[求大神指导]

Gwong · 发表于 2019-1-24 11:04:19

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A certain pharmaceutical firm recently developed a new medicine, Dendadrine, that provides highly effective treatment of severe stomach disorders that were previously thought to be incurable. However, to develop the new medicine, the company spent nearly $5 billion in research and development costs. Given the size of the market for Dendadrine and the amount of the initial investment in its development, the company would need to sell Dendadrine at a price that is at least 5 times greater than its variable costs just to break even. Yet the company’s management claims that Dendadrine will soon become the major driver of the firm’s profits.

Which of the following statements best reconciles the management’s claim with the evidence on the expenditures associated with the development of Dendadrine?

文章大意应该就是要我们选一个证明新药确实能offset成本的描述，换句话说就是选一个说能产生更多profit的选项，但是我做的时候直接就用“客户量”这个指标（或者回答“没人买呢？ or 患者少了呢？”【yes/no】）来衡量每个选项的全面性，发现全都不行，然后就迷茫了，到底应该如何来判断~~求大神解答~~~~谢谢！！！

Gwong · 发表于 2019-1-24 17:17:24

顶楼主！

HoganTong · 发表于 2019-1-30 09:41:25

首先，下次请把选项贴上来。。。

本题让你reconcile的两件事是“价格必须很高才能break even”和“管理层依然认为这药很赚钱”，你揪着人数的逻辑是啥呢？
如果本题的问法是which of the following statements, if true, provides the strongest support for management's conclusion?，然后有个选项说虽然profit margin很小，但预计销售量极大，那么这个选项确实是有可能入选的，因为profit=profit margin*sales。但是这题是让你reconcile，不是strengthen the conclusion，你要是想用人数多这件事来reconcile的话，你最起码应该申明一个前提：price>variable cost。如果这个前提都没说明的话，人数多或者人数少并没有什么意义啊。

Gwong · 发表于 2019-1-30 16:30:35

HoganTong 发表于 2019-1-30 09:41
首先，下次请把选项贴上来。。。

本题让你reconcile的两件事是“价格必须很高才能break even”和“管理层 ...

啊。。我答案贴了图没显示出来

a)The pharmaceutical firm expects to be granted patent protection for Dendadrine; drugs under patent protection typically sell at prices that are approximately ten times their variable costs.
b) The development of some pharmaceutical products involves substantial initial expenditures on research, testing, and approval.
c) In clinical tests, Dendadrine has proven far more effective at treating severe stomach disorders than any prior available treatments, without any serious side effects.
d) No competitors are developing or planning to develop new medicines that might compete with Dendadrine in the marketplace.
e) Millions of people suffer from severe stomach disorders, representing an estimated one to two billion dollars every year in revenue.

我首先是把问题转换成：为啥这药值得投资。
是不是这步出现问题？reconcile只需要调解提到的矛盾，不需要考虑之后的后果是吗？

我可能对这个动词（reconcile）的理解不到位，请大牛指点~~谢谢！

HoganTong · 发表于 2019-1-31 09:33:30

Gwong 发表于 2019-1-30 16:30
啊。。我答案贴了图没显示出来

不能这么转换，这个思维跨度太大了。推荐你读一点美国法学院的教材或者看看公开课，体会一下英语中的逻辑密度。我们在中国从小的语文教育比较强调文章结构和词句华丽，对逻辑严密度要求不高，国外正相反，逻辑第一，语言不那么重要。我觉得我们做GMAT的逻辑题也应该纠正自己的逻辑思路，去适应国外的思维。

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