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clumsy123 · 发表于 2011-5-17 10:15:34

Contrary to the statements of labor leaders, the central economic problem facing America today is not the distribution of wealth. It is productivity. With the productivity of U.S. industry stagnant, or even declining slightly, the economic pie is no longer growing. Labor leaders, of course, point to what they consider an unfair distribution of the slices of pie to justify their demands for further increases in wages and benefits. And in the past, when the pie was still growing, management could afford to acquiesce. No longer. Until productivity resumes its growth, there can be no justification for further increases in the compensation of workers.
Which of the following statements by a labor leader focuses on the logical weakness in the argument above?
(A) Although the economic pie is no longer growing, the portion of the pie allocated to American workers remains unjustly small.
(B) If management fails to accommodate the demands of workers, labor leaders will be forced to call strikes that will cripple the operation of industry.
(C) Although productivity is stagnant, the U.S. population is growing, so that the absolute size of the economic pie continues to grow as well.
(D) As a labor leader, I can be concerned only with the needs of working people, not with the problems faced by management.
(E) The stagnation of U.S. industry has been caused largely by factors—such as foreign competition—beyond the control of American workers.

选A。。。实在没读懂题目的意思，尤其是这几句：Labor leaders, of course, point to what they consider an unfair distribution of the slices of pie to justify their demands for further increases in wages and benefits.

And in the past, when the pie was still growing, management could afford to acquiesce. No longer. Until productivity resumes its growth, there can be no justification for further increases in the compensation of workers.

sdcar2010 · 发表于 2011-5-17 10:55:53

The boss and the workers share one big pizza. Last year, the pizza growed 10%. The pizza was cut into 10 pieces and the boss took 9 while the workers took 1. The workers think this is unfair.

This year, the pizza remains the same size and the workers ask for bigger, fairer share of the pizza. The boss says NO, because the pizza is not growing any more.

Answer by the workers: even if the pizza is not growing bigger any more, our current share of 1 piece out of 10 is still no fair!

clumsy123 · 发表于 2011-5-17 11:06:09

哦。。我懂了，原文就是要反对 the central economic problem facing America today is not the distribution of wealth. It is productivity. 然后答案就是要支持Labor leaders 认为是分配不均的观点，对么？

唉原文的句子太难懂了。。。

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