OG12 66

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66. To protect certain fledgling industries, the government of Country Z banned imports of the types of products
those industries were starting to make. As a direct result, the cost of those products to the buyers, several
export-dependent industries in Z, went up, sharply limiting the ability of those industries to compete effectively
in their export markets.
Which of the following conclusions about Country Z’s adversely affected export-dependent industries is best
supported by the passage?
(A) Profit margins in those industries were not high enough to absorb the rise in costs mentioned above.
(B) Those industries had to contend with the fact that other countries banned imports from Country Z.
(C) Those industries succeeded in expanding the domestic market for their products.
(D) Steps to offset rising materials costs by decreasing labor costs were taken in those industries.
(E) Those industries started to move into export markets that they had previously judged unprofitable.

看了之前几个讨论帖，仍然很难理解。 Profit margins in those industries were not high enough to absorb the rise in costs 什么意思？意思是说利润为负了吗？

"rofit margin can be explained as how much you can get from the sell after you pay all the cost. The passage says that because Country Z wanted to protect some industries, so it banned those products from outside. It makes the source of the products that these industries produce become smaller. Demand of that product was still the same, but the supply decreased, so the prices of those products went up.
To the buyers who needed those products to make things to sell out of Country Z, their cost went up.

The passage points out that the result was "Those export-dependent industries  lost ability to compete effectively in their export markets." Which means those export-dependent industries needed to rise their price of their products because of the cost rise. Clearly, once you rise the price of your products, it is harder to sell them. Therefore, no one wants to rise their price and lose ability to compete if there is any option.

A. states that, those industries lost the ability to compete( rise their price) becuase "rofit margins in those industries were not high enough to absorb the rise in costs mentioned above"

For example, you sell ice cream, the price is $5, cost of milk $1, other expense $1.  you earn $3 everytime.(profit margin)
However, one day, the cost of milk rises to $4, you earn nothing now because your profit margin is not high enough to absorb the rise in cost. So you need to rise your ice cream price and lose your competition ability (while other people still sell $5 ice cream) without choice. " (http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_CR/thread-531184-1-1.html?SearchText=OG12 66 )

这位兄台的解释，在下以为牵强。如果cost of milk is 3 dollars, still profitable,但是文中并未提及到底成本上升到何种程度， 我不明白为什么A选项一定正确。

再有某讨论里甚至引用了经济学中的原理，甚至是边际收益/成本。dear god!! 且不论边际收益/成本是不是本题讨论的内容，就算真的是，考场当中真的有时间细想吗？ 但是如何正确选出本题答案呢？ 另外有谁能帮忙用Lawyer办法来解题吗？我觉得那个办法没有可操作性，或者我还未得其法。

无心冒犯littlexian 朋友的，只是我真的认为你的解释不怎么有用，sorry。欢迎讨论。

九段泡面高手

先翻译楼主要求翻译的这句话（意译哈）：利润率（实际上这里就解释为“赚的钱”即可）不足以抵消你在cost方面的损失。你看翻译完这个答案不就呼之欲出了嘛

不足以抵消损失嘛，所以Z国的做法自然就消极的影响了这些出口企业的效益了对罢

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真心觉得这道题比较勉强

题目说的是compete in market
A说的是Profit margin
利润率和市场竞争力。。。额。。。