老prep 第二部分23 boldface

summerwaker

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A product that represents a clear technologicaladvance over competing products can generally command a high price. Becausetechnological advances tend to be quickly surpassed and companies want to makelarge profits while they still can, many companies charge the maximum possibleprice for such a product.  But largeprofits on the new product will give competitors a strong incentive to quicklymatch the new product's capabilities.  Consequently,the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new product is to charge lessthan the greatest possible price.

In the argument above, the two portions in boldfaceplay which of the following roles?

(A) The first is a consideration that has beenraised to argue that a certain strategy is counterproductive; the secondpresents that strategy.

(B) The first is a consideration raised to supportthe strategy that the argument recommends; the second presents that strategy.

(C) The first is a consideration raised to explainthe appeal of a certain strategy; the second presents that strategy.

(D) The first is an assumption, rejected by theargument, that has been used to justify a course of action; the second presentsthat course of action.

(E) The first is a consideration that has beenused to justify pursuing a goal that the argument rejects; the second presentsa course of action that has been adopted in pursuit of that goal.

答案选C,很不理解，第二部分明明是but转折了啊，怎么第一部分还会appeal this strategy呢？

thx~

yakev6

http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_CR/thread-715217-1-1.html

maestri

我的理解是这样的：
the strategy to maximize overall profit from a new product is to charge lessthan the greatest possible price.
最佳策略是收取比最高价格低一些的价。第一部分黑体解释了为什么是偏向最高价格，两个黑体中间的but解释了为什么要稍低一点
所以策略前面的两部分看似矛盾，其实是被“比最高价格稍低一点”相统一了。

helena灵

应该是说后面consequently是对前面strategy的解释，不是两个strategy，而是一个。就是要收最大可能的价格。而那个最大可能的价格=小于最贵价格。故而the second presents that strategy

shaoheng1120

说说我的理解：
4句话：1 the strategy  2explain 3object the explain 4 conclusion，further explain the strategy
仔细看看4 并不与1矛盾

summerwaker

嗯 貌似只能这样理解

wildbean

The first is a consideration raised to explainthe appeal of a certain strategy; the second presents that strategy.

前半句中the appeal of a certain strategy, 那certain strategy是不是就是"many companies charge the maximum possibleprice for such a product”, 后半句的that strategy也就是指这个strategy, 但实际上the second boldface是给出了另一个更好的strategy, 不一致，怎么理解呢？

daisyの小夢想

a certain strategy是指to  charge the maximum possibleprice for such a product哦~
所以第一个BF解释了为什么那些商家会采用这样的策略
but的转折作用是强调上文的策略其实不好，然后转折引出更好的策略。