1. stan_yu 760; tatashishi; AppleStrudel 3次
The following appeared as part of a recommendation from the business manager of a department store.
“Local clothing stores reported that their profits decreased, on average, for the three-month period between August 1 and October 31. Stores that sell products for the home reported that, on average, their profits increased during this same period. Clearly, consumers are choosing to buy products for their homes instead of clothing. To take advantage of this trend, we should reduce the size of our clothing departments and enlarge our home furnishings and household products departments.” （pool第72题）
提纲：
1. A period of three month is too short to draw a general conclusion of the overall trend.
2. The past three months' trend does not guarantee the same in the future.
3. Whether the reports from the local clothing stores and stores that sell products for the home are reliable or not are still open to doubt, thus making the author's suggestion groundless.作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:46
2. mollymolly 730；ponyoveronica; girlwithwings 3次
The following is taken from an editorial in a local newspaper.
“Over the past decade, the price per pound of citrus fruit has increased substantially. Eleven years ago, Megamart charged 5 cents apiece for lemons, but today it commonly charges over 30 cents apiece. In only one of these last eleven years was the weather unfavorable for growing citrus crops. Evidently, then, citrus growers have been responsible for the excessive increase in the price of citrus fruit, and strict pricing regulations are needed to prevent them from continuing to inflate prices.” (pool第92题)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:46
提纲：
1. 小范围推大范围。
2. 忽略他因，是否只有一种因素导致价格上升——不适合生长。。。还有，比如环境保护，加工价格上升，人力成本上升，或者单纯的物价上涨。。。monetary inflation, increased distribution and labor costs, or alterations in supply and demand conditions
3. Nicewill; 哈哈柚; ssdd; 遗失的紫水晶; fanxinchao; silence05 6次
The following appeared in a memorandum from the owner of Carlo’s Clothing to the staff.
“Since Disc Depot, the music store on the next block, began a new radio advertising campaign last year, its business has grown dramatically, as evidenced by the large increase in foot traffic into the store. While the Disc Depot’s owners have apparently become wealthy enough to retire, profits at Carlo’s Clothing have remained stagnant for the past three years. In order to boost our sales and profits, we should therefore switch from newspaper advertising to frequent radio advertisements like those for Disc Depot.” (pool第124题)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:47
1. The foot trafic into the store and the increase of owners' personal wealth can not indicate the business growth of the Disc Depot.
2. The author commits a fallacy of all things are equal.
3. The author commits a fallacy of false analogy.
4. Other factors other than the radio advertisement that may contribute to the business growth of Disc depot should be considered and ruled out. Likewise, it is possible that there are some other reasons can explain the stagnant profit of carlo's clothing.作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:47
4. 已合并至3。
5. aioloseros
The argument was about a paragraph from a restaurant business newsletter about small franchise restaurants.
A small restaurant owner, George, opened a pita restaurant in a college town Sallon. His restaurant has been quite successful for the last 2 years. So he decided to open another 3 restaurants in nearby cities and towns. He also plans to promote his 3 employees who have been trained under him to be the managers of the new restaurants. He expects his profits will trip after all restaurants are opened.作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:47
6. nininana; gmatethan; mikeandy 3次
The following appeared in an article in the health section of a newspaper.
“There is a common misconception that university hospitals are better than community or private hospitals. This notion is unfounded, however: the university hospitals in our region employ 15 percent fewer doctors, have a 20 percent lower success rate in treating patients, make far less overall profit, and pay their medical staff considerably less than do private hospitals. Furthermore, many doctors at university hospitals typically divide their time among teaching, conducting research, and treating patients. From this it seems clear that the quality of care at university hospitals is lower than that at other kinds of hospitals.” (pool第43题)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:48
7. volcanobird; kittymiao3 2次
Greentree Grocers has been experiencing high sales volume but decreasing profit margin. Its customers are wealthy people looking for gourmet food and luxury shopping experience, so it must cut costs without hurting the customers' shopping experience. So it plans to layoff 10 employees per store and eliminate expensive displays and free samples. In addition, it will partner with XX Cafe to have a coffee shop in each store. This is supported by a recent survey that the Grocers and the Cafe attract similar types of customers. The conclusion is that Greentree Grocers will experience high sales volume as well as high profit margin.作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:48
9. 桐聆; wy007 daibing126 3次
感谢kkjj2222提供原题
The following is part of a business plan created by the management of the Megamart grocery store.
