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However, there is an even more insidious kind of pollution that particularly affects urban areas and invades our daily lives, and that is noise. Burglar alarms going off at any time of the day or night serve only to annoy passers-by and actually assist burglars to burgle. Car alarms constantly scream at us in the street and are a source of profound irritation. A recent survey of the effects of noise revealed (surprisingly?) that dogs barking incessantly in the night rated the highest form of noise pollution on a scale ranging from 1 to 7. The survey revealed a large number of sources of noise that we really dislike. Lawn mowers whining on a summer's day, late-night parties in apartment blocks, noisy neighbors, vehicles of al kinds, especially large container trucks thundering through quiet village, planes and helicopters flying overhead, large radios carried round in public places and played at maximum volume. New technology has also made its own contribution to noise. A lot of people object to mobile phones, especially when they are used in public places like restaurants or on public transport. Loud conversations on mobile phones invade our thoughts or interrupt the pleasure of meeting friends for a quiet chat. The noise pollution survey revealed a rather spurring and possibly amusing old fashioned source of noise. It turned out to be snoring! Men were found to be the worst offenders. It was revealed that 20% of men in their mid-thirties snore. This figure rises to a staggering 60% of men in their sixties. Against these figures, it was found that only 5% of women snore regularly, while the rest are constantly woken or kept awake by their trumpeting partners. Whatever the source of noise, one thing is certain: silence, it seems, has become a golden memory.
1)only to...这里是出乎意料之外的结果状语吗?谓语动词rated 感觉应该使用被动语态,即was rated才合理呀?
2)2个宾语从句中的谓语动词snore如果是正式语体都需要改成snored吧?谓语动词rises是一般现在时,所以,against these figures 中的figures是包括一般过去时中的20%和一般现在时中的60%?感到很难理解句意?
3)这一句 it was found that only 5% of women snore regularly, while the rest are constantly woken... 主句是过去式,而从句却是现在时,怎么理解含义呢?困惑。这种while(对比)是并列连词还是从属连词呢?
1 serve to do sth,意为起...的作用,带来...的结果。only在此表示仅仅、只的意思. 不是通常所说的表示出乎意料的不好的结果。 rate可以及物,也可以不及物。在此为不及物用法。你读这个句子时,应该学会rate的不及物用法,而不是去改动句子。
2 按照主谓一致的原则,主句为一般过去时,名词性从句谓语应该用相应的过去时。但是现在普遍接受了如果从句的内容在说话时依然有效就可以用现在时。The noise pollution survey这个调查应该是作者写文章前不久公布的。所以作者在主句用一般过去时表示调查发现、揭示,但调查结果内容因为在现在依然有效,就都用一般现在时表示了。既然figures是复数,肯定指20%和60%。既然女性只提及5%,不做区分,就意味着30多岁和60岁女性打鼾没有差异,都是百分之五。这就是作者告诉你的。
3 主从句的时态不同和2的原因相同。while有人认为是并列连词,有人认为仍然是从属连词引导对比状语从句(夸克)。这无关紧要,你怎么理解都可以。
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