第十八篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)0 c# T; O8 \ w- E6 n" @* J9 C
Today we take for granted that the mail will be delivered --71--
3 d* V& i' _4 ^% n0 E! Hdaily at our door. But many years ago it might have been 4 n' ~& j, `/ k7 `5 [1 W
placed in a tree trunk and underneath a rock. In the early --72--- q$ O& c* U; V6 g2 W
days of the mail no one could be sure about where or when it will arrive. --73--+ L" Q$ G% y }
At the southern tip of Africa there was once a post office --74--6 ?6 F5 g! o5 ~4 G1 q
under a rock. At the old days the route from England to
; M# u1 ]! X* `+ `. w5 _. m9 TIndia was around the Cape of Good Hope. The journey was " i4 y3 q+ |3 t' \
stormy and danger. It took six long months. Sailors often --75--
/ v2 l( y% o, Gwished to send mail home, but they seldom met ships bound
! D+ m) R/ m* l- ?* D! D$ R( wback to England. So at the cape the sailors would go on 8 C$ a" ?: @$ c6 {+ E3 _" x( n+ b; o2 `
ashore. They headed for a certain large stone. On the --76--4 `3 J( O! s' |' A# _
stone scratched the words “Look hereunder for letters.” --77--5 ~$ s' L' f4 }8 _. L
They would leave their letters there, knowing that the
3 u: }1 H" v" Dnext homeward ship would stop and pick it up. --78--
& q1 C8 r% q! AThere was another post office like this at the southern ! {* w" J' N% g9 J
tip of South America. During the golden rush days, boats --79--
( o0 @1 q7 c+ k9 |3 F! [sailed around Cape Horn to California. At Cape Horn was
7 p$ O) G! r1 N; L4 Qa keg(小桶) nailed to a post. Boats coming from the east & k0 a- Q" `/ _% A' U1 b, }& j
coast would send some sailors to this post office. They
* W9 M$ {2 h5 z6 X- spicked up any letters in the keg. At the same time they
. P( ]0 ~: U) d7 t0 r/ x8 X! O/ h( smailed letters home that boats sail east could pick up.--80--
* \7 B& {% ^' ] e! j5 h答案：( C! G7 C7 b$ f$ L: K
71.take for granted 改为take it for granted. take it for granted that: 想当然认为…，在该结构中，it为形式宾语，that引导的从句才是真正宾语。如：Don’t take it for granted that you are bond to win. 别想当然地以为你注定会赢。/ C: D" m. L1 ?0 s: M4 z" K
72.and 改为or,根据句意知，此处应是选择关系，而非并列关系。; }. q) x/ z1 s
73.will改为would。根据句中In the early days和could 知此句主句时态为一般过去时，故其宾语从句中的将来时应为过去将来时，用would。1 {! Z `8 I( n! W( n k- p
74.At改为In。at表时间点，如几时几刻：at five o’clock, at 10∶30表一段时间用in, 如：in two years, in a week, in a few days,自然此处the old days 前应用in。 D: K6 u5 E& `; e
75.danger 改为dangerous. 由于本句是系数结构，故应用形容词；况且从修辞上看既然stormy 有“风暴的”是形容词，后面and 并列的词性也应是形容词。故应将danger 名词改为其形容词dangerous。( `6 P+ x# v( |- \: l- {
76.go on ashore 改为go ashore 或go on shore, ashore 是副词，意为“上岸，在岸上”。此处“上岸”可用go ashore或go on shore来表达。% m7 z: m9 m9 G C8 b4 X* f
77.scratched 改为were scratched或they scratched。若用were scratched，则此句为倒装句，主语是words,用过去时和被动语态。若用they scratched，则words是宾语，该句缺主语，根据上下文，加上they即可。
( [, P* y* N, L! Y' c P0 }3 x, d4 j0 v78.it改为them。句中的pick it up 中“it”指的是主句中的letters。根据单复数一致的原则，应用them指代letters。
7 m) O. H5 ^ R3 G; I/ M' ~79.golden改为gold。golden 是形容词，意为“金色的”，“黄金般的”，gold 作名词，意为“黄金”，作形容词，意为“全制的”。故“淘金热”应为“gold rush”。
- g0 W) I& n4 T2 c8 f9 P" H80.sail 改为sailing。根据boats sail east could pick up 中could为谓动词，到sail 应变为现在分词，作定语，修饰boats。若无字数限制，改成boats which sailed east 这样的定语从句也可以。 |
发表于 2012-8-14 10:46:58
