Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
He delayed writing the book until he had done a lot of research
A. Only after he had done a lot of research did he begin to write the book
B. He did a lot of research after he finished writing the book
C. He delayed writing the book as he had already done any research
D. It was only when he had written the book that he did a lot of research
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Đáp án A
Giải thích: Câu gốc sử dụng cấu trúc:
Delay + V-ing + until + mệnh đề = trì hoãn làm việc gì cho đến khi
Dịch nghĩa: Ông trì hoãn việc viết cuốn sách cho đến khi ông đã thực hiện rất nhiều nghiên cứu.
Phương án A. Only after he had done a lot of research did he begin to write the book sử dụng cấu trúc:
Only after + mệnh đề + did + S + V(nguyên thể) = Chỉ sau khi … thì mới …
Dịch nghĩa: Chỉ sau khi ông đã thực hiện rất nhiều nghiên cứu thì ông mới bắt đầu viết cuốn sách.
Đây là phương án có nghĩa của câu sát với câu gốc nhất.
B. He did a lot of research after he finished writing the book = Ông đã làm rất nhiều nghiên cứu sau khi ông hoàn thành việc viết cuốn sách.
C. He delayed writing the book as he had already done any research = Ông trì hoãn việc viết cuốn sách vì ông đã thực hiện bất kỳ nghiên cứu nào.
D. It was only when he had written the book that he did a lot of research = Chỉ khi ông đã viết xong cuốn sách ông mới làm rất nhiều nghiên cứu.
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