作者tengharold (RoadMan_A)
看板Eng-Class
标题Re: [文法] 加菲猫:Who writes the stuff? 时态问题
时间Tue Apr 19 14:37:11 2011
※ 引述《expectations (前程)》之铭言:
: 苹果日报加菲猫漫画上看到的,加菲猫看到一户人家
: 庭院外面树立一面"内有恶犬"的告示木牌,走进庭院
: 後问一只比牠小的小狗: Who writes the stuff?
: 小狗回答:Wouldn't you like to know...(你不会想
: 知道的)
: 我的问题是那告示牌早已立在那,不是应该问:
: Who wrote the stuff? 表示过去的动作吗?
: 此外小狗的回答不是应该是 You wouldn't like to
: know... 怎麽会Wouldn't 前置? 烦请板友赐教。
好久不见此版,最近又逛回来
writes / wrote 的差异在於 stuff
加菲猫如问的仅是告示牌,那就会用 this (这个) 而非 this stuff (这些东东)
[不然作者为何 who wrote this 不写,而写 who writes this stuff]
因此加非问的不是"木牌是谁写的" 而是 "这些东东是谁写的"
那加菲看着"内有恶犬"的木牌,旁边一只小小狗,然後问"这些东东是谁写的"
漫画作者显然在讽刺现代广告经常夸大不实,标记与内容不符
this stuff 自然就会意会是泛指广告词,而非专指"内有恶犬"这四字
那既然是泛指广告词,而且是当代的广告词,who writes 就容易理解了
wouldn't you like to know 有点俏皮
可解为
you like to know, wouldn't you? [but I won't tell you]
或解为
that's the thing everyone wants to know [but nobody knows]
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