“Our total sales have increased this year by 20 percent since we added a pharmacy section to our grocery store. Clearly, the customer’s main concern is the convenience afforded by one-stop shopping. The surest way to increase our profits over the next couple of years, therefore, is to add a clothing department along with an automotive supplies and repair shop. We should also plan to continue adding new departments and services, such as a restaurant and a garden shop, in subsequent years. Being the only store in the area that offers such a range of services will give us a competitive advantage over other local stores.” (pool第44题)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:49
提纲：
1. Other reason that might have caused the increase
2. Stores specializing in one service might be able to offer things at a lower price, thus the megamart gained no advantage.
1. First of all, the argument suffers from the fallacy of “ after this, therefore because of this”
2. Granting that the increase in total sales was due to the addition of the pharmacy section, this fact alone is insufficient to support the claim that adding more departments will increase sales even further.
wide range of services VS increase profits over the couple of years 1.pharmacy section ≠ 20% total sales increased
2.only from the fact that 20% sales increased ≠ a commen realtionship of all customers
3.pharmacy section ≠ clothing dept./automotive supplies/repairshop
4.pharmacy secion + wide range of services costs high ≠ benefits and profits increase
5.the Pharmacy section cannot be considered as a trend of the future cusomers, it is possible that in subsequent years, people are more concerned with the special services of grocery store.作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:49
10. 已合并至1。
11. rudder26 710
感谢金毛大男孩提供原题
The following appeared in a letter from a part-owner of a small retail clothing chain to her business partner:
“Commercial real estate prices have been rising steadily in the Sandida Heights neighborhood for several years, while the prices in the adjacent neighborhood of Palm Grove have remained the same. It seems obvious, then, that a retail space in Sandida Heights must now be much more expensive than a similar space in Palm Grove, which was not the case several years ago. So, it appears that retail spaces in Sandida Heights are now overpriced relative to those in Palm Grove. Therefore, it would be in our financial interest to purchase a retail space in Palm Grove rather than in Sandida Heights.” (pool B6)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:50
12. hahaafeng
The following appeared in a memorandum from the business department of the Apogee Company.
“When the Apogee Company had all its operations in one location, it was more profitable than it is today. Therefore, the Apogee Company should close down its field offices and conduct all its operations from a single location. Such centralization would improve profitability by cutting costs and helping the company maintain better supervision of all employees.” (pool第2题)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:50
13. joey19880204
The following appeared in a memorandum to a team developing accounting software for SmartPro Software, Inc.:
“Currently, more professional accountants use SmartPro accounting software than any other brand. However, in the market for personal accounting software for non-professionals to use in preparing their income tax returns, many of our competitors are outselling us. In surveys, our professional customers repeatedly say that they have chosen SmartPro Software because our most sophisticated software products include more advanced special features than competing brands. Therefore, the most effective way for us to increase sales of our personal accounting software for home users would clearly be to add the advanced special features that our professional software products currently offer.” (pool B9)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:50
14. 0222008; DCdaisy; kenhu; kalinda; elaine_yzz; jenniferwong 5次
The following appeared as part of an annual report sent to stockholders by Olympic Foods, a processor of frozen foods.
“Over time, the costs of processing go down because as organizations learn how to do things better, they become more efficient. In color film processing, for example, the cost of a 3-by-5-inch print fell from 50 cents for five-day service in 1970 to 20 cents for one-day service in 1984. The same principle applies to the processing of food. And since Olympic Foods will soon celebrate its twenty-fifth birthday, we can expect that our long experience will enable us to minimize costs and thus maximize profits.” (pool 第1题)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:50
提纲：
1. false analogy: The food industry is not analogous to the color film industry.
2. causal oversimplification: Other factors that may contribute t to the cost decline of the printing cost should be considered and ruled out.
3. gratuitous assumption: The conclusion of the argument is based on a gratuitous assumption that the company can minimize cost and maximize profit because the company has been conducted for 25 years.
1. 错误类比：color film processing和processing of food不相同。problems of spoilage, contamination, and timely transportation都只影响food 不影响film.
