以下是引用robertchu在2004-7-1 12:52:00的发言:If the fund-raisers "succeeded in getting donations from 80 percent of the potential donors contacted", and they did contact new donors, how can you claim that "their efforts are far from sufficient"?!?
Sorry for not being clear...
This is what i think:
It is true that fundraisers succeeded in getting donations from 80 percent of the potential donors they contacted.This is a fact.However, the author asserts that high success rate for fundraiser does not indicate that they are doing good job because people who donate are those who have donated in the past, and that (principle) good fundraisers should constantly try less-likely prospects in an effort to expand the donor base.." The author further concludes that fundraisers are not doing enough effort. We are hence given a hint that these fundraisers,instead of getting donations from new donors, actually get them from he who has donated before.That's what the author means by "The high success rate shows insufficient canvassing effort"
I think "potential donors"at the very beginning of the sentence does not mean new donors.Au contraire,according to what the author states in the latter part, it refers to whose who had donated in the past.What do you think? If you agree with me on this point, then choice C should be the right answer since by indicating that fundraisers got those donations without even making contact with the donors, choice C is on par with what the author states and helps the author fill a gap in the argument.
Pay attention to this point: the author does not judge whether fundraisers have made enough efforts by the result of fundraising. Au contraire, his criteria is whether fundraisers have tried to get donations from those who had never donated before, this is exactly what says the principle. |