[問題]OG 13

[haijung]

Defense Department analysis worry that the ability of the United States to wage a prolonged war would be seriously endangered if the machine-tool manufacturing base shrinks further. Before the Defense Department publicly connected this security issue with the import quota issue, however, the machine-tool industry raised the national security issue in its petition for import quota

Which of the following, if true, contributes most to an explanation of the machine-tool industry's raising the issue above regarding national security?

(A) When the aircraft industries retooled, they provided a large amount of work for tool builders.
(B) The Defense Department is only marginally concerned with the effects of foreign competition on the machine-tool industry.
(C) The machine-tool industry encountered difficulty in obtaining governmental protection against imports on grounds other than defense.
(D) A few weapons important for defense consist of parts that do not require extensive machining.
(E) Several federal government programs have been designed which will enable domestic machine-tool manufacturing firms to compete successfully with foreign toolmakers.

Ans. (C)

我其實不是很理解這題是什麼意思? 雖然一變又一變的看過 答案(C)其實我只能單用petition來聯想. 因為無法得到政府的保護(對於要進口一事), 所以只能用陳情請願一招來尋求解決...

但是這和題目要如何連結呢? 題目問說下列選項哪個如果正確的話可以作為machine-tool industry提出該issue的最好解釋? (C)的答案感覺上, 就只有在說明為什麼machine-tool industry要陳情. 那題目說那一大斷到底是要做啥用的哇?

以上麻煩各位大大解惑~~

[Pufa]

題目說：
如果美國再延長戰爭的話，國內五金業就會掛掉。
但是，在戰爭威脅五金業的生存之前，外國五金目前的進口限制就會讓本國五金業先掛掉了。

問怎麼會搞成這樣？
C：
因為美國本土的五金業缺乏政府的保護。（外國五金進口限制如果太鬆的話，在面對傾銷的競爭之下，本土五金如果價錢低不過人家，就等著提早退休囉...）

[haijung]

非常感謝Pufa大大的回覆, 不過我想我理解到的句意和Pufa大大不太一樣, 我想那是造成我無法解題的原因.. 我就我理解的句意翻譯一下再請前輩指點~

國防部的分析家擔心, 如果五金業再繼續蕭條下去, 美國得以從事延長戰的能力將被嚴重危及. 在國防部公開把這項國安議題和進口限制議題連結之前, 五金業就已經在其針對進口限制的請願書中提到了國安議題.

ㄚ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
在寫出的過程中, 我想我可能瞭解為什麼了~ 讓我試著解釋一下...

題目問, 為什麼五金業會在其請願書中提到國安議題?
(C)的意思: 五金業之前一直無法得到政府保護, 所以他們特別提到了國安議題, 希望可以得到政府重視.

五金業不斷蕭條應該就是因為進口限制的關係(如Pufa大大提到, 可能進口限制太鬆), 所以他們試著尋求政府保護, 但是之前很多方法都沒有用, 這次祭出狠招, 直接點明政府如果再不重視, 那會嚴重影響國家安全. 所以OG上也解釋了: (C) explains that the industry turned to this issue because others tended to be ineffective to obtain governmental protection. (others我認為是指其他issue/方法)

請各位大大指教~~

PS. 我想幫忙推崇一下版規~ 大家一定要寫下思路, 因為有時候在一步一步寫下思路的同時, 你就可以自己找到答案了~ 就算沒有也讓大家容易了解盲點以便幫助~~

[Pufa]

你說的沒錯，
我對於題目的第一句看錯了。

[Ivan]

Answer (C): The machine-tool industry encountered difficulty in obtaining governmental protection against imports on grounds "other than defense".<-----other rather defense 請問如何翻成中文?不懂.....謝謝

[dibert8]

就是前面haijung所解釋的"之前很多方法都沒有用"---商業方法