求教OG13SC第120题

Western

# 120. The World Wildlfe Fund has declared that global warming, a phenomenon most scientists agree to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels, will create havoc among migratory birds by altering the environment in ways harmful to their habitats.

C. The World Wildlfe Fund has declared that global warming, a phenomenon most scientists agree to be caused by human beings' burning of fossil fuels, will create havoc among migratory birds by altering the environment in ways harmful to their habitats.

正确答案是C，第一次做时选了A. OG对原句的解释是：to be caused 和in burning的表达是wordy,awkward, indirect的。能不能有CDer能帮我Specify一下A和C的区别。十分感谢！

Lhitachii

根本不同是 A 选项，to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels, 直接原因是 human beings。C 选项，to be caused by human beings' burning of fossil fuels。直接原因是 burning 。

Western

所以说你的意思是：
something is caused by human being不合理；
Somehing is caused by burning更合理？

Lhitachii

细读一下句子，全球变暖当然不是人本身的问题，而是人类使用燃烧燃料造成的，

Western

A. "agree to be caused by human beings in burning"
B. "agree is caused by human beings' burning"

比较A/C的区别，一个是agree to be caused和agree is 的区别；另一个是caused by somebody in doing和agree to be caused by something的区别。

至于第一个agree to be caused by的表达，我google了一下，只有agree to do/be + something的表达，没有agree to be done的表达；所以awkward的解释这里明白了。

对于第二个，仔细读了下，个人觉得 caused by human beings in burning也不是没有表达出全球变暖是有人类燃烧石化燃料造成的意思啊~我想，如果是a phenomenon that is caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels在语义上，应该也是acceptable的吧~可能这里问题就是caused by somebody in doing something 相比caused by something在结构上更加的concise。个人拙见，还望继续指正。

Lhitachii

a phenomenon most scientists agree is caused by human beings' burning of fossil fuels 这句话实际是省略了that, 完整的为a phenomenon that most scientists agree is caused by human beings' burning of fossil fuels. 其中most scientists agree为从句的插入语。还有逻辑上说，人类本身不是原因，而人类的活动才是原因，希望能明白这点。

Western

恩恩，我慢慢体会体会~~Anyway,thx for ur effort, really appreciate!