第二十篇: Error Correction (15 minutes)
5 ?9 F# s D" Z7 v& nPoverty exists because our society is an unequal one, and there are powerful
\" ]; R7 O# }' B$ Vpolitical pressures to keep it that way. Any attempt to redistributing wealth and in 71.____
; \$ n( q- k) c( p( c, Ecome in the United States will inevitably be opposed by powerful middle and upper
0 d: S! U& I$ H# Jclass interests. People can be relatively rich only if you are relatively poor, and as 72.____
+ i; Q7 E* J- H- g/ s" \! [power is mainly in the hands of the rich, public policies reflect their interests than 73.____
% y2 A* E7 D/ G. X! \those of the poor.4 c4 K' n u: [; P- q: q
As Mr. Herbert Gans has pointed out, poverty is actually functional from the
: L7 Y' c) J7 B' r/ Qpoint of view of the nonpoor. Poverty ensures that dirty work gets doing. If there 74.____
; F2 d; H9 _0 z0 ewere no poor poeple to scrub floors and empty bedpans, there jobs will have to be 75.____' T* y: M; y, p2 D- @( a* t9 T
rewarded with high incomes before anyone would touch them. Poverty creates jobs- Y* s( W( T# v2 X
for many of the nonpoor, such as police officers, welfare workers, and government; P! Z2 ?4 q9 g$ y$ m0 @ k. B
bureaucrats. Poverty makes life easier for the rich by providing them with cookers, 76.____- H! ]; A* l% D% R- S9 ]1 G0 }4 j% e/ S
gardeners, and other workers to perform basic chores when their employers enjoy 77.____, A9 j: T( S0 B# Z2 z
more pleasurable activities. Poverty provides a market for more inferior goods and 78.____
' X% X: p7 i0 }: v) W& R" qservice, such as dayold bread, rundown automobiles, or the advice of competent 79.____- N2 e4 s, X% N( t5 w
physicians and lawyers. Poverty also provides a group that can be made to absorb q3 e2 A9 N* M$ |3 {/ h1 R
the costs of change. It is just that poverty is an inevitable outcome of the American: x/ k3 h6 c b) c( k9 F# v8 ^
economic system, in which the poor are politically powerless to influence or change. 80.____7 E( g. L& j5 e$ K
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71.redistributing改为redistribute。attempt to 后面一般接动词原型,而不接动名词,因为这里的to是不定式符号,而不是介词,即attempt to do sth.。
: ~& y/ ~* X. P+ b1 @+ ~* ]72.you 改为others。此句是说,如果一部分相对比较穷,那么一部分人就会相对比较富。将人群分为两部分,此处就不能用you,others才可以表示人群的一部分。
, R/ \6 G' F/ ^9 c* c e8 }# Y73.在interests和than中间加上rather。此句不是表示比较(than),而是表示转折(公众政策反映他们的利益,而不是穷人的利益),所以应该用rather than (而不是)代替than。
3 v6 n3 X! z$ r% \' B, z0 n74.doing改为done。此句是被动语态,表示“脏活被完成”,get 是系动词,所以应用do的过去分词形式done。
9 F& K2 {, s( z/ G' ?75.will改为would。此句使用了虚拟语气,表示对现在情况的假设,所以主句应用would。2 K4 i1 z i) r8 k( m' @: ~
76.cookers改为cooks。厨师是cook,而不cooker。cooker指炊具,与后面的“gardener(园丁)and other workers”不一致,所以应改为厨师(cook)。; N: E3 v3 Q' L# _# S% n
77.when改为while。此处不是表示时间上的同时性,而是表示两种情形的对比,“一些人在做……,而另一些人在做……”。表示对比的连词一般用while。
/ R+ w- }% L8 j3 u78.去掉more。inferior本身就表示“低级的”,已经构成了比较形式,所以前面一般不能再加more。8 C3 e" a0 K% m: j
79.competent 改为incompetent。此句讲的是穷人所能享受的服务,过期的面包、报废的汽车,还有不合格的医生和律师所提供的建议。如果是competent,则成了合格的医生和律师所提供的建议,那么与整句意思不符。7 O! R) s' r+ R4 \) L% I
80.去掉in。此句中的which引导非限定性定语从句,作influence和change的直接宾语,因为influence和change均为及物动词,所以不能加in。 |