2. 同时，忽略他因。是否是因为组织更有效率才使COST下降的？很可能是material necessary for the process下降了价钱。所以，两者更不同。
gratuitous assumption：二十五年不代表学到了很多。很可能什么都没学到，或者技术已经out of date.作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:51
15. venus2elva
The following appeared as part of a plan proposed by an executive of the Easy Credit Company to the president.
“The Easy Credit Company would gain an advantage over competing credit card services if we were to donate a portion of the proceeds from the use of our cards to a well-known environmental organization in exchange for the use of its symbol or logo on our card. Since a recent poll shows that a large percentage of the public is concerned about environmental issues, this policy would attract new customers, increase use among existing customers, and enable us to charge interest rates that are higher than the lowest ones available.” (pool第34题)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:51
提纲：
1.环保组织所提供的标识所关心的方面和民众所关心的方面可能不一致
2.关心环保问题不意味着他们就一定会采取一些具体的措施象是在这个例子里面购买这个公司的产品
The author assumes that the public's concern about environmental issues will result in its taking steps to do something about the problem-in this case, to use the Easy Credit Company credit card.
3.权衡了额外付出的成本和收益之后并不一定值得这么做.
1.首先，关心环境的人，不一定是使用信用卡的。第二，关心环境问题的人，关心的issues不一定与该组织的相同。
2.因果关系不明确：不一定人们关心环保就一定用使用信用卡的方式来表达。因为More often，人们可能采取更加直接的方式，比如直接donate money to the environmental organization.
3.另外，利润率关系到收入和支出，很可能两个比较收入小于支出。作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:52
16. hvfgrpwk
The following appeared as part of a newspaper editorial.
“Two years ago Nova High School began to use interactive computer instruction in three academic subjects. The school dropout rate declined immediately, and last year’s graduates have reported some impressive achievements in college. In future budgets the school board should use a greater portion of the available funds to buy more computers, and all schools in the district should adopt interactive computer instruction throughout the curriculum.” (pool第14题)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:52
提纲：
1. 没有排除他因。很可能是学校出台的policy要求老师上课认真，学生更加勤奋导致的。同时发生不能说明因果。stricter discipline applied last year.
2. 还有其他的比如加入新课引起学生的兴趣等等。counseling and training programs
3. 错误类比，其他的学校情况跟这个不一定相同。比如很可能是艺术类等文科院校，而这个是科学类的，所以不同。
4. 过去推将来，不对。很可能短暂的interest之后学生会失去兴趣。或者别的什么情况发生了变化。
OverSimplification--the decline in the school dropout rate and the use of interactive computer instruction do not necessarily imply causality
All Thing Equal--just because the computers worked in one subject does not mean that they will work in all subjects, so they might not want to implement it "throughout the curriculum"
InsufficientSample--the evidence the author provides is insufficient to support the conclusion drawn from it. The fact that some graduates reported some impressive achievements in college does not necessarily allow us to establish the general conclusion that the computer instruction is helping students to achieve success. Unless it can be shown that the school does not usually produce graduates who report impressive achievments, and it can also be shown that the computer instruction influenced the students to make those achievements the conclusion drawn is unwarranted.
A. First of all, this argument commits a fallacy of post hoc, ergo propter hoc.
B. Second, the conclusion is based on the gratuitous assumption that Nova High School’s “success” in using interactive computer instruction in only three subjects would ensure a similar sweeping success in adopting computer instruction throughout the curriculum of all schools in the district.作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:52
17. xiangyanyan; hikarugaara 2次
The following appeared as part of a business plan by the Capital Idea Investment firm.
“Currently more and more books are becoming available in electronic form — either free of charge on the Internet or for a very low price per book on CD-ROM.* People who would not pay bookstore prices will now have access to whatever book they want from their home or work computers. Consequently, literary classics are likely to be read more widely than ever before: 72 percent of those responding to a recent online survey said they would read books in electronic form, and 81 percent said they believed that reading classic works was important. Given this newly developing market, we should invest in E-Classics, a new company that sells electronic versions of literary classics.” (pool第106题)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:53
提纲：
1. More accesses to cheaper books do not necessarily guarantee the desire to read classics.
2. the survey is doubtful
3. It is hard to make profit when there are so many E-books available on the net.作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:53
18. pattern; serene301 2次
The following appeared as part of an article in a weekly newsmagazine.
