OG12-92请求解答

kobe198879

In the country of Veltria, the past two years’ broad economic recession has included a business downturn
in the clothing trade, where sales are down by about 7 percent as compared to two years ago. Clothing
wholesalers have found, however, that the proportion of credit extended to retailers that was paid off on
time fell sharply in the fi rst year of the recession but returned to its prerecession level in the second year.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the change between the fi rst and the second year of
the recession in the proportion of credit not paid off on time?
(A) The total amount of credit extended to retailers by clothing wholesalers increased between the
fi rst year of the recession and the second year.

(B) Between the first and second years of the recession, clothing retailers in Veltria saw many
of their costs, rent and utilities in particular, increase.

(C) Of the considerable number of clothing retailers in Veltria who were having fi nancial diffi culties
before the start of the recession, virtually all were forced to go out of business during its first year.

(D) Clothing retailers in Veltria attempted to stimulate sales in the second year of the
recession by discounting merchandise.

(E) Relatively recession-proof segments of the clothing trade, such as work clothes, did not
suffer any decrease in sales during the fi rst year of the recession.

C为什么能解释在经济衰败的两年中不同的债务归还的比例
C选项应该如何翻译？？？我认为是，在大量的在经济萧条前有经济困难的服装零售商中，几乎所有的都在萧条的第一年被迫停业。
这句话怎么能解释第二年的债务偿还比例的增加呢？？？
如何啊如何

xfi883

那些在经济衰退开始以前就债务危机的零售商，基本上在第一年都倒闭了。

也即，第二年归还债务的是生存下来的零售商。那些倒闭的还是没还钱。

kobe198879

那些在经济衰退开始以前就债务危机的零售商，基本上在第一年都倒闭了。

也即，第二年归还债务的是生存下来的零售商。那些倒闭的还是没还钱。

-- by 会员 xfi883 (2010/11/13 23:21:27)

哇，那么第二年比例上升是因为已经刨除了第一年倒闭的零售商，对吗？？

xfi883

第一年比例下降中的原因包含：因经济衰退而不能归还债务的+非因经济衰退而不能归还的；
第二年比例上升的原因是：因衰退而不能归还债务的都按时还钱了。

sdcar2010

It is a very simple logic. Suppose you have a basket of apples, both good and bad.  In the first year, the recession helped you to remove most of the bad apples.  Then in the second year, you found that the percentage of bad apples in the basket is much lower that that in the first year (assuming the good apples in the first year did not change into bad apples in the second year).

Answer C just says that.

gesteven

Thx, ~~ this makes sense to me.

ccfrank

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