补充教材107题

海蓝

George Bernard Shaw wrote: “That any sane nation, having observed that you could
provide for the supply of bread by giving bakers a pecuniary interest in baking
for you, should go on to give a surgeon a pecuniary interest in cutting off your
leg is enough to make one despair of political humanity.”

Shaw’s statement would best serve as an illustration in an argument criticizing
which of the following?

(A) Dentists who perform unnecessary dental work in order to earn a profit
(B) Doctors who increase their profits by specializing only in diseases that
affect a large percentage of the population
(C) Grocers who raise the price of food in order to increase their profit margins
(D) Oil companies that decrease the price of their oil in order to increase their
market share
(E) Bakers and surgeons who earn a profit by supplying other peoples’ basic
needs

答案是A（第一遍读下来一头雾水，按费费说的难题猜A竟也蒙对了，哈哈！）
请教下GBS想表达的是什么意思啊？～～我开始的理解是作者对人与人间的利益关系持一种否定态度，但看答案的意思好像是强调unnecessary，这个从原文的第二个surgeon的case能看出来，但第一个baker的例子怎么体现它是unnecessary的呢？～～文章看得莫名其妙的～～
牛牛们请指教！谢谢～～～

番茄炒蛋

海蓝啊，这题以前有很多讨论的
意思是说做了无用或是相反的事情可你却还要谢谢他或是给他钱
例如牙医拔了你的好牙你还要付钱
原文里 说的是面包师父给你烤面包了，你当然是要付钱买的咯，但是由于社会没有人性啊，所以就出现了答案里的。。。。。。
再想想

海蓝

谢谢！明白作者的意思啦！晕哦，作者这么说话累不累呀他。。。。