OG 10-53 求助

zcooles

53. There is no consensus on what role, if any, is played by acid rain in slowing the growth or damaging forests in the eastern United States.
(A) slowing the growth or damaging
(B) the damage or the slowing of the growth of
(C) the damage to or the slowness of the growth of
(D) damaged or slowed growth of  
(E) damaging or slowing the growth of

这个题比较容易选出正确答案，但是我有一个地方不明白－－－
D OG 解释是Choice D also changes the meaning of the sentence by making both damaged and slowed refer to growth.
我不是很理解，它和E后面的区别就是一个有the，一个没有the，为什么就改变句义了呢？

MarilynR

貌似是
damaged or slowed growth of 容易让人理解为是damaged 和 slowed growth of forest
damaging or slowing the growth of 让人理解为 damaging 和 slowing 2个动作作用于 the growth of forest
个人意见

zcooles

哦，豁然开朗，两个过去分词都修饰growth了。多谢楼上！！