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8.     Teenagers are often priced out of the labor market by the government-mandated minimum-wage level because employers cannot afford to pay that much for extra help. Therefore, if Congress institutes a subminimum wage, a new lower legal wage for teenagers, the teenage unemployment rate, which has been rising since 1960, will no longer increase.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument above?

(A) Since 1960 the teenage unemployment rate has risen when the minimum wage has risen.

(B) Since 1960 the teenage unemployment rate has risen even when the minimum wage remained constant.

(C) Employers often hire extra help during holiday and warm weather seasons.

(D) The teenage unemployment rate rose more quickly in the 1970’s than it did in the 1960’s.（B）

(E) The teenage unemployment rate has occasionally declined in the years since 1960.

题干是说，a new lower legal wage -->teenage unemployment will no longer increase。而B是说最低工资不变的情况下，失业率继续上升。这对题干中得出的结论根本没有影响。这道题我觉得没有答案，请给我解释一下为什么是B好吗？

谢谢lawyer gg, 带我还是有点不明白。正如你说的，原文的推理应是unempioymemt rate increase-->legal minimum wage.。但B好像并不能否定这种说法，因为B说当the minimum wage remained constant，而不是说minimum wage 不存在了。我觉得，只有说当minimum wage 不存在了，unemployment rate仍然上升，才能否认原文的推理。而B只能否定这样的推理：unempioymemt rate increase-->legal minimum increase. 你觉得呢？

唉，还是不懂。我觉得原文的观点是minimum wage的存在是失业率高的原因。原文大意说：雇主因为minimum wage而请不起teenager。如果把minimum wage降低一点，teenager的失业率就不会再上升了。请问lawyer gg是如何理解的？

个人认为这道题有点问题。

lawyer认为最低工资高导致了失业率上升，但是B可以理解为1960年之后最低工资一直都保持在高位没变啊！！！呵呵

不过可以换一个角度，就是说B选项实际上是一个通项，无论最低工资是高还是低，只要保持不变，失业率就会上升，所以从这个角度来看，B最合适

其他选项可以用排除法直接排除了！