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eSpirit

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

The argument is vulnerable to the criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that

A.      Some celebrities come to the Hollywood to be seen , and so might choose to sit at the tall tables if they were available.

B.      The price of meals ordered by celebrities dining at the Hollywood compensates for the longer time, if any, they spend lingering over their meals.

C.      A customer of the Hollywood who would choose to sit at a tall table would be an exception to the generalization about lingering.

D.     A restaurant’s customers who spend less time at their meals typically order less expensive meals than those who remain at their meals longer.

E.      With enough tall tables to accommodate all the Hollywood’s customers interested in such seating, there would be no view except of other tall tables.

参考答案是C，我选了D。感觉C是无关项，原文说“人们都喜欢坐在stools上，而且坐在stools上的人在餐馆呆的时间不比坐在standard height上的人长，从而如果餐馆如果把tables都换成stools的话，利润会增大。”我认为利润增大的前提是“在其他条件不变时，来的人数会不变或变大，或者每人的花费都一样”，所以如果像D所说的，如果坐stools的人在餐馆呆的时间短，但其花费也同样少的话，那么利润显然就不一定会增大。

不知道这样的理解是否正确？

wycg

以下是引用eSpirit在2006-2-14 13:14:00的发言：

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

The argument is vulnerable to the criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that

A.      Some celebrities come to the Hollywood to be seen , and so might choose to sit at the tall tables if they were available.

B.      The price of meals ordered by celebrities dining at the Hollywood compensates for the longer time, if any, they spend lingering over their meals.

C.      A customer of the Hollywood who would choose to sit at a tall table would be an exception to the generalization about lingering.

D.     A restaurant’s customers who spend less time at their meals typically order less expensive meals than those who remain at their meals longer.

E.      With enough tall tables to accommodate all the Hollywood’s customers interested in such seating, there would be no view except of other tall tables.

参考答案是C，我选了D。感觉C是无关项，原文说“人们都喜欢坐在stools上，而且坐在stools上的人在餐馆呆的时间不比坐在standard height上的人长，从而如果餐馆如果把tables都换成stools的话，利润会增大。”我认为利润增大的前提是“在其他条件不变时，来的人数会不变或变大，或者每人的花费都一样”，所以如果像D所说的，如果坐stools的人在餐馆呆的时间短，但其花费也同样少的话，那么利润显然就不一定会增大。

不知道这样的理解是否正确？

[em06

D说的和原文说的改凳子没关系. 是无关选项.

eSpirit

以下是引用wycg在2006-2-14 13:43:00的发言：

D说的和原文说的改凳子没关系. 是无关选项.

但原文是说利润啊，每人的时间不变，但如果买的餐便宜了，商家赚的就少了啊。

wycg

以下是引用eSpirit在2006-2-14 13:14:00的发言：

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

The argument is vulnerable to the criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that

A.      Some celebrities come to the Hollywood to be seen , and so might choose to sit at the tall tables if they were available.

B.      The price of meals ordered by celebrities dining at the Hollywood compensates for the longer time, if any, they spend lingering over their meals.

C.      A customer of the Hollywood who would choose to sit at a tall table would be an exception to the generalization about lingering.

D.     A restaurant’s customers who spend less time at their meals typically order less expensive meals than those who remain at their meals longer.

E.      With enough tall tables to accommodate all the Hollywood’s customers interested in such seating, there would be no view except of other tall tables.

参考答案是C，我选了D。感觉C是无关项，原文说“人们都喜欢坐在stools上，而且坐在stools上的人在餐馆呆的时间不比坐在standard height上的人长，从而如果餐馆如果把tables都换成stools的话，利润会增大。”我认为利润增大的前提是“在其他条件不变时，来的人数会不变或变大，或者每人的花费都一样”，所以如果像D所说的，如果坐stools的人在餐馆呆的时间短，但其花费也同样少的话，那么利润显然就不一定会增大。

原文没说坐S的人呆的短,只说不比Standard的长.不能说就是短.可能一样.

不知道这样的理解是否正确？

eSpirit

不明白为什么C是答案？

追逐梦想2006

题目问的好绕啊The argument is vulnerable to the criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that

同样，我也选了D，不知道为什么会选C。

谁来帮忙指点一下。

shanexin

原文说坐标准台的时间和坐高台的时间不一样（没说谁长谁短），C说坐高台的人往往不会留恋往返（消费也就少），因此不能贡献超额利润。

不知道能否这样理解，这样理解的话多了一个条件就是逗留的时间长短和消费有关。

merben

这个说的是翻台率.

用stool得人逗留的时间短,所以饭馆每晚接待的客人多,有可能赚钱多.

D.说的是消费额,也对,但超出了原题的范围内.

从这道题我学到的是,要紧扣主题.主题里只讨论lingering,没讨论price.

pumpkin

我觉得D不对，是意思反了

这个题目的问题好饶口，呵呵

jandjshi

以下是引用merben在2006-5-27 3:44:00的发言：

这个说的是翻台率.

用stool得人逗留的时间短,所以饭馆每晚接待的客人多,有可能赚钱多.

D.说的是消费额,也对,但超出了原题的范围内.

D.说的是消费额, 原文说的是its profits would increase. 消费额和profits是两回事, 而且不一定成正比. 所以D无关.

从这道题我学到的是,要紧扣主题.主题里只讨论lingering,没讨论price.

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