求助GWD25-Q2

xudbbingo

GWD25-Q2.

In two months, the legal minimum wage in the country of Kirlandia will increase

from five Kirlandic dollars(KD5.00) Per hour to KD5.50 per hour. Opponents of

this increase have argued that the resulting rise in wages will drive the inflation

rate up. In fact its impact on wages will probably be negligible, since only a

very small proportion of all Kirfandic workers are currently receiving less than

KD5.50 per hour.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

A. Most people in kirlandia who are currently earning the minimum wage have

  been employed at their current jobs for less than a year.

B. Some firms in Kirlandia have paid workers considerably less than KD5.00

  per hour, in violation of kirlandic employment regulations.

C. Many businesses hire trainees at or near the minimum wage but must

  reward trained workers by keeping their paylevels above the pay level

  of trainees.

D. The greatest growth in Kirlandia’s economy in recent years has been in

   those sectors where workers earn wages that tend to be much higher

   than the minimum wage.

E The current minimum wage is insufficient for a worker holding only one job 

to earn enough to support a family ,even when working full time at that job.

我对这个题的提干和答案都不是太清楚。

前提介绍是说提高最低工资会导致通货膨胀。 weaken的是通货膨胀不会影响工资？？？

各位能发表一下意见吗？

lazyratcn

论点 impact on wages will probably be negligible；

论据since only a very small proportion of all Kirfandic workers are currently receiving less than

削弱：but must  reward trained workers by keeping their paylevels above the pay level of trainees.虽然拿最低工资的人少，但 trained workers 因为必须必最低高，所以也要上调，所以调整不只影响最低工资的人的工资，也会影响其他人的工资。

xudbbingo

its是指代inflation吗？

lazyratcn

是通胀因工资变化的影响可以忽略

xudbbingo

its impact on wages 是理解成工资变化对通货膨胀的影响？？its不是指代inflation吗？那应该理解为通货膨胀对工资的影响吧？

谢谢你耐心的回答～～

lazyratcn

偶水平太差，没想这么仔细

不过its是inflation'S不是inflation

its impact on wages will probably be negligible主语是its impact on wages应该理解成在工资方面的影响

前面也提了resulting rise in wages will drive the inflation rate up.应该整个思维连贯下来吧

xudbbingo

呵呵～～谢谢lazyratcn～

我应该把思维转过来～

colorful_na

KAN

snowofjune

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totoyan

自说自话一下，防止有人search这个题的时候，还是弄不清。

我觉得这道题的关键在于理解the legal minimum wage 的对象包含 trainees and trained workers.题目的意思说 因为only a very small proportion of all Kirfandic workers are currently receiving less than KD5.50 per hour，所以调不调法定最低工资 都不会引起由 wage increase  而带来的通胀。但是，我们看C发现，其实呢，虽然 那个only。。。的证据的确成立，但是由于那些低于minimum wage的trainee会受到新规定的影响，而这些trainee一调高，必然迫使trained worker wage的调高。所以总体上，社会上的工资水平还是要提高，通胀还是要发生。所以weaken argument.