PP1-10

[vantreal]

10. (25259-!-item-!-188;#058&001774)

Jennifer: Video rental outlets in Centerville together handled 10,000 fewer video rentals in 1994 than in 1993. The decline in rentals was probably due almost entirely to the February 1994 opening of Videorama, the first and only video rental outlet in the area that, in addition to renting videos, also sold them cheaply.

Brad: There must be another explanation: as you yourself said, the decline was on the order of 10,000 rentals. Yet Videorama sold only 4,000 videos in 1994.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the force of the objection that Brad presents to Jennifer's explanation?

(A) In 1994 Videorama rented out more videos than it sold.
(B) In 1994 two new outlets that rent but that do not sell videos opened in Centerville.
(C) Most of the video rental outlets in Centerville rent videos at a discount on certain nights of the week.
(D) People often buy videos of movies that they have previously seen in a theater.
(E) People who own videos frequently loan them to their friends.

這個選項完全沒有rent/sell等keyword,
要選真的沒有太大的頭緒,
請高手們解釋一下吧~~

[linwenying]

我不是從keyword下手的 所以可能沒辦法正面回答你問題

Bred主張購買video的數量只有4000個, 但出租數卻下降10000個,中間差異無法解釋
而E剛好就解釋了為何賣4000個會使減少10000個出租數
(因為有人購買後,會借給朋友看,朋友們就不用去租了)

[vantreal]

謝謝您的解釋.

只不過我覺得(E)說 people who "own"....... ( "擁有"這個動作感覺好像可以發生在decline前或後, 並沒有state 清楚的發生時間, 讓人很疑惑).

如果(E) 改為 In 1994, people who purchased videos frequently loaned them to their friends.
可能還比較好理解一點.....

[linwenying]

謝謝您的解釋.

只不過我覺得(E)說 people who "own"....... ( "擁有"這個動作感覺好像可以發生在decline前或後, 並沒有state 清楚的發生時間, 讓人很疑惑).

如果(E) 改為 In 1994, people who purchased videos frequently loaned them to their friends.
可能還比較好理解一點.....

不客氣.希望能多點討論,互相切磋. 不過,題目有提到你的疑惑唷....如下:
The decline in rentals was probably due almost entirely to the February 1994 opening of Videorama, the first and only video rental outlet in the area that, in addition to renting videos, also sold them cheaply.

[dibert8]

開新店是個"假動作".葫蘆裡賣的是'否定賣 video 造成 decline'

J: decline 因為 V 開店賣 video
B: 賣的 video 比 decline 少 (i.e. decline 不是因為賣 video)

考題第一個選項就針對"假動作"而來: V 租比賣多 (V 租出較多 video, 過度推論一下,造成競爭 => 中計了!)
(B) (C) (D) 全來呼弄的,很容易排除. (E) 不確定; 出題者只要把考生陷在 (A) (E) 運用"假動作"讓人傾向選 (A) 就成功了.

(E) 放諸哪一年皆準,不知道跟 1993, 1994 有什麼關係?跟 V 開店賣 video 有什麼關係?可是它是較佳選項. (A) 的'租比賣多'(又奈何?)無法正中否定 B .但是足夠讓人想 5 分鐘最後還選了下去(i.e. 花時間還錯!) 其實 (E) 何止放諸哪一年皆準, (E) 放諸四海皆準!

很無厘頭的題目:自有的 video 一定是從 V 買來的嗎?

[dibert8]

真抱歉!把出題官說得如此邪惡,也許他只是活在象牙塔裡的小白兔--想著為 4000 到 10000 間的落差找個理由.

[kaijen]

我也覺得(A)真的很像答案
如果V租的比賣的還多 是不是暗示另外C減少的6000支影帶都是V租出去的
(E)說顧客買了影帶可以借給朋友看 也可以解釋C減少的6000支影帶是因為分享造成的
那到底要如何決定(E)比較好呢?

[hey]

答案(A)只說1994 videorama租出比售出還多, 但沒有說多多少...可能只有多1, 所以這個答案無法weaken也無法support.
答案(E)會比較好

[ivawu]

開新店是個"假動作".葫蘆裡賣的是'否定賣 video 造成 decline'

J: decline 因為 V 開店賣 video
B: 賣的 video 比 decline 少 (i.e. decline 不是因為賣 video)

考題第一個選項就針對"假動作"而來: V 租比賣多 (V 租出較多 video, 過度推論一下,造成競爭 => 中計了!)
(B) (C) (D) 全來呼弄的,很容易排除. (E) 不確定; 出題者只要把考生陷在 (A) (E) 運用"假動作"讓人傾向選 (A) 就成功了.

很無厘頭的題目:自有的 video 一定是從 V 買來的嗎?

想請問這一題，
（A）選項還可以輕易排除，
卻困在（D）和（E）中，
（D）是說買影片的人通常是看過電影的人才去買，
所以買或不買其實都不會去租，
所以V賣出的片子數量對出租量下降無關，是嗎？

謝謝~~

[dibert8]

(D) 只給買的條件,沒有給租的條件,看起來推不出"買或不買其實都不會去租",覺得這個買的條件對租沒有影響.

[chris8888]

Jennifer: Video rental outlets in Centerville together handled 10,000 fewer video rentals in 1994 than in 1993. (比起93年, 94年一起所經銷的video rentals少了1萬個)The decline in rentals was probably due almost entirely to the February 1994 opening of Videorama, the first and only video rental outlet in the area that, in addition to renting videos, also sold them cheaply(這句話, 因為也賣的很便宜 : 找跟賣掉有關的行為 -- 賣掉被拿去借人).

Brad: There must be another explanation: as you yourself said, the decline was on the order of 10,000 rentals. Yet Videorama sold only 4,000 videos in 1994.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the force of the objection that Brad presents to Jennifer's explanation?

(A) In 1994 Videorama rented out more videos than it sold.
買賣相比無法推翻
(B) In 1994 two new outlets that rent but that do not sell videos opened in Centerville.
兩家店只租不賣, 有點支持的立場, 錯
(C) Most of the video rental outlets in Centerville rent videos at a discount on certain nights of the week.
折價的促銷行為, 無關
(D) People often buy videos of movies that they have previously seen in a theater.
人們的行為無關
(E) People who own videos frequently loan them to their friends.
充分, 因為Brad說雖然賣掉的才4000, 它認為不會影響出租, 但這句話說會借給朋友, 這4000個出租出去的人, 只要平均借2.5的人出去, 就10,000了. 也可以說明為什麼出租會減少將近10,000了.