请教一道GWD-24-32（应该还挺有名的，不过我搜了半天没找到）

grape262001

Fearing competition from stores that rent video games for home use, owners of stores that sell video games lobbied for protective legislation.  Citing as a precedent legislation that postpones home film rentals until one year after general release to theaters, the video sellers proposed as an equitable solution a plan that would postpone rental of any video game until it had been available for sale for one year.

Which of the following, if true, would support an objection by owners of video rental stores that the fairness of the proposed legislation is not supported by the precedent cited?                C

 

A.      Although the daily rental fee for home use of films is generally the same as that for video games, the average rental period for a video game is longer than that for a film.

B.       Film rentals for home use tend to particularly strong during the first year after a film has been made available for both sale and rental at video rental stores.

C.      Most people are interested in playing only the latest video games and tend to find video games that have been available for over a year unappealing whether they have played them before or not, whereas films maintain their appeal far longer after their release.

D.      People who rent video games tend to play them by themselves, whereas people who rent films invite friends and neighbors to watch.

E.       A slight decline in revenues from films that have been recently released in theaters has been attributed to the growing market for rentals of films for home use.

这道题答案是C。看题目的时候有点晕。特别是问题部分，都没看明白究竟是问什么，是WENKEN 还是STRENGTH?

请各位赐教

stavan

我觉得这个题目答案应该没有争议, 如果楼主有疑问, 请继续问

这里只解释这个题目的问题

首先对于无论是wenken还是support的题型, 楼主思路要清楚

1. 就是文章有前提, 有结论, 无论是加强还是削弱, 都是针对结论的加强和削弱

2. 结论可以在文章中, 也可以出现在问题中

3. 加强还是削弱, 不要想的太多, 想到越简单越不容易错

对于第一点和第二点, 做题的时候, 思路要清晰, 只要要清晰的, 文章的结论是什么, 有可能在文章中, 也有可能在问题中

无论加强还是削弱, 都要紧扣这个结论来进行

 

对于第三点, 举个简单的例子, 说明这么叫简单的思考

如结论是, stavan是好人, 问削弱, 这个容易理解

但是如果结论是, stavan不是好人, 问削弱, 有些朋友会先推理一下, 说既然说stavan不是好人, 还是问削弱, 那就是说stavan是好人, 那这就应该是一个加强题,

这么说, 虽然不能说一定是错的, 但是, 很容易让我们搞不清楚这个题目是加强还是削弱, 容易自己把自己绕进去, 尤其有几个否定的时候,

在这种情况, 最好的办法是, 不要自己多推理一步, 

加强题就是: 结论说什么, 答案就说什么

削弱题就是: 结论说什么, 答案就不说什么, (把结论取非)

结论说:stavan不是好人,

问加强, 答案就是: (能说明) stavan不是好人

问削弱, 答案就是: (能说明) stavan是好人

这样的话, 搞清楚问题究竟问什么, 答案究竟应该是那个方向的, 就不用管题目究竟是加强还是削弱, 都可以准确的找到答案, 不会误会题目的意思了.

 

看本题文章中的内容,

1. 因为害怕store of rent竞争, store of sell想搞一个保护法案

2. 对于film rental有一个保护法案, 所以video game也应该搞一个同样的法案..(具体略)

结论呢? 没有结论, 因为结论在问题中, 文章中没有提及, 那么我们看问题

Which of the following, if true, would support an objection by owner of video rental stores that the fairness of the proposed legislation is not suported by the precedent cited?

一看这个问题: 问的是, 下面那个真, 会 "加强" .....

很清晰, 这是一个加强题, support后面的部分是结论, 这个结论具体是什么呢?

store of rent 的objection, 这个objection(that后面部分修饰)是: 建议的新法案, 不会被旧法案(film)所支持

 

那么这样题目的思路就很清楚了, 我们简化一下这个题目就更清晰了:

sell的人说, 因为电影有1年的保护, 所以游戏也应该有1年的保护

rent的人说, 反对, 因为电影的情况不适用于游戏的情况

问 下面那个加强rent的人说的话

如果这样, 是不是题目就变得简单多了?

 

楼主可能又要问, 总不能做题的时候也不能费这么半天力气简化题目吧, 万一简化错了, 那不是麻烦了

其实实际做题中, 思路是一个很快的过程, 没有上面说的那么复杂, 上面只是为了帮助理解而已...

