therewasaveryinterestingremarkinabookbyanenglishmanthatireadrecently()whathethoughtwasareasonforthisamericancharactristic.a,givingb.gavec.given.d.togive

Question

there was a very interesting remark in a book by an englishman that i read recently ( )what he thought was a reason for this american charactristic.
a,giving b.gave c.given.d.to give

Answer 1

a,giving
there was a very interesting remark (in a book by an englishman )[that i read recently]
这显然是句子主体,()内是定语,[]内是定语从句.
那么后面显然,就是分词结构.
书中给出了一个原因...
remark [ri'mɑ:k] n.注意；言辞
vt.评论；觉察
vi.谈论