Why a smartphone may not be the best choice for everyone

Smartphones are hitting the mainstream market. And that means old and young want a piece of the action. But at more than $1,000 per year for service, a smartphone may not be the best choice for every consumer.


In this edition of Ask Maggie, I help a reader decide if he should get his parents smartphones or if he should spare them the hefty monthly service fees and get them new basic feature phones. I also help another reader decide if there is a less-expensive alternative to Verizon that will allow him to keep his unlimited data plan.


原文:http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57563922-94/why-a-smartphone-may-not-be-the-best-choice-for-everyone/

#1 a piece of the action 那句話到底是什麼意思?
我上網查了一下,找到了一堆電影名稱歌詞,還是體會不出其含義

#2" if he should get his parents smartphones "
根據前後文,我猜他的意思是"是否該幫他的父母購買智慧型手機",但如我硬是要我照字面翻,會翻成"是否要拿他父母的智慧手機"!?

As a result of the age being raised for the A2 test

"As a result of the age being raised for the A2 test - teenagers under the age of 19 will not be able to ride anything bigger than a 125cc"

這句話的意思因該是
"由於A2考試(駕照的種類)的參加資格年紀提高,以後19以下的青少年將無法騎乘大於125cc的機車"

雖然看得懂,但如果是我寫這句話,我會寫成

"As a result of the age is raised for the A2 test - teenagers under the age of 19 will not be able to ride anything bigger than a 125cc"

所以我的疑問是
1.原句 "As a result of the age being raised for the A2 test"   這部份到底需不需要(或是可不可以)放動詞?


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which

"A few friends have e-mailed asking me which Windows 8 laptop to buy."

中文意思我知道大概為:
"一些朋友來信詢問該買那一台Windows8筆電"

原文:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-57556549-82/8-things-microsoft-is-doing-wrong/


Q1: Which之後期待看到動詞...但只看到"to buy",
""which Windows 8 laptop to buy"是否經過省略或變形?

Q2:之前曾請教過 "有沒有先行詞是句子但又是非限定用法的時候？"
當時還有個例句:
"The advent of Internet era has changed consumers' behavior, which many scholars argue that virtual stores have stronger marketing potential to create larger client base."

所以我在想,這句如果加了",",變
"A few friends have e-mailed asking me ,which Windows 8 laptop to buy."
可以嗎?

Skyfall

"Skyfall has Agent 007's trust in M tested as events in her past become known."

我有看到參考的中譯:

"在007空降危機中,隨著M夫人過去所發生的事變得為人所知,007對他的信任受到考驗"

我的疑問在於
這個句子中看到三個動詞
has,tested,become

has 和 tested我把他們看成

"Skyfall has Agent 007's trust in M that tested as events in her past become known."
也就是tested的主詞是"Agent 007's trust in M"

所以前面兩個動詞的出現感覺比較有一個合理的解釋,
但是"become"呢?
雖然看得出來"her past become known"是個完整的句子,但實在看不懂是怎麼和其他部分連接上的?

thought of as

看到一句話用到"thought of as"
"Software is thought of as a science",Bahat says.
Bahat說"軟體工程被認為是一門科學"（後文提出，也許是藝術）

我的疑問是：
如果是我寫這句話，我會寫成"thought as"....這樣是不是會有什麼問題？
"Software is thought as a science"

我另外在網路上看到一個技術學院考試的題目

1.He is ____ a child prodigy. (神童)
...(A) thought of as (B) thought as (C) considered as
參考答案是(A)"thought of as"

should "竟然"

SHOULD

"It is strange that he should not be here on time  as usual this time"

"好奇怪，他這次竟然不像平常一樣準時"

如果說想要表達的意思是

"好奇怪，他這次竟然準時到"(例如我故意放路障陷害他遲到，或是他平就習慣遲到)可以這樣寫嗎?

"It is strange that he should be here on time as usual this time"

一些that子句的問題

就我目前的了解，

1.that不能接非限定子句

2.所謂非限定子句其作用為"補充說明"

"My brother ,who lives in Taipei, will come back next week"

"我哥哥，住台北，下星期會回來"

（而非"我住台北的哥哥下星期會回來"）

3.非限定用法會伴隨","出現在關係子句之前

疑問：

Q1: "It is certain that the earth is round."

這個"that"的先行詞是"certain",而非整個主要子句?

Q2:有沒有先行詞是句子但又是非限定用法的時候？