问答题
The following sentences may have more than one reading. Would you please disambiguate them and state your reasons?(1)The chicken is too hot to eat.(2)Flying planes can be dangerous.
【正确答案】正确答案：(1)The chicken is too hot to eat. The sentence could be explained in two ways: It is so hot that the chicken is reluctant to eat anything; The chicken is so hot that it is difficult for the person to eat. The second explanation means that the sentence should be considered as The chicken is too hot to be eaten. (2)Flying planes can be dangerous. The sentence could be explained in two ways; It can be dangerous to fly a plane; The plane that is flying can be dangerous. This is because flying can be used to modify planes, as well as be considered as a gerund, so that flying plane is a gerund phrase.