Prep07 CR2 第17题 Hollywood Restaurant 的解释

kaikaichen

这道题花了很久，终于弄明白，分享一下。

At present, the Hollywood restaurant has only standard height tables. However, many customers come to watch celebrities who frequent Hollywood & they prefer tall tables in stools because such seating would afford better view of the celebrities. Moreover, dinners seated on stools typically do not stay as long as diners seated on standard height tables. Therefore, if the Hollywood restaurant replaced some of its seating with higher tables and stools, its profits would increase.

The statement is vulnerable to criticism in that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that:
(a) Some celebrities come to Hollywood restaurant to be seen and so might choose to sit at tall tables if they are available
(b) The price of meals ordered by celebrities dining at Hollywood restaurant compensates for longer time, if any, that they spend lingering over their meals
(c) A customer of the Hollywood restaurant who would choose to sit at a tall table would be an exception to the generatlisation about lingering
(d) A restaurant's customer who spends less time at their meal typically orders less expensive meals than those who remain at their meals longer
(e) With enough tall tables to accommodate all Hollywood restaurant's customers interested in such seating, there would be no view except of other tall tables

这个题的关键是要理解题干问的什么，The argument is vulnerable to the criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that，这个问法和普通的support和weaken的题目其实是不一样的，我们转译一下，应该是这样：The argument is vulnerable to the criticism because it assumes that，就是说，这个推论是错的，因为它有一个假设或前提是经不起推敲的，问这个假设是什么。所以答案应该是题目内含的一个假设，我们来看看题目假设了什么。

原题三句话，第一句，H餐厅现在只有标准高度的桌子，但是顾客喜欢坐带stool的高桌子，因为可以更好的看明星。第二句，喜欢坐stool的顾客通常吃饭时间短。第三句，所以H餐厅换一点带stool的高桌子可以挣更多钱。

第二句话就是一个假设，这句话假设喜欢坐stool的顾客吃饭时间短，这样桌子的利用次数就高，餐厅就越能挣钱。这句话其实还隐含了一个假设，就是吃饭时间短的顾客不会比其他人消费的更少，否则餐厅就算能多翻几次台，但是每次挣得少，还是不能多赚钱。

再看5个选项，A, B和E都不是原题里提到或暗藏的假设，原题的推论也不需要这些，C其实就是“喜欢坐stool的顾客通常吃饭时间短”的转述，直译就是：喜欢坐stool的顾客他们的吃饭耗时相对通常吃饭耗时来说是个例外（更长或更短都是例外，原题是假设更短）。D与原题隐含的假设正好相反。

说到底，还是考阅读，如果原题每个词连成句子的意思都弄懂了，这个题就不复杂。

wangheyao

题目问法：argument可以被削弱是因为它有理由让我们认为….是有可能的（其实就是问weaken）
C：题目中diners seated on stools typically do not stay as long as diners seated at standard-height tables. 指的是在所有餐厅中坐在stools的人停留时间会更短。C选项指出Hollywood餐厅是个例外，H的客人是要来看明星的所以即使是坐在stools上也会停留更多时间。
C选项并没有反对premise，而是比D更好的削弱了conclusion。
D：待的时间更短而花费也更少，这不代表总的收入不会上升。因为不知道到底是哪一个因素造成的影响更大，所以不能削弱

xyxyxy_123

narcissus贝贝 发表于 2012-12-3 14:07
个人觉得楼主解释有问题，C就是直接削弱了假设，而D是错误的。gmat有一个原则就是根据题里的条件来做题，楼 ...

同意！               

弥小岛

这道题根据bible其实是flaw in reasoning，（大家可以自行看bible）所以是像推论题一样出自文中的答案
根据bible，是犯了Exceptional Case/Overgeneralization这个flaw，将一般餐厅的情况（长椅子时间更短）apply到hollywood上，而忽略了Hollywood有一个看秀的可能性会是特例

perl

额，这道题目果然难道不少人。上面提到的外国网站就是曼哈顿，那个解释就是Ron给的。。。Ron最近加了一个新的回复：

most importantly—

• if this problem still confuses you after a while, just walk away from it. then come back to it after a couple of weeks.

• at that point you'll have 'new eyes', and you might find that you suddenly have a better intuition for what's going on here.

• if the problem still confuses you at that point, then just...
...smile,
and
...ignore it.

this single problem is, quite clearly, of little importance overall. (i think it's the only GMAC problem ever in this particular format.)
do not let it distract you from more fundamental concerns.

阿拉梦

一开始也做错了，看完了大家的理解，越看越晕，后来还是从理解的角度想通了：
结论  是如果HOLLYWOOD餐厅把一些座位改为高脚桌椅，（由于这样一来顾客能更好看到明星且逗留时间更短）所以利润会增加
问题  什么原因会导致对批评这一结论的人无力反驳？
C正确  因为选择在该餐馆坐高脚桌椅的顾客并不会像大众认为的那样因为坐的是高脚就逗留更短时间（从而达不到预期目的）
D不对我觉得是因为没有指明HOLLYWOOD

ZJPt找到M

个人觉得这个帖子里的几位解释的更好 http://forum.chasedream.com/thread-322337-2-1.html
正确答案不用说了，Manhattan里Ron讲解的很明白，但这题也不能算作weaken（针对D选项来说）
当然，重要的还是看明白题干，链接贴里的几位已经解释的很清楚了：
The argument is vulnerable to criticism on thegrounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that"

lesoleil29

本来选了D, 看了楼主的解释才恍然意识到D是相反的!! 谢谢楼主~~~

毅仔

国外外站是对的。exception to the generalization就是待得反而更久了，桌子周转率下降。。。

马里兰

qzawxs9876 发表于 2014-1-6 04:21
' Most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds 、most vulnerable to criticism 、most vulnerable to  ' ...

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