A shortage of orders for Manto Aircraft’s airliners has led analysts to predict that the manufacturer will have to lay off workers, the new order that consolidated airlines has just made for 20 of Manto’s model TX jets does not provide a reason for the analysts to revise their predictions, because simultaneously with its new order, consolidated canceled its existing order for an equal number of manto’s larger, more expensive model Z jets.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
A. Manto relies more heavily on outside subcontractors to provide the labor to manufacture the model Z than it does the model TX
B. The Manto employees who currently work to manufacture the model Z are not proficient at manufacturing the model TX
C. Manto includes all required maintenance work for the first five years in the price of each jet it sells
D. Manto has had to lay off workers several times within the past ten years but has typically rehired many of the workers when it subsequently received new orders
E. A large number of the airliners in consolidated fleet are at the beginning of their expected service life
ANS: A
A我是理解了，但是B我想了半天找不出B的flaw。。。 有哪位牛人帮解答一下，感激~~~！！！
作者: 贤小哲 时间: 2012-5-19 11:21
突然一个念头在脑袋一闪，貌似懂了。B说M现在员工不擅长做TX，那么M还是可以像A中借助转包合同去找人做TX喽，这样不影响M公司lay off自己的员工。。。所以没有weaken到。。。不知道是不是这样理解？！作者: 上邪 时间: 2012-5-19 11:34
A shortage of orders for Manto Aircraft’s airliners has led analysts to predict that the manufacturer will have to lay off workers, the new order that consolidated airlines has just made for 20 of Manto’s model TX jets does not provide a reason for the analysts to revise their predictions, because simultaneously with its new order, consolidated canceled its existing order for an equal number of manto’s larger, more expensive model Z jets.
非N 前阵刚总结过 贴一下自己的理解哈。。。
1、因为缺order 所以lay off workers 2、因为TX增加order 导致Z减少同等order --导致order 不变 --conclusion: 因为order 不变（也就是说还是缺order） 所以lay off workers