gwd 21-8

ayang1017

Passage 1 (Q7-Q9)

          Seventeenth-century

       philosopher John Locke

       stated that as much as

Line       99 percent of the value of

(5)       any useful product can be

attributed to “the effects of

labor.” For Locke’s intellec-

tual heirs it was only a short

step to the “labor theory of

(10) value,” whose formulators

held that 100 percent of the

value of any product is gen-

erated by labor (the human

work needed to produce

(15) goods) and that therefore the

employer who appropriates

any part of the product’s

value as profit is practicing

theft.

(20)    Although human effort is

required to produce goods

for the consumer market,

effort is also invested in

making capital goods (tools,

(25) machines, etc.), which are

used to facilitate the produc-

tion of consumer goods. In

modern economies about

one-third of the total output of

(30) consumer goods is attribut-

able to the use of capital

goods. Approximately two-

thirds of the income derived

from this total output is paid

(35) out to workers as wages and

salaries, the remaining third

serving as compensation

to the owners of the capital

goods. Moreover, part

(40) of this remaining third is

received by workers who

are shareholders, pension

beneficiaries, and the like.

The labor theory of value

(45) systematically disregards

the productive contribution of

capital goods-- a failing for

which Locke must bear part

of the blame.

GWD 21-8

The author of the passage is primarily concerned with

A.     criticizing Locke’s economic theories

B.     discounting the contribution of labor in a modern economy

C.     questioning the validity of the labor theory of value

D.     arguing for a more equitable distribution of business profits  (C)

E.      contending that employers are overcompensated for capital goods

我觉得用question语气太轻了怎么也对不起最后一句的failing，用critizing多好啊

earlybirdcyu

题目质疑的是L继承者的理论，不是L的理论。L的理论只是部分的受到责备。

请问GWD-21在那里下载！谢谢！

juningw

以下是引用ayang1017在2005-10-5 20:42:00的发言：

Passage 1 (Q7-Q9)

          Seventeenth-century

       philosopher John Locke

       stated that as much as

Line       99 percent of the value of

(5)       any useful product can be

attributed to “the effects of

labor.” For Locke’s intellec-

tual heirs it was only a short

step to the “labor theory of

(10) value,” whose formulators

held that 100 percent of the

value of any product is gen-

erated by labor (the human

work needed to produce

(15) goods) and that therefore the

employer who appropriates

any part of the product’s

value as profit is practicing

theft.

(20)    Although human effort is

required to produce goods

for the consumer market,

effort is also invested in

making capital goods (tools,

(25) machines, etc.), which are

used to facilitate the produc-

tion of consumer goods. In

modern economies about

one-third of the total output of

(30) consumer goods is attribut-

able to the use of capital

goods. Approximately two-

thirds of the income derived

from this total output is paid

(35) out to workers as wages and

salaries, the remaining third

serving as compensation

to the owners of the capital

goods. Moreover, part

(40) of this remaining third is

received by workers who

are shareholders, pension

beneficiaries, and the like.

The labor theory of value

(45) systematically disregards

the productive contribution of

capital goods-- a failing for

which Locke must bear part

of the blame.

GWD 21-8

The author of the passage is primarily concerned with

A.     criticizing Locke’s economic theories

B.     discounting the contribution of labor in a modern economy

C.     questioning the validity of the labor theory of value

D.     arguing for a more equitable distribution of business profits  (C)

E.      contending that employers are overcompensated for capital goods

我觉得用question语气太轻了怎么也对不起最后一句的failing，用critizing多好啊

我也觉得A更好。关键是C中间的validity看得不爽。

DARRENMA

A 错误。 因为作者主要是质疑L继承人的理论“the labor theory of value”。L的理论在文中作用：只是作为一个背景引出前面的理论。

open to discuss

shashaxz

validity:合理性，正确性。

这个词儿用的非常准确。

文章中没有criticize这么明显的语气。

howhowhow

For Locke’s intellectual heirs it was only a shortstep to the “labor theory of

(10) value,”

For Locke的理論只是labor theory of

value一小部分，全文FOCUS在labor theory of

value上

因此選C

hitlzc

以下是引用howhowhow在2005-12-1 15:57:00的发言：
For Locke’s intellectual heirs it was only a shortstep to the “labor theory of

(10) value,”

For Locke的理論只是labor theory of

value一小部分，全文FOCUS在labor theory of

value上

因此選C

支持！

A中的economic theories范围太宽了，不合适

icare1

C确实更好些

jinni

文章中心内容的题目，我觉得要把握住两大点：写作对象和态度。

A的态度虽然正确，但是写作对象不准确，没有C来得好。

llfllfllf

文章的最后一句话,不是表明了要质疑Locke的吗?

所以应该还是反对Locke的吧?

The labor theory of value

(45) systematically disregards

the productive contribution of

capital goods-- a failing for

which Locke must bear part

of the blame.