LSAT 求助：S18-4-5

dorbear

[face=Verdana]5. The city is vigorously enforcing the ordinance against allowing individuals to sleep in the bus depot. The mayor argues that such vigorous enforcement is fair, evenhanded, and administered in the best traditions of equal treatment for all "No one can sleep in the bus depot," the mayor has said, "whether you're homeless or the chief executive of a major corporation." This brings to mind a remark once made by a political commentator. The law in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread, it's time for the mayor to come to his senses.

The passage as a whole is structured to lead which one of the following conclusions?
(A) People should not be treated equally with respect to enforcing the ordinance vigorously.
(B) Everyone should be treated equally with respect to enforcing the ordinance vigorously.
(C) The vigorous enforcement of the ordinance does not qualify as equal treatment for all
(D) The law holds poor people to stricter standards than it does rich people.
(E) In a truly equal legal system, no one would sleep in bus depots.[/face]


Which is the anwer and why? Thanks a lot for your help.

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freegirl

我选 B, 好象只有 B  像个样子。因为整篇没有转折，或否定的意思。
请后来者补充。

jq_jou

我觉得C) 是正确的. The whole argument is discuss 'majestic equality', it wants to prove that the vigorous enforcement is not equally effectly everyone, it is not an equality to everyone.
The latter part is full of ironicas towards such seeminly 'equality'

BTW, which is correct answer?

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-9-23 5:30:07编辑过]

dorbear

The answer is C. It seems the ironics part matters. Hate this one.

freegirl

请楼上帮忙翻译一下，我没读出ironics. 谢谢先！

This brings to mind a remark once made by a political commentator. The law in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread, it's time for the mayor to come to his senses.

dorbear

真的很奇怪，有的时候能读出来，有的时候读不出来。ｓｉｇｎ！

jq_jou

个人感觉: 看到The law in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread 给人的感觉是这些所有都是针对POOR的管制而不是真正针对POOR AND RICH的MAJESTIC EQUALITY. 而且前面引用了MAJOR的2个观点. 最后有说了: it's time for the mayor to come to his senses.
我觉得这道题和GMAT有一道PAY THE DENTIST TO GET RID OF USEFUL TEETH那题很像.

freegirl

恰恰是这两道我都没有读出来里面的味道。看样子，我得特别留意这种题。
谢谢！

mzyzhu

以下是引用dorbear在2003-9-22 4:41:00的发言：
[face=Verdana]5. No one can sleep in the bus depot," the mayor has said, "whether you're homeless or the chief executive of a major corporation." This brings to mind a remark once made by a political commentator. The law in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread, it's time for the mayor to come to his senses.


(C) The vigorous enforcement of the ordinance does not qualify as equal treatment for all
  

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-9-22 4:43:44编辑过]

如果我们说：任何人都不能睡在汽车站，无论你是无家可归者还是公司的总裁。听到这句话时：我们的第一反映事什么：F**K,如果我是公司的总裁，我还会睡在汽车站吗？

法律在其至高无上的平等下，制止无论是穷人还是富人，一律都不许要饭，睡大街，偷面包。我们一定会问：请问这是叫做平等吗？

这就是C表达的意思。

dorbear

透彻！谢谢楼上几位！