有没有同学也在做GWD TN 16的呀？
25题，问作者suggests which of the following about the New York Socialists’ commitment to the cost-of-living movement
GWD的答案给的是D，但是我觉得应该选A
文章中明确有一句话是这样说的：.Underneath the Socialists’ brief commitment to cost-of-living organizing lay a basic indifference to the issue itself.
其中brief不就是说时间短嘛~A选项说的正是It lasted for a relatively short period of time
而D选项说什么 A.It coincided with their attempts to bring more women into union organizing.我觉得从文章来看，其实socialist根本就没有对这个cost-of-living行动有任何真正的commitment,就更别提conincide啦
有没有人和我一样觉得答案错啦？ 作者: pye348789 时间: 2012-5-13 09:58
我把文章和题目贴上来吧
文章是
GWD25-Q25 to 28
In mid-February 1917 a women’s movement independent of political affiliation erupted in New York City, the stronghold of the Socialist party in the United states. Protesting against the high cost of living, thousands of women refused to buy chickens, fish, and vegetables. The boycott shut down much of the City’s foodstuffs marketing for two weeks, riveting public attention on the issue of food prices, which had increased partly as a result of increased exports of food to Europe that had been occurring since the outbreak of the First World War.
By early 1917 the Socialist party had established itself as a major political presence in New York City. New York Socialists, whose customary spheres of struggle were electoral work and trade union organizing, seized the opportunity and quickly organized an extensive series of cost-of-living protests designed to direct the women’s movement toward Socialist goals. Underneath the Socialists’ brief commitment to cost-of-living organizing lay a basic indifference to the issue itself. While some Socialists did view price protests as a direct step toward socialism, most Socialists ultimately sought to divert the cost-of-living movement into alternative channels of protest. Union organizing, they argued, was the best method through which to combat the high cost of living. For others, cost-of-living or organizing was valuable insofar as it led women into the struggle for suffrage, and similarly, the suffrage struggle was valuable insofar as it moved United States society one step closer to socialism.
Although New York’s Socialists saw the cost-of-living issue as, at best, secondary or tertiary to the real task at hand, the boycotters, by sharp contrast, joined the price protest movement out of an urgent and deeply felt commitment to the cost-of-living issue. A shared experience of swiftly declining living standards caused by rising food prices drove these women to protest. Consumer organizing spoke directly to their daily lives and concerns; they saw cheaper food as a valuable end in itself. Food price protests were these women’s way of organizing at their own workplace, as workers whose occupation was shopping and preparing food for their families
题目是这样的
Q25
The author suggests which of the following about the New York Socialists’ commitment to the cost-of-living movement?
It lasted for a relatively short period of time.
It was stronger than their commitment to the suffrage struggle.
It predated the cost-of-living protests that erupted in 1917.
It coincided with their attempts to bring more women into union organizing.
It explained the popularity of the socialist party in New York City.
brief commitment 不等于commitment lasted for a relatively short period of time.
承诺简短，不是说履行承诺的时间短，而是承诺内容简短，只说做，并没有详细到怎么做，因为主要目的不是这个。作者: trackofheart 时间: 2012-5-15 06:33
同意楼主的说法，文中并没有提到时间。不过个人觉得这里的commitment是指the attitude of someone who works very hard to do or support something，也就是socialist想搞这事儿正好可以同时将更多的妇女拉入伙作者: mustard12 时间: 2012-5-15 20:37
For others, cost-of-living or organizing was valuable insofar as it led women into the struggle for suffrage
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