GWD4-15

elephantsmall

Business Consultant:Some corporations shun the use of executive titles because they fear thatthe use of titles indicating position in the corporation tends to inhibit communication up and down the corporate hierarchy.Since an executive who uses a title is treated with more respect by outsiders, however, use of a title can facilitate an executive’s dealings with external businesses.Clearly, corporations should adopt the compromise of encouraging their executives to use their corporate titles externally but not internally, since even if it is widely known that the corporation’s executives use titles outside their organization, this knowledge does not by itself inhibit communication within the corporation.


In the consultant’s reasoning, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

• The first describes a strategy that has been adopted to avoid a certain problem; the second presents a drawback to that strategy.
• The first describes a strategy that has been adopted to avoid a certain problem; the second is a consideration raised to call into question the effectiveness of that strategy as a means of achieving that goal.
• The first describes a strategy that has been adopted to avoid a certain problem; the second is a consideration the consultant raises in questioning the significance of that problem.
• The first is part of an explanation that the consultant offers for a certain phenomenon; the second is that phenomenon.
• The first describes a policy for which the consultant seeks to provide a justification; the second is a consideration the consultant raises as part of that justification.
  Answer: A
  我选的B。
  第二个不是可以把第一个的effectiveness给否决掉了么

chensong211

the first:the goal of shunning the  use of executive titles :防止因为titles对公司内部的communication产生负面影响。而shun是可以防止这个现象产生。

the second:use of a title can facilitate an executive’s dealings with external businesses. it is the advantage of using the title,that means, at the same time, it is also the drawback of shunning the use of executive title. the second does not refer to the effectiveness of the that strategy(shun...) as a means of achieving that goal.
提出的是一个drawback,对外部有影响，并未质疑说shun不能很好达到解决公司内部communication的问题。

elephantsmall

谢谢你的解释，我明白咯

SiyangWu

A.The first presents an obstacle to achieving a certain goal; the second presents a reason for considering that goal to be undesirable.
B. The first is a consideration that has led to the adoption of a certain strategy; the second presents a reason against adopting that strategy.

选B吧~

Goal: 不用title (黑脸讲原因）, however，用title 有好处(黑脸）
结论：用title在外部，不在内部

第一个黑脸明显是帮助说明为啥不用title, 不可能是obstacle to (不用title)...

过去讨论帖这题的答案是B
虽然B把这个(不用title)解释为一个strategy，但A的obstacle有点太明显。。。

SiyangWu

注：这个GOAL不是指交流通畅，因为那样就和A的second part对不上号了