核心问题
An hour ____, however, they were all astonished when the gardener rushed in and said seriously that the dog was dead. A. later B. after C. past D. over(全国高考)
答案为 A。这无疑是正确的。但是,我不明白为什么选项 B(after) 是错误的。
词典解答
这道试题犯了顾此失彼的毛病。它忽略了这样一个语言事实:在与过去时连用时,除了使用时间段+later的结构之外,有时也使用时间段+after(副词)的结构。请看下面的例证:
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Twenty minutes later. In the hospital, the woman found her husband. 20分钟后。在医院里这位妇女找到了她丈夫。
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He fell ill on Monday and died three days after. (ALD) 星期一他病倒了,3天后就去世了。
但是,时间段 + later 结构用得较多:
Ten minutes later I was walking into the bank where I work. (全国高考,93-44) 十分钟后我走进了我所工作的银行。