“The country of Sacchar can best solve its current trade deficit problem by lowering the price of sugar, its primary export. Such an action would make Sacchar better able to compete for markets with other sugar-exporting countries. The sale of Sacchar’s sugar abroad would increase, and this increase would substantially reduce Sacchar’s trade deficit.” (pool第40题)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:53
19. likesunny; daier; lukeshi88; euphoriaK; jack3939889 5次
上月的作文狗，cereal的那个，75%的人觉得味道比较好，还有包含Vitamin K，这个特点应该表现在新的包装上~
考古
V1 the Cunch(貌似) Breakfast cereal contain 20% more nutrients than any other cereal in the city XXX. Moreover, in the survey conducted by us, 75% consumers prefer to the taste of Cunch Breakfast cereal than other cereal products. However, 消费者似乎并没有显著的青睐这个cereal。Therefore, in order to increase the sales, we should redesign the front of the Cunch Breakfast box with detailed information about the two features mentioned above(即多20%的营养，75%认为口味出众) (题库里没找到) 3次
V2说一个cereal的厂家的备忘录：认为该厂出产的cereal的一大优势是包含vitamin K。另外在一项调查中，有75%的人表示喜欢cereal口味。但是现在销售量降低。建议在做广告中更换包装盒，并注明该cereal的两大优势（就是包 含vitamin k和口味好）。
V3 一下来自公司营销总监的备忘录：一家生产cereal 公司生产的cereal含有的维生素k的数量比竞争对手都要多20%，而且一项调查显示75%的顾客认为该公司生产的cereal比竞争对手都要好，但是 该公司的销售量并不高。因此营销总监建议公司重新对包装盒进行设计，把该产品含有比竞争对手20%的vitamin K 和上述的那个调查贴在包装盒上。
V4关于cereals 的， 第一句说our cereals contains more vitamin k preserving …第二个就用survey 75%consumers favor its tastes 。。后面就说为了增加sales 吸引更多的顾客 应该redesign the front of the ..box.作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:54
20. chenys1990
The following appeared in a memorandum from the CEO of a consumer electronics manufacturing firm to the head of the company's human resources department, who is responsible for hiring new employees:
“Eight years ago, our firm’s profits were increasing with each new employee we added. We discovered that each employee had the skills and motivation to generate more revenue for the firm than his or her salary cost us. However, for the past two years, our profit margin has been falling, even though we have continued to add employees. Thus, our newer employees are not generating enough revenue to justify their salaries. We must not be hiring new employees with the same level of skills and motivation as those we used to attract. Clearly, then, failures in the human resources department account for our falling profits.” (pool B4)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:54
提纲：
Firstly, the solution to the problem, mentioned in the article, rests on an oversimplified analysis of the issue. The author commits “after this, therefore, because of this” reasoning. The line of the reasoning is that because recruitment of new employees occurred before the success or failure of the firm, the former event is responsible for the latter. But this is fallacious reasoning unless all other prospective causes of the changes in the firm have been considered and ruled out.
For example, perhaps the main products of the firm took up most of the markets several years ago but lost the competitive edge in the past two years; or perhaps recently the costs of materials were much higher then before, squeezing the profits a lot. Therefore any reason aimed at addressing the problems of firm must be based on more thorough investigation to gather sufficient data , in order to narrow down and locate the actual cause of the problem.
Secondly, the author commits the fallacy of “all things are equal”. The fact that happened two years ago is not a sound evidence to draw a conclusion that the firm should not hire new employees. The author assumes without justification that the background conditions have remained the same at different times or at different locations. Given that the firm always needs large number of employees to enlarge the sale market, so without the employees who equip the qualities of high level of skills and motivation, the firm would commit larger lost; or that the firm recently recovered the market, leading to the increased need of the staff to make up the lost in the profits previously. Thus it is impossible to conclude without the evidence that whether the current conditions are the same as the conditions used to be two years ago.作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:54
22. sailing0831
6月商店摆奢侈品 拿奢侈品做广告 结果整个店里不管是奢侈品还是正常产品 卖得都好 但是当摆普通商品的时候 生意就不太好 经理就建议 一年到头摆奢侈品。
(考古)
V1: AUTOMOBILE——6月的销售策略是陈列LUXURY MODEL,打LUXURY MODEL的广告，然后COMBINED SALES剧烈上涨。2月陈列MORE INEXPENSIVE MODEL，打INEXPENSIVE MODEL的广告，OVERALL SALES下降。
经历的结论：应该继续6月的策略，因为只要顾客踏入AUTO LOT然后看到L MODEL就会被吸引然后购买。
V2 :6月份的时候公司进行了advertising on parking lots and show room of luxury automotibles. And the sales increased significantly for both luxury and inexpensive models. 这证明这种投放广告的方式是有效的, 可以同时带来高级汽车(luxury)和普通汽车(inexpensive) 的销售增加. However, in Feburary, 同样针对inexpensive models的广告活动,没有带来sales的增长. 因此,公司应该在以后的广告活动中put the luxury models in front并center at luxury modles. 这样,现行可以maximize profits.
