背景信息:经济衰退,企业缩减operations。由于学校是businesss的一种,所以也受到影响。经济一衰退,就会减少教师数量。 论 据:Vargonia has just introduced a legal requirement that education in government-funded schools be available, free of charge, to all Vargonian children regardless of the state of the economy, and that current student-teacher ratios not be exceeded. 即:法律规定 1.公立学校在任何时候向学生免费开放 2.学生老师比例不超过现在的值(学生增加,老师必增加) 结 论:any future recessions in Vargonia will probably not reduce the availability of teaching jobs at government-funded schools。 由以上两条保证了衰退期不会减少公立学校的老师 A说目前的学生老师比要高于最近一次衰退时的数值,也就是说,现在雇的老师并不多,比上次衰退时还少。这样就加强结论:衰退期再也不会减少公立学校的老师
In general, jobs are harder to get in times of economic recession because many businesses cut back operations. However, any future recessions in Vargonia will probably not reduce the availability of teaching jobs at government-funded schools. This is because Vargonia has just introduced a legal requirement that education in government-funded schools be available, free of charge, to all Vargonian children regardless of the state of the economy, and that current student-teacher ratios not be exceeded.
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
The current student-teacher ratio at Vargonia’s government-funded schools is higher than it was during the most recent period of economic recession.
During recent periods when the Vargonian economy has been strong, almost 25 percent of Vargonian children have attended privately funded schools, many of which charge substantial fees.
Nearly 20 percent more teachers are currently employed in Vargonia’s government-funded schools than had been employed in those schools in the period before the last economic recession.
Teachers in Vargonia’s government-funded schools are well paid relative to teachers in most privately funded schools in Vargonia, many of which rely heavily on part-time teachers.
During the last economic recession in Vargonia, the government permanently closed a number of the schools that it had funded.