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joanrain

我认为应该选C

因为后面又有新的问题出来，那么肯定是降低了labor rates但是没有降低labor costs

joanrain

另外，它说产生了新的问题，并不一定是指compensation system产生的问题～

而是compensation system的changes造成的其他方面的问题，很明显是没有降低labor costs

puccamummy

以下是引用jefferyli在2004-7-29 15:10:00的发言：

精彩! 能否再看看E错在哪里？

E是没有基于原文的推测。如果consulting firm的专业范围更大点，可能情况就会更好些。这个虽然按常理可能没错，但原文没说这些事。

Kevin4U

A 是正确的。

最后一句：

Finally, to the

extant （extent??）that changes in compensation

(65)      create new problems, the consultants

will continue to have work solving the

problems that result from their advice.

可见，咨询公司并没有给出满意的解决办法，反而引发了很多新问题。

1. It often fails to bring about the intended changes in companies’ compensation systems.

Dinaxie

E 错的，原文的although.....their mainstay continues to说明不论公司经营范围大小，都changing compensation practices.

但是A中的intended changes 又很含糊，实在不行才选A.

zhoujian

我觉得E是不对的，因为文章说咨询公司之所以给manager这样的建议，是因为咨询公司出于自身利益的考虑，而并非是由于narrowly specialized引起的。

although some of these con-

sulting firms have recently broadened

their practices beyond the area of

compensation, their mainstay con-

     tinues to be advising companies on

changing their compensation practices.

上面这句说明即使专业化程度再广泛，咨询公司还是会出于自身利益考虑而advising companies on changing their compensation practices

不过同意楼上的，A似乎也不是很明确，怎么会是fails to bring about the intended changes in companies’ compensation systems，如果说fails to bring about the intended changes in companies’ labor cost还差不多

我又看了一下，觉得也许下面这段能成为支持A的理由

to the

extant that changes in compensation

     create new problems, the consultants

will continue to have work solving the

problems that result from their advice.

因为说产生新问题，所以说compensation的改变是不成功的，没达到预期目标。

所以勉强选A吧

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-12-6 22:55:03编辑过]

adelineyao

I would support A.

The reason for E to be incorrect is the following.

[ although some of these consulting firms have recently broadened their practices beyond the area of compensation, their mainstay continues to be advising companies on changing their compensation practices. ]  this means the consulting firm has already BROADENED their scope but they STILL ADVISED companies to change the compensation practice. Even though the consulting service is not so narrowly defined, they still follow the same advice - change the pay structure. therefore E is wrong. [Suggesting that a company’s performance can be improved in some other way than by altering its pay system may be empirically correct but contrary to the consultants’ interests.] this tells you that even though the consultants know that other methods may be empirically correct but they will not do it because it is againt their interst. Therefore E is not correct.

I cannot logically refute A's argement.

Hope that will help.  

seasnow

其实很清楚，注意提干的内容：the author…suggests…about…，所以要表明作者的负评价。Fails to是标志词。

zwt8564

同意楼上

cattsky

以下是引用zhoujian在2005-12-6 22:39:00的发言：

我觉得E是不对的，因为文章说咨询公司之所以给manager这样的建议，是因为咨询公司出于自身利益的考虑，而并非是由于narrowly specialized引起的。

我想在这里narrowly specialized和咨询公司的自身利益是有关系的:

正式因为咨询公司的业务范围不宽,要是他们建议客户一些他们尚不能提供的服务,不是自己砸自己饭碗吗?

在G的文章里,每句话都是前后有关联的,若没有,不就是罗嗦吗?