[求助]sc 难题-2

tony01

The British sociologist and activist Barbara Wootton once noted as a humorous example of income maldistribution that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning annually exactly what she then earned as director of adult education for London.
(A)that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning
(B)that the elephant, giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, had been earning
(C)that there was an elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo, and it earned
(D)the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and was earning
(E)the elephant giving rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo and that it earned

那一个正确呢，为什么？

谢谢！

jjjjjj

A.
OG的题?

primefang

tony01  你觉得那个选项让你觉得 别扭

tony01

多谢及时回复，我觉得B也没有错啊？

princess

先给出OG的解释：
Choice A, the best answer, uses the idiomatic construction “noted... that” and clearly focuses on the salient information-- a comparison of annual earnings. In B, the structure of “noted... that the elephant, giving rides ..., had been earning” falsely implies that the reader already knows about the elephant--that is, that the existence of this particular elephant is not new information.
也就是说A用的是限定性定语从句，而B用的分词是非限定性的。

tony01

多谢公主指点

zyh79

B主要错在had been earning

tongxun

对。B 中如此表达，在逻辑上不正确。

tony01

问题就在这儿：过去完成时表示，到wootton noted之前，大象一直赚这么多钱呀？这错在哪里呢？

通讯扭得还挺带劲的，Hehe!

jeannette

如果说现在时是一种客观的普遍存在的现象,过去时大概可以说是过去的一种客观的普遍存在的现象,所以没必要用过去完成时.我原来也选B,看了A自己猜的原因,呵呵,一家之言,不肯定噢.