:ThecottonclothingismadeofgrowsinMississippi.

Atfirstread,you’dthink“ismadeof”isthemainverbofthissentence.Butit’snot.Thesimplestformofthissentenceis“ThecottongrowsinMississippi”;confusingly,“clothingismadeof”isusedtotelluswhatcottonwe’retalkingabout.Thissentencewouldmakewaymoresenseifwritten“ThecottonthatclothingismadeofgrowsinMississippi”,butEnglishallowsustoremovecertainconjunctionslike“that”,withitsmeaningmaintained.

Sentence3:Timeflieslikeanarrow;fruitflieslikeabanana.

Thefirsthalfofthissentenceiseasytocatch.Sowhendealingwiththeotherhalf,peopleusuallyfollowthestructureofthefirsthalf,andit’dbeunderstoodas“fruitsflylikebananas”.Thisisobviouslyunreasonable.Onlywhenpeoplerethinkcantheyrecognizethetruemeaningofthesentence.Therefore,suchsentencesmanagetomakepeoplei