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summersmile

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Small-business groups are lobbying to defeat proposed federal legislation that would substantially raise the federal minimum wage. This opposition is surprising since the legislation they oppose would, for the first time, exempt all small businesses from paying any minimum wage.

Which of the following, if true, would best explain the opposition of small-business groups to the proposed legislation?

(A) Under the current federal minimum-wage law, most small businesses are required to pay no less than the minimum wage to their employees.

(B) In order to attract workers, small companies must match the wages offered by their larger competitors, and these competitors would not be exempt under the proposed laws.

(C) The exact number of companies that are currently required to pay no less than the minimum wage but that would be exempt under the proposed laws is unknown.

(D) Some states have set their own minimum wages---in some cases, quite a bit above the level of the minimum wage mandated by current federal law---for certain key industries.

(E) Service companies make up the majority of small businesses and they generally employ more employees per dollar of revenues than do retail or manufacturing businesses.

B is the best answer.

and choice E suggests that most small businesses should value the exemption.

看不通E选项和它的解释，那位NN帮忙翻译下？thx

甜橙

E：服务公司占小企业中的大部分。它们一般每块钱的收入比零售或制造企业雇佣更多的员工。

解释：E暗示大多数小企业应该从免除中获利。

waitingtoexhale

那我也想问一下，D选项OG上的解释非常含糊，它的不正确是不是在于它指的只是一种个别现象？

lawyer_1

E说多数small businesses 工资低，所以如果不需由最低工资的规定，对他们是最有利的，他们应该支持这个豁免（value the exemption），所以没理由反对立法，解释不了small businesses 反对的原因，故不是答案。OG的解释有时较粗造

kenshin

E是说，占到小公司的大多数的服务业公司每取得一美元收入，要比零售业和制造业雇佣更多的雇员，不是说他们的工资低，是说他们的人力成本占收入的比重大，因此工资水平高低对他们影响很大

所以OG说，E表明，他们应该value立法会撤消关于他们的最低工资的限制。

lawyer_1

“E是说，占到小公司的大多数的服务业公司每取得一美元收入，要比零售业和制造业雇佣更多的雇员，不是说他们的工资低，是说他们的人力成本占收入的比重大，因此工资水平高低对他们影响很大”KENSHIN的解释是对的，所以他们若没有最低工资限制，对他们有利。他们应该支持。

思谦

A不对是否是因为，A只说出了law的变化，而law变化后小企业的exempt就没有了，就必须付给工人minimum wage.这里并没有说出小企业为什么反对law没有改变前,小企业可以获得exempt的反对原因，即没有说出反对law的原因，只说出了反对没有exempt的原因，因此不对。（请问og中对A的解释是否可以这样理解）

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-7-31 21:43:02编辑过]

思谦

自己顶一下

ethyl

Under the current federal minimum-wage law, most small businesses are required to pay no less than the minimum wage to their employees.

A只说了现在要付多少的工资，并没有解释为什么小企业是反对这项立法的。所以不对。

这里并没有说出小企业为什么反对没有改变前小企业可以exempt是反对的原因

没看懂。能说得稍微明白一点吗？

思谦

不好意思，编辑过了，不知道讲明白了没有。