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Analyze and comment on the following.Analyze and comment on the following two pairs of sentences in terms of superordinates and subordinates:[a]Trees surround the water near our summer place.[b]Old elms surround the lake near our summer cabin.[a]I met a writer who is the relation of a politician.[b]I met a newspaper reporter who is the brother of Senator Buckley.
【正确答案】：

JUDGING TWO PAIRS IN TERMS OF SUPERORDINATES AND SUBORDINATES, IT IS EASY TO SEE THAT SENTENCE [B] IS BETTER THAN SENTENCE [A] IN EACH PAIR, BECAUSE IN [B] THE WRITER USES SUBORDINATES, WHICH ARE CONCRETE AND PRECISE, PRESENTING A VIVID VERBAL PICTURE BEFORE THE READER WHEREAS IN [A] THE WORDS USED ARE SUPERORDINATES, WHICH CONVEY ONLY A GENERAL AND VAGUE IDEA. 

【题目解析】：就上义词和下义词而言，来判断两组句子。很容易看出每组中的句子[b]比句子[a]都好。因为在句子[b]中，作者使用的是具体而精确的下义词，在读者面前呈现出生动的言语画面，而在句子[a]中，所用的词是上义词，它只传达了一般的模糊的想法。