Middlemarch author George Eliot reportedly bemoaned the dearth of erudite women, of which her well-educated main character, Dorothea, was a paradigm . Therefore, Eliot scholars have long debated the author’s meaning in marrying Dorothea to the elderly preacher Casaubon and having him exploit his bride for menial needs.
據說米德爾馬契德的作者喬治艾略特(英國女作家)在抱怨才女有夠少的,而這個怨言是根據在她著作中她那受過良好教育的女主角多蘿西亞就是個才女的模範而來的。因此,很多學者對於作者艾略特把多蘿西亞這樣的才女嫁給故事中有點年紀的神職人員卡索邦而且還任由他為了一些端不上檯面的需求去利用他的新娘的用意有了一段很長的爭論。
來源:GRE考古題

句子分析:

Middlemarch author George Eliot reportedly bemoaned the dearth of erudite women, of which her well-educated main character, Dorothea, was a paradigm .

  • , of which 中which是關係代名詞,中文硬翻的話叫:"其中",which=前面的整句話,因為of 前方有『逗點』所以我才會如此想的,姑且當作關係代名詞非限定用法處理
  • ,還原的話:Middlemarch author George Eliot reportedly bemoaned the dearth of erudite women, and of(我覺得他等於about) this her well-educated main character, Dorothea, was a paradigm .

Therefore, Eliot scholars have long debated the author’s meaning in marrying Dorothea to the elderly preacher Casaubon and having him exploit his bride for menial needs.

  • having =making 當使役動詞用,所以句構是 have / make + O + VR...,中間不須用 to VR或是 Ving 的動詞變化
  • 但是這裡有個讓我疑惑的地方,為何 Eliot scholars 這個會存在??? 我真的就不知道了,是中間少"and"嗎??

邏輯線:GE說如書中提到的才女很少→學者批評→書中的腳色做些不太有才的事 


原題:

Middlemcu'ch author George Eliot reportedly bemoaned the dearth of (i)_____ women, of which her well-educated main character, Dorothea, was a (ii)_____ . Therefore, Eliot scholars have long debated the author’s meaning in marrying Dorothea to the elderly preacher Casaubon and having him exploit his bride for (iii)_____ needs.
Blank(i) Blank(ii) Blank(iii)

(A) captious

(D) paradigm (G) menial
(B) erudite (E) misogynist

(H) clerical

(C) venal (F) chimera 

(I) nebulous

解題方式:
本題先掌握debated 因為他的關係,會使得前後兩個句子的立場相反
然後, of which her well-educated main character, Dorothea, was a (ii)_____既然是關係代名詞的子句,那麼就表示裡面的內容是做補充修飾的,所以喵一下裡面沒有轉折字樣,所以用對等處理也就是說邏輯取同向,因此well-educated去對應(i)_____ (B) erudite很合乎情理,
接著帶入debated,所以取反向邏輯那(iii)_____答案就剩(G) menial
最後因為第二句話已經完成了,所以得知Dorothea在學者眼裡好像沒那麼有才(負面邏輯),所以回推(ii)_____勢必事正向邏輯才對,所以(D) paradigm
 

bemoaned (V) 抱怨

captious (adj.) 強詞奪理的

erudite (adj.) 博學的,《分歧者》中的一個派系

venal (adj.) 貪汙的

paradigm (n.) 模範典範

misogynist (n.) 討厭女人的人

chimera (n.) 幻想

menial (adj.) 下等的,卑微的

clerical (adj.) 神職人員的,牧師的

nebulous (adj.) 模糊的,霧濛濛的

 

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