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楼主
发表于 2005-12-7 21:59:00 | 只看该作者

请教GWD28-18题

28-18: Which of the following most logically completes the passage?
Concerned about financial well-being of its elderly citizens, the government of Runagia decided two years ago to increase by 20 percent the government-provided pension paid to all Runagians over 65. Inflation in the intervening period has been negligible, and the increase has been duly received by all eligible Runagians. Nevertheless, many of them are no better off financially than they were before the increase, in large part because ______.
A: They rely entirely on the government pension for their income
B: Runagian banks are so inefficient that it can take up to three weeks to cash a pension check
C: They buy goods whose prices tend to rise especially fast in times of inflation
D: The pension was increased when the number of elderly Runagians below the poverty level reached an all-time high
E: In Runagia children typically supplement the income of elderly parents, but only by enough to provide them with a comfortable living   
答案选E,我不明白为什么,各位NN帮我解释一下啊,谢谢啦~~~
沙发
发表于 2005-12-7 23:28:00 | 只看该作者

本题是要找一个对矛盾现象的解释,只有E可以

板凳
发表于 2005-12-7 23:33:00 | 只看该作者

题目说government-provided pension提高了20%,但很多elderly citizens are no better off financially,然后问你为什么。


E说,这些老人的子女通常会给老人生活补贴,但刚刚够他们生活舒适。言下之义,当政府补助提高后,子女的补贴相应减少,仍使老人们生活刚刚够舒适,所以no better off financially。

地板
 楼主| 发表于 2005-12-7 23:36:00 | 只看该作者
哦 明白了 谢谢各位了~~~
5#
发表于 2005-12-11 14:21:00 | 只看该作者
以下是引用jjll在2005-12-7 23:33:00的发言:

题目说government-provided pension提高了20%,但很多elderly citizens are no better off financially,然后问你为什么。


E说,这些老人的子女通常会给老人生活补贴,但刚刚够他们生活舒适。言下之义,当政府补助提高后,子女的补贴相应减少,仍使老人们生活刚刚够舒适,所以no better off financially。


我觉得,children不是子女的意思,是小孩,儿童的意思。


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发表于 2007-9-11 16:11:00 | 只看该作者

children typically supplement the income of elderly parents,

children 相对于parent而言

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