[求助]老prep2-60，读不懂，求翻译~~

huangyouhuifei

这道题题目没看懂，黄线部分没看懂， deficit figures are adjusted是什么意思？reliably comparable 是什么意思？能帮忙翻译一下吗？
感谢大家~~希望哪位大虾帮帮忙~~

题目：
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Large national budget deficits do not cause large trade deficits.  If they did, countries with the largest budget deficits would also have the largest trade deficits.  In fact, when deficit figures are adjusted so that different countries are reliably comparable to each other, there is no such correlation.




If the statements above are all true, which of the following can properly be inferred on the basis of them?



(A) Countries with large national budget deficits tend to restrict foreign trade.

(B) Reliable comparisons of the deficit figures of one country with those of another are impossible.

(C) Reducing a country's national budget deficit will not necessarily result in a lowering of any trade deficit that country may have.

(D) When countries are ordered from largest to smallest in terms of population, the smallest countries generally have the smallest budget and trade deficits.

(E) Countries with the largest trade deficits never have similarly large national budget deficits.

窗边的Ophelia

Lacus 发表于 2011-3-7 19:09
未必需要搭理俩组合的意思。这道题的明显错误比较扎眼，列举几个已发现的明显错误，都是题干中毫无涉及的： ...

同意！               

elaineyoung

感谢楼上各位大大，明白了。

Hendy

In inference questions, you should learn to avoid choices that use extreme language, and to be partial to choices that use more tentative language.

Hendy

sdcar2010 发表于 2011-3-7 19:32
Inference is the one of the easiest for CR. Like what LS says, you need to find a Must-Be-True answe ...

SD就是解惑之人

低调进步

During the exam, focus on the fundamentals. In terms of CR, find the premise and main conclusion!

-- by 会员 sdcar2010 (2011/7/28 10:51:47)

copy that!   Why u always change ur avatar?   hobby?  

sdcar2010

During the exam, focus on the fundamentals. In terms of CR, find the premise and main conclusion!

低调进步

Large national budget deficits do not cause large trade deficits (main conclusion).  If they did, countries with the largest budget deficits would also have the largest trade deficits. In fact, when deficit figures are adjusted so that different countries are reliably comparable to each other, there is no such correlation (premise).

(C) Reducing a country's national budget deficit will not necessarily result in a lowering of any trade deficit that country may have.

Logic:

Since there is no correlation between large national budget deficit and large trade deficits, the large national budget deficits do not cause the large trade deficits.

If the large national budget deficit do not cause the large trade deficits, then reducing the former would not necessarily affect the latter.

-- by 会员 sdcar2010 (2011/7/24 20:02:33)

GOT IT.     THX!  btw  I will attend the exam in a few days but I still worry about it. .,,  Have u got any ideas about how to relief myself?

sdcar2010

Large national budget deficits do not cause large trade deficits (main conclusion).  If they did, countries with the largest budget deficits would also have the largest trade deficits. In fact, when deficit figures are adjusted so that different countries are reliably comparable to each other, there is no such correlation (premise).

(C) Reducing a country's national budget deficit will not necessarily result in a lowering of any trade deficit that country may have.

Logic:

Since there is no correlation between large national budget deficit and large trade deficits, the large national budget deficits do not cause the large trade deficits.

If the large national budget deficit do not cause the large trade deficits, then reducing the former would not necessarily affect the latter.

低调进步

to sdcar,  I still got a Q:

the argument only refers to countries with large defict but doesnot mention any thing about "reducing deficit" in choice C.

(C) Reducing a country's national budget deficit will not necessarily result in a lowering of any trade deficit that country may have.


Hope u can help with this.