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Attraction Held Positive Colonies Stayed Eighteenth People Increasingly

en Although at first the colonies held little positive attraction for the English—they would rather have stayed home—by the eighteenth century people increasingly migrated to America because they regarded it as the land of opportunity.
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意群训练: Although at first the colonies held little positive attraction for the Englishthey would rather have stayed homeby the eighteenth century people increasingly migrated to America because they regarded it as the land of opportunity .

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标志:Although at first the colonies held little positive attraction for the English—they would rather have stayed homebut /by the eighteenth century/ people increasingly migrated to America /because they regarded it as the land of opportunity/.

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译文: /尽管一开始殖民地 英国人来说没 什么正面的吸引力 ——他们更愿意呆在家里 /—— 可是 /到了18世纪的时候/人们越来越多地移民 到美国,/因为他们认为那是一片充满机会的土地/。

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解释: 对于阅读能力尚未过关的同学来讲,本句有两个容易理解错的地方:一个是前面让步的这句话中的colonies held little positive attraction for the English,由于前面的这个colony既可以指殖民地又可以指殖民者,而后面的English又很容易被理解成英国(其实只能理解成英国人),所以有些读者把这句话的意思彻底给搞反了,理解成了英国不能吸引殖民者。其实A hold attraction for B是A能抓住B的注意力的意思,即A吸引B,因此原句的意思是:殖民地不能吸引英国人。

第二个容易看错的地方是在插入语之后:因为根据语法一句话中的让步和转折只能出现一次,所以原文在这里实际上是省略了一个but ,也就是说插入语后面的内容与前面正相反。有的读者把前面那句理解成了“英国不能吸引殖民者”,在这里就接着理解错,看成了“因此殖民者一有了机会就跑到美国了”,将错就错,居然也能自圆其说,不能不让人怀疑出题者故意在此作了手脚。

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