V3：一个汽车公司在JULY 与FEB 两个月做广告卖汽车一个是有关豪华汽车的一个月是不贵的汽车的然后得出结论后面逻辑错误百出很好写。作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:55
23. theozhang
The following appeared in a memorandum from the Director of Human Resources to the executive officers of Company X.
“Last year, we surveyed our employees on improvements needed at Company X by having them rank, in order of importance, the issues presented in a list of possible improvements. Improved communications between employees and management was consistently ranked as the issue of highest importance by the employees who responded to the survey. As you know, we have since instituted regular communications sessions conducted by high-level management, which the employees can attend on a voluntary basis. Therefore, it is likely that most employees at Company X now feel that the improvement most needed at the company has been made.” (pool第64题)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:55
提纲：
(下文思路单一，两段都是谈调查方法的问题，还可以谈后半部分，“采取了措施就一定能达到目的吗？”)
1. The result of a last year's survey does not necessarily represent the improvement most needed of this year.
2. How was the survey held has not been illustrated by the author, thus making the conclusion groundless.
3. Whether the implement of the mentioned resolution is right or wrong is still unkonwn, it is still too early to say the improvement has been made.
25. gracetribe
去年，由于demand下降，原来经营traditional fuel的公司，like BXXX Corporation, 它的profits 和stock price都下降了 。但是，那些经营renewable energy的公司的profits 和stock price却大幅度上升了。Therefore, BXXX决定让公司的scientists在renewable energy方面进行research.这样公司的stock price和profits 就at least 不会下降，即使面对未来的demand下降。
考古
V1:去年全国的mining technology都状态低迷，而做Renewable energy的公司有不少都挺成功（列举了一些能源），因此Blastcom公司认为通过转变策略，devoting research to renewable engergy来盈利并升高公司股价是一定会成功.
V2:去年能源**整体下滑 但是一个Bolcom。。好像是这个公司呢却盈利了。。。原因是他将efforts switch from minering to renewable energy了。。于此同时呢 这个renewable energy的其他公司在未来盈利状况普遍看好（ 风能 太阳能等等）然后 于此这个BOLCOM 将来继续采用 new field strategy 未来将free from 利润的下滑作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:56
26. imwangpeina; wendy米
V1:一个advisor向一个国家的political leader建议说，因为nation parks 最近几年的游客数量下降了，而且又发现这些parks下面有丰富的煤矿，因此需要关闭旅游业，而在这些parks的地址上采矿，这样采矿的公司会向国家纳税，就可以弥补旅游业带来的亏损，并且因为这样会增加工作岗位，那么那些失业的旅游业工人也可以在这些工作岗位上工作，这样会降低失业率。
V2: W这个地方的经济是rely on tourism的，但是因为industry pollution,不能再吸引像以前那样多的游客了。幸运的是，又发现了煤的存在。mining companies 可以贡献很多的tax，然后又说了，without mining, W这个地方的revenue will decline.
