90.   Keith: Compliance with new government regulations requiring the installation of smoke alarms and sprinkler systems in all theaters and arenas will cost the entertainment industry $25 billion annually. Consequently, jobs will be lost and profits diminished. Therefore, these regulations will harm the country’s economy.

Laura: The $25 billion spent by some businesses will be revenue for others. Jobs and profits will be gained as well as lost.

Laura responds to Keith by ________.

(A) demonstrating that Keith’s conclusion is based on evidence that is not relevant to the issue at hand

(B) challenging the plausibility of the evidence that serves as the basis for Keith’s argument

(C) suggesting that Keith’s argument overlooks a mitigating consequence

(D) reinforcing Keith’s conclusion by supplying a complementary interpretation of the evidence Keith cites

(E) agreeing with the main conclusion of Keith’s argument but construing that conclusion as grounds for optimism rather than for pessimism

Argument Construction

Situation         Keith argues that the cost of new regulations will result in a loss of jobs and profits, hurting the national economy. Laura points out that while one industry will suffer, others will gain by supplying the goods and services required by the regulations.

Reasoning      What is the strategy Laura uses in the counterargument? Laura uses the same evidence, the S25 billion spent on meeting new regulations, but comes to a different conclusion. While Keith focuses on the losses to one industry, Laura looks at the gains to other industries. By suggesting a consequence that Keith did not mention, she places the outcome in a more positive light.

A     Laura accepts the relevance of Keith’s evidence and uses it herself when she replies that the $25 billion spent by some businesses will be revenue for others.

B      Laura does not challenge Keith’s evidence; she uses the same evidence as the basis of her own argument.

C     Correct. This statement properly identifies the strategy Laura employs in her counterargument. Laura points out that Keith did not consider that, in this case, losses for one industry mean gains for others.

D     Laura rejects rather than reinforces Keith’s conclusion; while he notes the losses in jobs and profits that will harm the economy, she points out that jobs and profits will be gained as well as lost.

E      Laura does not agree with Keith that the regulations will harm the national economy; she argues instead that gains in other industries will compensate for the losses in one industry.

The correct answer is C.

C为什么正确的就是没看懂，suggesting that Keith’s argument overlooks a mitigating consequence这句话要如何理解啊，我翻译出来就是keith的argument忽略了个缓和的后果...怪怪的

题目意思我明白，K说新规则伤害一些工业，而Laura说虽然伤害了，但是对另外一些工业好

K说： jobs will be lost and profits diminished

L说：Jobs and profits will be gained as well as lost，就是不是那么糟，LZ最

后句话不是已经理解对了么

suggesting that Keith’s argument overlooks a mitigating consequence

这句话要如何理解