Day 13

英文重现

The political rhetoric of a particular era, for example, may influence women's interpretations of the significance of their experience. Thus a woman who views the Second World War as pivotal in increasing the social acceptance of women's paid work outside the home may reach that conclusion partly and unwittingly because of wartime rhetoric encouraging a positive view of women's participation in such work.

——GMAT OG 2015, Reading Comprehension, Passage 9

解析

1.“for example”跟“however”一样，可以作为插入语放在中间，两边分别加上逗号，但是要注意，这种情况下表示的是与上一个句子之间的逻辑关系，而不是句子内部的逻辑关系，此处的“for example”即是对上一个句子的某个现象的举例。

2.第二个句子的主干是“a woman may reach that conclusion”，这里的“that”不是从句的引导词，而是一个指示代词，意思是“那个”。“who views the Second World War as pivotal in increasing the social acceptance of women's paid work outside the home”为定语从句，修饰“woman”，其中“view … as pivotal”意思是“将……视为关键的”，“in increasing …”为状语，表示在哪个方面“pivotal”；“because of wartime rhetoric encouraging a positive view of women's participation in such work”是原因状语，解释为什么会得出那样的结论，因为“because of”不能接从句， 只能接名词性的成分， 所以用“encouraging”，而不能用“encourage”。

词义辨析

参考翻译

比如，某个特别时期的政治语言可能影响女性对自身经历的重要性的诠释。因此，一个认为“第二次世界大战在使社会更加接受女性在家庭之外从事有偿工作方面起到了关键的作用”的女性，得出这种结论的原因可能一部分（且是无意间地）是由于战时的语言鼓励对女性参与这种工作持正面态度。

实战演练

…Moreover, the stories people tell to explain themselves are shaped by narrative devices and storytelling conventions, as well as by other cultural and historical factors, in ways that the storytellers may be unaware of. The political rhetoric of a particular era, for example, may influence women's interpretations of the significance of their experience. Thus a woman who views the Second World War as pivotal in increasing the social acceptance of women's paid work outside the home may reach that conclusion partly and unwittingly because of wartime rhetoric encouraging a positive view of women's participation in such work.

Which of the following best describes the function of the last sentence of the passage?

(A) It describes an event that historians view as crucial in recent women's history.

(B) It provides an example of how political rhetoric may influence the interpretations of experience reported in women's oral narratives.

(C) It provides an example of an oral narrative that inaccurately describes women's experience during a particular historical period.

(D) It illustrates the point that some women are more aware than others of the social forces that shape their oral narratives.

(E) It identifies the historical conditions that led to the social acceptance of women's paid work outside the home.

答案：B

答案解析

最后一句话以表示结果的连词“Thus”结尾，这明显是为了论证前一句话“The political rhetoric of a particular era, for example, may influence women's interpretations of the significance of their experience”，选项B“为政治语言如何影响对女性口头叙述中的经历的诠释提供例子”和被论证的话在内容上一致，因此是正确的。

其他选项意思分别为：

A.它描述了一个历史学家认为的对近期女性历史很重要的事件。

C.它提供了一个口头故事，该故事对一段特殊历史时期里女性的经历做了不准确的描述。

D.它说明了一个观点：一些女性比其他女性更清楚影响她们的口头故事的社会力量。

E.它识别出了使社会接受女性在家庭之外进行有偿工作的历史环境。