OG11－124请教

toneere

Canadian scientists have calculated that one human being should be struck every nine years by a meteorite, while each year 16 bulidings can be expected to sustain damage from such objects.

 

 B a human being should be struck by a meteorite once in every nine years.

C a meteorite will strike one human being once in every nine years.

D every nine years a human being will be struck by a meteorite.

E every nine years a human being should be struck by a meteorite.

答案时D，终于弄明白了。可是对于while 从句不明白，such objects代什么呢，从意思来说好像指代a meteorite，可是such objects 又是复数，难道指代scientists，可是明显不通呀？很苦恼! who can help me？

lixinli

比较滑稽的解释，

题中指的是一个人中一颗流星，应该是一对一，所以buildings逻辑上就应对meteorites，否则就是一个流星打到一大片

cheekar

Canadian scientists have calculated that every nine years a human being will be struck by a meteorite,
                while each year 16 buildings can be expected to sustain damage from such objects.

请问，黑体字部分如何翻译？such objects指代什么？

谢谢！

pite82

这个不是代词指代的问题。such objects就是指meteorites，逻辑上和16buildings对应。赞同123123

这句就是while引起一个让步状从，表对比。每9年有一个人被meteorite砸，然而每1年有16栋房子可能被砸。。。

antiquarks

such objects 应该对应meterorite, 这里意思是说同类（meterorite）事物。

insonbia83

while表对比，这道题重点在平行结构，句子结构要想同。such subjects 是比较笼统的说法，要从语意逻辑上理解，不用太苛刻。blogfish's  explanation sounds more reasonable

grossmun

QUOTE:

以下是引用antiquarks在2009-11-15 7:04:00的发言：

such objects 应该对应meterorite, 这里意思是说同类（meterorite）事物。

同意此类讲法。

可以看成是 such objects( like meterorite ) 像流星这一类的 objects.