prep2-17

dorislee1991

4.prep2-17

At present the Hollywood Restaurant has only standard-height tables.  However, many customers come to watch the celebrities who frequent the Hollywood, and they would prefer tall tables with stools because such seating would afford a better view of the celebrities.  Moreover, diners seated on stools typically do not stay as long as diners seated at standard-height tables.  Therefore, if the Hollywood replaced some of its seating with high tables and stools, its profits would increase.  
The argument is vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it gives reason to believe that it is likely that  
(A) some celebrities come to the Hollywood to be seen, and so might choose to sit at the tall tables if they were available  
(B) the price of meals ordered by celebrities dining at the Hollywood compensates for the longer time, if any, they spend lingering over their meals  
(C) a customer of the Hollywood who would choose to sit at a tall table would be an exception to the generalization about lingering  
(D) a restaurant's customers who spend less time at their meals typically order less expensive meals than those who remain at their meals longer  
(E) with enough tall tables to accommodate all the Hollywood's customers interested in such seating, there would be no view except of other tall tables  
答案是C。
为什么D不正确？如果吃的时间短，点的东西便宜的话那不就是weaken了argument了吗？

dorislee1991

UP,UP
木有人晓得吗

slamshady

“it gives reason to believe that it is likely that ”说明题目要问的是原文推理所认为的是什么，就是要说出题干的想法
题干认为坐standard-height tables的人比坐stools的人呆的时间长，但并没有说坐standard-height tables的人比坐tall tables的人呆的时间长。。。但结论说要换成tall tables 和 stools，说明题干假定坐tall table不会呆很长时间。。。

alpaca

我觉得……这道题的阴险之处在于：

1.题干中“Moreover, diners seated on stools typically do not stay as long as diners seated at standard-height tables.”这句话说的是一般情况，也就是C选项中所说的“the generalization about lingering”，然而C选项中所陈述的是一个exception，即：来好莱坞这里吃饭的人，坐高凳的合高台的时间不会比标准凳的短。

2.问题中的“it gives reason to believe”说明，答案必须是对于题干中给出的原因进行攻击

(C) a customer of the Hollywood who would choose to sit at a tall table would be an exception to the generalization about lingering
这条惯例在来好莱坞这里吃饭的人身上不成立。言外之意就是说，来好莱坞这里吃饭的人，坐高凳的合高台的时间起码不必标准凳的短，所以翻台率不会因为换了高台和高凳就增加，利润也不会因此增加。

不知道这样想对不对……

mcfate777

我觉得……这道题的阴险之处在于：

1.题干中“Moreover, diners seated on stools typically do not stay as long as diners seated at standard-height tables.”这句话说的是一般情况，也就是C选项中所说的“the generalization about lingering”，然而C选项中所陈述的是一个exception，即：来好莱坞这里吃饭的人，坐高凳的合高台的时间不会比标准凳的短。

2.问题中的“it gives reason to believe”说明，答案必须是对于题干中给出的原因进行攻击

(C) a customer of the Hollywood who would choose to sit at a tall table would be an exception to the generalization about lingering
这条惯例在来好莱坞这里吃饭的人身上不成立。言外之意就是说，来好莱坞这里吃饭的人，坐高凳的合高台的时间起码不必标准凳的短，所以翻台率不会因为换了高台和高凳就增加，利润也不会因此增加。

不知道这样想对不对……

-- by 会员 alpaca (2010/8/23 20:36:27)

顶这个 终于有个能看懂的了

mabelren

求题目的完整翻译~