《美國(guó)文學(xué)教程》中的若干語(yǔ)法表達(dá)問題(02)

挑刺書名：《美國(guó)文學(xué)教程》

出版單位：南開大學(xué)出版社

書    號(hào)：ISBN 7-310-00751-4

出版時(shí)間：1995年8月第1版

■6. It was at this critical moment that the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia in May, 1787, during which fifty-five delegates wrote a wholly new Constitution, instead of revising the Articles of Confederation as called by the Continental Congress.（第26頁(yè)第11-15行）

問題：顯然，the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia 應(yīng)改為被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài) the Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia。

■7. After the purchase of Louisiana, the Americans turned their attention to this vast land that had a few ranchers and hunters living in it.（第69頁(yè)第7-9行）

問題：這句中的定語(yǔ)從句不僅不符合英語(yǔ)表達(dá)習(xí)慣，即表示某地存在某物應(yīng)該用there be句型之外，而且定語(yǔ)從句本身存在語(yǔ)法問題。顯然，定語(yǔ)從句中的in it完全多余。

■8. Generally speaking, the poetry of Philip Frenuea bears the first distinctly romantic quality in American literature, but it did not established the trend.（第76頁(yè)第7-10行）

問題：這句中的did not established應(yīng)改為did not establish，這是初中學(xué)生都不會(huì)犯的錯(cuò)誤。

■9. Edward Everett and George Ticknor ranked among the representatives of those at first came into contact with European romanticism…（第76頁(yè)第18-20行）

問題：顯然，those at first came into contact應(yīng)改為those who at first came into contact才符合英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法。

■10. His travel to Europe brought him not only into contact with romanticism but also the meeting with Sir Walter Scott, one the most important English authors of the period…（第76頁(yè)倒數(shù)第6-4行）

問題：這句話中的one the most important 應(yīng)改為one of the most important才符合英語(yǔ)表達(dá)習(xí)慣。

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