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[chencraig0227]

我覺得答案是C耶!

The author of the passage implies that the shift away from the views of Westinghouse’s contemporaries should be regarded as
A. a natural outgrowth of the recent revival of interest in Edison
B. a result of scholarship based on previously unknown documents
C. reflective of modern neglect of the views of previous generations
D. inevitable, given the changing trends in historical interpretations
E. surprising, given the stature that Westinghouse once had
Answer:E

what are "views of Westinghouse’s contemporaries?"
W的同代認為w和E一樣重要
What is "shift"?
認為E比較重要

換言之,題目是問"shift"是什麼,因此答案不會是E

根據This comparative
neglect of Westinghouse is
consistent with other recent historians’
works, 這個對w的忽略和最近的歷史家一樣

although it marks an intriguing
(15) departure from the prevailing view
during the inventors’ lifetimes (and for
decades afterward) of Edison and
Westinghouse as the two “pioneer
innovators” of the electrical industry.
雖然它標記著對以前想法(認為兩個一樣重要)的有趣轉變

This comparative
neglect of Westinghouse is
consistent with other recent historians’
works,這句話地態度看不出來現代是普遍所有歷史學家都忽略
還是 只有一部份的歷史學家忽略。但是可以知道，現在是有歷史學家忽略。
although it marks an intriguing
(15) departure from the prevailing view
during the inventors’ lifetimes (and for
decades afterward) of Edison and
Westinghouse as the two “pioneer
innovators” of the electrical industry.
從although後面知道 當時古代評價對於兩位學者是"相等重要的"
而 it指的是 neglect of W 是從Prevailing view分歧出來的
而且是"有趣"的分歧，我認為這intriguing這字意含很深
顯然暗指那些neglect of W觀點應該是尚未得到廣泛認可的
僅僅只是"有趣"的分歧。

The author of the passage implies that the shift away from the views of Westinghouse’s contemporaries should be regarded as
view of W's contemporaries指的就是與W同時代的人之看法
而跟他們看法不一樣的shift自然指的就是neglect of W

C. reflective of modern neglect of the views of previous
Thomas Huge 的neglect of W看法只是跟現在有些歷史學家的看法一樣
而作者認為這些看法"intriguing" 所以找不到文章有說TH的neglect of view可以做為reflective of modern neglect...

E. surprising, given the stature that Westinghouse once had
Surprising 呼應 intrigue 雖然有點難聯想 但起碼態度上都屬於"作者認為意想不到的" 跟although那整句呼應!

雖然C看起來很冠冕堂皇 不過仔細推敲 邏輯說不過去
而E的surprising雖然態度過於強烈 但是還算說得過去!

So I go for E.

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

Dear ad264大大:
你這樣的解釋,似乎出現了第三種論點 W>E
我對文章的解讀只有W<E, W=E說

因為第二段的第一句

My recent reevaluation of Westinghouse,
facilitated by materials found
in railroad archives, suggests that
while Westinghouse and Edison shared
important traits as inventors

所以才shift 認為是W<E

唉呀,真是難!!

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

感謝chencraig0227大:

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although it marks an intriguing
(15) departure from the prevailing view
during the inventors’ lifetimes (and for
decades afterward) of Edison and
Westinghouse as the two “pioneer
innovators” of the electrical industry.
雖然它標記著對以前想法(認為兩個一樣重要)的有趣轉變

而 it指的是 neglect of W 是從Prevailing view分歧出來的
而且是"有趣"的分歧，我認為這intriguing這字意含很深
顯然暗指那些neglect of W觀點應該是尚未得到廣泛認可的
僅僅只是"有趣"的分歧。[/color]

The author of the passage implies that the shift away from the views of Westinghouse’s contemporaries should be regarded as
view of W's contemporaries指的就是與W同時代的人之看法
而跟他們看法不一樣的shift自然指的就是neglect of W

我和你看法一樣

C. reflective of modern neglect of the views of previous
當代忽略的反射(對因為文章提到shift的觀點和最近的歷史學家同)
早前的觀點(兩人一樣重要的觀點)

Thomas Huge 的neglect of W看法只是跟現在有些歷史學家的看法一樣
而作者認為這些看法"intriguing" 所以找不到文章有說TH的neglect of view可以做為reflective of modern neglect...

E. surprising, given the stature that Westinghouse once had
Surprising 呼應 intrigue 雖然有點難聯想 但起碼態度上都屬於"作者認為意想不到的" 跟although那整句呼應!

如果是although後的呼應,他只的內容是指W不重要對巴,但和given the stature that Westinghouse once had對不上

雖然C看起來很冠冕堂皇 不過仔細推敲 邏輯說不過去
而E的surprising雖然態度過於強烈 但是還算說得過去!

So I go for E.[/quote]

[ad264]

My recent reevaluation of Westin-house, facilitated by materials found in railroad archives, suggests that while Westinghouse and Edison shared important traits as inventors, they differed markedly in their approach to the business aspects of innovation.
For Edison as an inventor, novelty was always paramount: the overriding goal of the business of innovation was simply to generate funding for new inventions. Edison therefore undertook just enough sales, product development, and manufacturing to accomplish this.
看內容: 創新
看態度詞: simply(在GMAT是貶抑詞), just

Westinghouse, however, shared the attitudes of the railroads and other industries for whom he developed innovations: product development standardization, system and order were top priorities. Westinghouse thus better exemplifies the systematic approach to technological development that would become a hallmark of modern corporate research and development.
看內容: 創新+執行
看態度詞: better

所以我讀的時候，覺得作者喜歡W勝過E

我不是大大，我只是一個跟作題速度掙扎的人 ><

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

(E)surprising, given the stature that Westinghouse once had

如果第二段呼應樓上大大所持論點,那surprising又從那定位?
如果從intrigue 定位,那麼這兩段話所持論點是不同的,兜不在一起呀

事到這地步我得找個美國人問問

[ad264]

原來你是糾結在這個字intriguing
但是adj修飾的是departure

an intriguing departure 一個有意思的違背

intriguing: something that is intriguing is very interesting because it is strange, mysterious, or unexpected 注意unexpected也就不是作者所期待

departure: a way of doing something that is different from the usual, traditional, or expected way 注意unexpected也就不是作者所期待

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

問了一個美國文法老師和英國博士,他們都選E

I would choose E. Read lines 14 - 19 and 39 - 43.
All the best.

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