考古
V1:有个国家（W开头）national parks 游客减少，因为工业污染增加。国家准备把national parks拿来mining来增加收入。mining公司也会给国家缴税和重新雇用之前在national park工作的人。所以为了增加revenue, W国家应该permit把national parks给mining company的建议
V2: AA是说一个经济依靠旅游的城市由于污染严重去玩的人少了，所以有人建议批准开发NATIONAL PARK里面的MINE，说这样可以拉动经济，THE MINING COMPANIES WILL PROVIDES MANY JOBS之类。
V3:是说W这个地方的国家公园已经不能像以前那样吸引很多游者了，所以导致W收入下降。然后有mining company发现这个国家公园有很多资源可以开采，有经济学家就提议不如让这些mining company过来投资开采，这样可以把W的收入从新提高。（大概是这个意思了之前没见过这题）
V4: national park以前是旅游胜地，现在因为pollution的关系，不再那么attractive. national park的revenue也下降了，所以想要mining company 加入，这样可以增加税收，并且会hire原来national park的工人。这样，national park的revenue就不会下降了。作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:56
27. wangjing726
有一个调查发现现在的人对健康饮食很有兴趣，而健康饮食的一个方法就是吃有机食品。于是一个健身机构的经理就说，要在每个机构里设置一个有机食品的店，这样的话就可以增加利润了。
考古
V1: 考到的是说一个gym做了一个调查，说他们的customers is interested in eating healthier.而organic food没有农药，很绿色。所以他们觉得要在他们的三个gym的location都开一个organic food section。并且说这个organic food的想法之前都没有人想到过。所以在nation大量推广这个想法之前，他们在自己的gym里开个organic food sections一定能提高他们的profits.
V2: A survey shows that our consumers are more cared about eating healthier. One way to eat healthy is to eat organic food, which is free of fertilizer and pesticide. Our city has no organic food store currently, so we can establish one in our city. We can open organic food store in our gyms so that we can expect that the profits of our gyms, which stayed the same for a year, would increase.作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:56
28.
Technology separate and a~~~（这单词我不认识，长的也许和alliance有点关系） people more than they serves to bring people together
29. 宋宋 Bluebird0100（2次）
The following appeared in the editorial section of a West Cambria newspaper.
“A recent review of the West Cambria volunteer ambulance service revealed a longer average response time to accidents than was reported by a commercial ambulance squad located in East Cambria. In order to provide better patient care for accident victims and to raise revenue for our town by collecting service fees for ambulance use, we should disband our volunteer service and hire a commercial ambulance service.” (pool第32题)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:57
A. In the first place, the arguer ignores other factors that might account for the longer average response time as revealed bu the recent review.
B. In the second place, the arguer infairly reduces better patient care to shorter response time to accidents.
C. Finally, the arguer fails to support the claim that hiring a commercial ambulance service would automatically raise revenue for West Cambria.作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:57
31. cherryruj; LIURAN1988 2次
Now is the perfect time to buy a house in our city. Over the past five years, average home prices in our region have nearly doubled. But average stock prices in the national stock market have actually declined over the same period. So homeowners have seen an increase in value for their housing investment during the last five years that far exceeds what they could have made by investing in the stock market. Our city’s resident can surely achieve a similar profit over the next five years. Furthermore, if residents invest in a home, they can enjoy the use of the home while its value increases, whereas money invested in stocks would not contribute to their quality of life in the same way that owning a home would. Therefore, all the residents of our city should invest their money in a home.作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:57
33 梦想守护者
The following appeared as part of a business plan created by the management of the Take Heart Fitness Center.
“After opening the new swimming pool early last summer, Take Heart saw a 12 percent increase in the use of the center by members. Therefore, in order to increase the number of our members and thus our revenues, which depend on membership fees, we should continue to add new recreational facilities in subsequent years: for example, a multipurpose game room, a tennis court, and a miniature golf course. Being the only center in the area offering this range of activities would give us a competitive advantage in the health and recreation market.” (pool No.108)作者: pansy 时间: 2010-8-26 21:58
34 koberoy
The following appeared in a memorandum fromthe development director of the Largo Piano Company.
“The Largo Piano Company has long beenknown for producing carefully handcrafted, expensive pianos used by leadingconcert pianists. During the past few years, however, our revenues havedeclined; meanwhile, the Allegro Musical Instrument Company introduced a lineof inexpensive digital pianos and then saw its revenues increase. In order toincrease Largo
’ssales and in fact outsell Allegro, we should introduce a line of digital pianosin a variety of price ranges. Our digital pianos would be likely to findinstant acceptance with customers, since they would be associated with theprestigious Largo name.”Discuss how well reasoned... etc.作者: chriswendy35 时间: 2010-8-27 22:08
