GWD 26-04 有意思的一题，大家来讨论

Consumers planning to buy recreational equipment tend to buy higher quality, more expensive equipment when the economy is strong than when it is weak. Hill and Dale is a business that sells high-quality, expensive camping and hiking equipment in Boravia. Although all the signs are that Boravia’s economy is now entering a period of sustained strength, the managers of the business do not expect a substantial increase in sales.

Which of the following, if true, would provide the strongest justification for the managers’ judgment?

A.      A significant proportion of Hill and Dale’s sales are made to customers who enter the store in order to buy one particular item but, once there, find other items to buy as well.

B.      In Boravia when the economy is strong, those who might otherwise go camping tend to take vacations overseas.

C.     The economic upturn is likely to allow Boravia’s national parks, where most of the camping and hiking is done, to receive extra funding to improve their visitor facilities.

D.     Advances in materials technology have led to the development of hiking and camping equipment that is more comfortable and lightweight than before.

E.      Many people in Boravia not only are committed to preserving the country’s wilderness areas but also

are interested in spending some time in them.

Answer key: C

哎呀，又是恶心题，这个题03年讨论到现在没有一个大致的统一意见

感觉B和C都有点道里

但是C没有B来的直接

C要说的是增加了器械装备的投入，势必造成park收费升高，使得游人减少。但这里似乎要推几步，不大像答案。

B呢也有点缺点，文章说的是go camping的sale会减少，但是感觉人减少，不一定产品sale会减少，为啥就不会买好产品，去国外go camping呢？呵呵，撤远了。

非要选一个，还是觉的B，好一些，但是C不是没有道理的。

park收费提高？ 文中没提啊。还有B中的otherwise我觉的是已经把camping oversea给排除掉了。

不管了，别让我碰到这题，碰到我就B了小样的。

嘿嘿，是丫，是没提到丫，要再推一步：因为投入的成本增加，必须要增加revenue以获得回收。因此公园的收费会高。

所以我也不喜欢C。otherwise在B理表转折，原来露营的人，转而出国度假。

非要我选，就B了。千年争议题，嘻嘻

但是c 也有它的道理，c 中“to receive extra funding to improve their visitor facilities”可不可以这样理解：经济好了，就有更多钱修理公园内设施--那么公园理所当然开始大修特修--结果造成场地因为施工而无法对外开放，而选项中又提到most camping& hiking 都在此公园进行，所以销售自然下降了．

但似乎这种推理有点跳跃，不知道大家意见如何？

也就是说，extra funding 哪里来我们不管．我们只要关心公园能有更多的钱做设备投入，c选项实际上是在暗示经济好的时候，公园在检修．

哎，，不过还是有点说不过去．．为什么公园有这个资金就一定要拿这个资金做这个维修呢．．

要吐了．．．．

这里推的太多了，过多的自我推理不能牵涉入题目。为何维修要关门?这步推的太远了，带入了过多的不定因素的主观肯定。这样的推理链超越文中涉及过多。

这个。。。投入增加是因为经济好啊， 所以国家有余钱的，并不用通过提高收费或导致收费的提高吧。

算了，统一了，就B了。

玻璃维亚是社会主义国家？公园投资后不要求回报？都共产了

哈哈哈哈

八卦了