核心问题
Other animals were trapped in tar pits, like the elephants, sabre-toothed cats, and numerous other creatures that are found at Rancho La Brea, which is now just a suburb of Los Angeles. (New Concept English, Book 4, p. 109)
[原译]还有些别的动物陷在风化石油坑里,如象、长着锋利犬牙的虎、以及在现在正是洛杉矶市郊的兰桥拉布里出土的很多别的动物。(上海外语教育出版社版,p.16)上面的that从句仅仅修饰other creatures吗?
词典解答
根据上下文以及三个并列成分(elephants, sabre-toothed cats and numerous other creatures)共用一个定冠词 the 这一语言线索,可以判定 that 从句是说明前面三个并列成分,而不是只说明 numerous other creatures 的。