实际做题一看文章, 2点, 条件1, 没有什么意义, 条件2, 有一个推理, 但是是不是结论呢? 不清楚

看问题, 问题问加强, 后面还有一长串, 马上应该反映过来, 结论肯定在问题中, 否则不会那么长一串

然后看 "support" 后面的部分, an objection, 看到这里已经很清晰了, 就加强这个 objection

意思就是文章说ABC, 结论是ABC不对, 问题问加强, 做正向处理,

结论说不对, 答案就说不对, 然后看继续看一眼 that后面的部分, 来确保一下思路正确,

that部分说电影的不能支持游戏的, 文章说因为电影如何, 游戏也如何, 显然结论就是说不对, 证明我思路没有错

进而看选项, C说, 游戏如何如何, 但是电影却如何如何, 就是说文章不对, 所以是答案

 

可能说的有点混乱...仅供参考

grape262001

不不不，解释的非常清楚和详细，明白了。感谢大侠赐教！

但因为小女子才疏学浅，还有一个关于翻译的小问题，

C.      Most people are interested in playing only the latest video games and tend to find video games that have been available for over a year unappealing whether they have played them before or not, whereas films maintain their appeal far longer after their release.

C选项里的tend.....是在说人们对于出来一年之后的游戏不感兴趣了吗？UNAPPEALING是在修饰前面的video game吗？怎么觉得读起来有点变扭。

谢谢！

C选项里的tend.....是在说人们对于出来一年之后的游戏不感兴趣了吗？UNAPPEALING是在修饰前面的video game吗？怎么觉得读起来有点变扭。

谢谢！

stavan

...这个读起来不别扭啊..挺通顺的

意思是Most people are intersted......and tend to ....大结构上并列

然后, find video games (that have been available for over a year) unappealing,

that部分做定语修饰videogames, find sth adj. 是标准的用法, 觉得sth怎么怎么样, unappealing, 就是没吸引力

接下来说whether they have played them before or not,

连起来就是人民只对最新的游戏感兴趣, 而且觉得发行超过1年的游戏没有吸引力, 无论他们之前是否玩过这些游戏

grape262001

非常感谢！

不知可否帮小妹解释一下下面这道题？

T-4-Q15

TrueSave is a mail-order company that ships electronic products from its warehouses to customers worldwide. The company’s shipping manager is proposing that customer orders be packed with newer, more expensive packing materials that virtually eliminate damage during shipping. The manager argues that overall costs would essentially remain unaffected, since the extra cost of the new packing materials roughly equals the current cost of replacing products returned by customers because they arrived in damaged condition.

Which of the following would it be most important to ascertain in determining whether implementing the shipping manager’s proposal would have the argued-for effect on costs?     

 

A.      Whether the products shipped by TrueSave are more vulnerable to incurring damage during shipping than are typical electronic products.

B.       Whether electronic products are damaged more frequently in transit than are most other products shipped by mail-order companies

C.      Whether a sizable proportion of returned items are returned because of damage already present when those items were packed for shipping

D.      Whether there are cases in which customers blame themselves for product damage that, though present on arrival of the product, is not discovered until later

E.       Whether TrueSave continually monitors the performance of the shipping companies it uses to ship products to its customers

 我翻遍了帖子，看到的全是说C为什么对的，我已经理解了。可是我不理解为什么A和B是错的。

可否指点一二？

stavan

A说, 是否T公司的运送的产品比其他种类的电子产品更容易坏

题目说的是T公司自己的事情, 和其他种类的电子产品无关, 就算T公司运输的是最容易坏的产品又如何,

文章中说, 包装费和损坏退货费用基本相等, 产品容易坏, 就是退货费用高, 就算退货费用高, 无非就是包装费用也是很高, 反之亦然

对结论没有任何加强削弱作用

 

B说, 电子产品是否比其他产品更容易坏...T公司只做电子产品, 和其他产品的比较, 与题目无关

想通A选项, B选择的错误和A类似, 不再赘述

grape262001

不好意思，我再刨根问底一下。请赐教！

按照你的意思，如果题目改成T公司不仅只运输电子产品，还运输其他的产品，是不是B就正确了呢？

谢谢！