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番茄炒蛋

23. Arnold: I was recently denied a seat on an airline flight for which I had a confirmed reservation, because the airline had overbooked the flight. Since I was forced to fly on the next available flight, which did not depart until two hours later, I missed an important business meeting. Even though the flight on which I had a reservation was canceled at the last minute due to bad weather, the airline should still pay me compensation for denying me a seat on the flight.

Jamie: The airline is not morally obligated to pay you any compensation. Even if you had not been denied a seat on the earlier flight, you would have missed your business meeting anyway.

A principle that, if established, justifies Jamie's response to Arnold is that an airline is morally obligated to compensate a passenger who has been denied a seat on a flight for which the passenger has confirmed reservations

(A) if the only reason the passenger is forced to take a later flight is that the airline overbooked the original flight

(B) only if there is a reason the passenger is forced to take a later flight other than the original flight's being canceled due to bad weather

(C) only if the passenger would not have been forced to take a later flight had the airline not overbooked the original flight

(D) even if the only reason the passenger is forced to take a later flight were that the original flight is canceled due to bad weather

(E) even if the passenger would still have been forced to take a later flight had the airline not overbooked the original flight

答案是c
可是原文里不是Jamie说不应该负责吗，怎么在问题里就变成了mie's response to Arnold is that an airline is morally obligated ，什么意思啊，大家给我看看吧

mariezhu

Try to link the third paragraph with the answer, then you will know why. In fact the third paragraph is a question asked in a particular way. It is sth like "..will not be true unless.. is true"

番茄炒蛋

原文中 Jamie: The airline is not morally obligated to pay you any compensation.
问题中A principle that, if established, justifies Jamie's response to Arnold is that an airline is morally obligated

怎么这个jamie说的话是相反的啊，还是我看错了，真是郁闷

snow_mountain

文中Jamie的意思是针对Anold的话说的。

问题问的其实是：再什么样的原则下，Jamie 认为应该对Anold做出赔偿。所以是C。

番茄炒蛋

想通了，谢谢咯
我今天估计会有很多问题贴上来了，再帮我看看了，呵呵