T-9-12主题题

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Ecoefficiency (measures

to minimize environmental

impact through the reduction

Line or elimination of waste from

(5) production processes) has

become a goal for companies

worldwide, with many realizing

significant cost savings from

such innovations. Peter Senge

(10) and Goran Carstedt see this

development as laudable but

suggest that simply adopting

ecoefficiency innovations could

actually worsen environmental

(15) stresses in the future. Such

innovations reduce production

waste but do not alter the num-

ber of products manufactured

nor the waste generated from

(20) their use and discard; indeed,

most companies invest in eco-

efficiency improvements in

order to increase profits and

growth. Moreover, there is

(25) no guarantee that increased

economic growth from eco-

efficiency will come in similarly

ecoefficient ways, since in

today’s global markets,

(30) greater profits may be turned

into investment capital that

could easily be reinvested

in old-style eco-inefficient

industries. Even a vastly

(35) more ecoefficient industrial

system could, were it to grow

much larger, generate more

total waste and destroy more

habitat and species than would

(40) a smaller, less ecoefficient

economy. Senge and Carstedt

argue that to preserve the

global environment and sustain

economic growth, businesses

(45) must develop a new systemic

approach that reduces total

material use and total accu-

mulated waste. Focusing

exclusively on ecoefficiency,

(50) which offers a compelling

business case according

to established thinking, may

distract companies from

pursuing radically different

(55) products and business

models.

T-9-Q9

The primary purpose of the passage is to

1. explain why a particular business strategy has been less successful than was once anticipated
   
           
2. propose an alternative to a particular business strategy that has inadvertently caused ecological damage
   
           
3. present a concern about the possible consequences of pursuing a particular business strategy
   
           
4. make a case for applying a particular business strategy on a larger scale than is currently practiced
   
           
5. suggest several possible outcomes of companies’ failure to understand the economic impact of a particular business strategy

这个题没有人讨论阿，答案C，从Even a vastly...那句退出来，但我觉得A，看了几遍还是觉得A，有没有人来讲讲啊。

06年5月有个帖子问这个题，不过三年过去了，也没有一个人回帖，我倒是跟他的理解一样，希望这次帖子不会再石沉大海阿

引用旧帖子：

答案C.我选A. 对于C还是不能理解.我觉得这个文章的架构: 生态效率通常被认为可以节约成本. 但是PS,GC两个人认为只是采取这个措施会加重环境压力. 从两个方面来解释原因. 1.并不会减少生产所带来的污染.2.Moreover,从ecoefficient中得到的利益不一定会投入到同样的产业中.

我觉得这篇文章主要是先提出观点. 然后论述原因.类似结论解释型. A的explain用的正好. was once anticipated代表老观点(认为生态效率可以节约成本)

C:我觉得重点不在于论述后果啊.而在于解释..

谢谢NN们啊，最近NN都好少出来活动啊……

confetti0515

啊？自己来顶，这个题注定是没回应的题目？

fanson

我来吧

昨天刚刚做到这题

A选项than was once anticipated这句话看着不顺眼 就没选

因为文中没有提到原先的预期是如何

mirabelwong

“ simply adopting ecoefficiency innovations could actually worsen environmental stresses”
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"most companies invest in ecoefficiency improvements in order to increase profits and growth."

文章的重点没有论证strategy如何让人失望、没达到预期效果，而是说这strategy会产生不好的影响。而且，同楼上，文章也没有说明过去“anticipate”会产生的效果是什么