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zcx

92. According to the new office smoking regulations, only employees who have enclosed office may smoke at their desks. Virtually all employees with enclosed offices are at the professional level, and virtually all secretarial employees lack enclosed offices. Therefore, secretaries who smoke should be offered enclosed offices.

Which of the following is an assumption that enables the conclusion above to be properly drawn?

(A) Employees at the professional level who do not smoke should keep their enclosed offices.

(B) Employees with enclosed offices should not smoke at their desks, even though the new regulations permit them to do so.

(C) Employees at the secretarial level should be allowed to smoke at their desks, even if they do not have enclosed

(D) The smoking regulations should allow all employees who smoke an equal opportunity to do so, regardless of an employee’s job level.

(E) The smoking regulations should provide equal protection from any hazards associated with smoking to all employees who do not smoke.

看了og的解释，觉得不通。我是这样理解的，请指教。

结论：秘书应该被提供办公室

原因1：专业人士都有办公室，秘书没有。

前提：办公室吸烟条例：只有有办公室的人才能吸烟

假设应该是秘书是专业人士？

请指教解题思路？

weiyu

结论：Therefore, secretaries who smoke should be offered enclosed offices


抽烟－＞分房间


According to the new office smoking regulations, only employees who have enclosed office may smoke at their desks


抽烟－＞单独房间


Assumption是：秘书要抽烟，就应该抽．

zcx

想再向你请教，提干中的“专业人士有办公室，秘书没有”在解题中有什么作用？充当什么角色？谢谢

rt316

对于C有疑问。
结论是：职员抽烟->有单独房间，
原因是：抽烟->有单独房间
如果C取非，则为：职员不被允许抽烟，那么上述结论肯定错。OG说C削弱结论，有点不理解。
此外，D我也觉得不对，all employees是不是范围过广，原文针对的仅仅是专员和职员。只需要对这两类人限定就可以了。比如D取非，并非所有的人都有相同权利抽烟，但这可能意味着除了专员和职员以外的其他员工不能抽烟。有点搞。
麻烦给个解释。
谢谢。

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mindfree

The answer on OG is C? I think it should be D. I do not feel that the argument is particularly talking about secretarial staff only. It is just like one example of employee without enclosed office. Therefore I think the assumption of D is appropriate.

sophiefzhou

我的粗浅理解，不要见笑

条件是：有单独房间的职员----〉可以在桌上抽烟 ；而结论是：应该给秘书单独房间。这中间有个gap, 就是所有职员包括秘书一定可以在桌上抽烟，D满足了这个条件，所以是assumption。如果D取非，也就是没有必要所有的抽烟的员工都给单独房间，原文推理就断了。

而C中，秘书即使没有单独房间，也该被允许在办公桌上抽烟，是削弱了结论。因为C成立的话，就不需要再给秘书单独安排房间了，因为他们可以直接在办公桌上抽烟了。

rt316

谢谢，我想我是太专牛角尖了。正如sophiefzhou所说的‘就是所有职员包括秘书一定可以在桌上抽烟’，我当时的理解是可能那个规定可以只允许秘书和专员，不必要允许其他职员，assumption是一个必要条件，所以我认为D也不对。

mindfree，D是正确答案，抱歉我没有些清楚。不过我想请教一下，关于思考的度的问题，如何才能不过度思考？

再次感谢二位。

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-5-7 7:45:57编辑过]

Teky

The author uses analogy reasoning.  Similarity between the two subjects is "assumption" of this argument.

Let me know if I am wrong.

meixiapeng

teky的话很精辟啊!

我爱欧洲

C的观点直接与题干冲突了，only employees who have enclosed office may smoke at their desks.这直接排除了C的情况。