本地服裝店報(bào)告說(shuō)從8月1號(hào)到10月31號(hào)的3個(gè)月里他們的平均利潤(rùn)下降。銷(xiāo)售家庭用品的商店卻報(bào)告同期的平均利潤(rùn)上升。很明顯，顧客正選擇為他們的家里購(gòu)買(mǎi)用品而不是買(mǎi)衣物。為了利用這個(gè)趨勢(shì)，我們應(yīng)該縮減我們的服裝部規(guī)模而擴(kuò)大家庭裝飾和家務(wù)用品部

范文：Based upon sales reports over a three-month period that indicate an increase in profits for stores that sell products for the home and a decrease in profits for clothing stores， the business manager of a department store concludes that consumers are choosing to purchase home furnishings rather than clothing. On the basis of this conclusion， the manager recommends a reduction in the size of the clothing department and an increase in the size of the home-furnishings department. This recommendation is problematic in two critical respects.

In the first place， the author’s conclusion that consumers are choosing to buy products for their homes instead of clothing is based upon too small a sample. Data gathered from a three-month period is insufficient to establish the conclusion drawn from it. It is quite possible that the three-month period chosen is idiosyncratic and not representative of entire year’s sales. If so， reducing the size of the clothing departments and enlarging the home-furnishings departments may be a costly mistake.

In the second place， the data collected during the three month period may be biased. The fact that the data reflects sales in local stores is cause for concern. It is possible that the sales trend in a particular location is not representative of sales in other regions. For example， sales of clothing in Florida during the winter months are likely to be quite different from sales of clothing in Alaska during the same period.

In conclusion， this argument is not persuasive as it stands. A more convincing argument must provide additional sales data， collected at different periods of the year and at different locations， that substantiates the trend in question.

16. AA：

No.32 “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.”

提供觀(guān)點(diǎn)：

1. 對(duì)事故的反映時(shí)間誠(chéng)然是評(píng)價(jià)服務(wù)質(zhì)量的一個(gè)因素但并不是的因素。所以?xún)H僅因?yàn)闁|區(qū)的商業(yè)救護(hù)班的反映時(shí)間短就認(rèn)定商業(yè)救護(hù)辦的服務(wù)更好是gratuitous的。

2. 就算東區(qū)的商業(yè)班的服務(wù)質(zhì)量更好也并不意味著，西區(qū)用商業(yè)班就會(huì)有一樣的成效。因?yàn)闁|西區(qū)的情況是不同的。很可能西區(qū)的志愿者更有服務(wù)，獻(xiàn)身意識(shí)。

3. 此外除非商業(yè)班收十分昂貴的服務(wù)費(fèi)用或者有十分多的事故事實(shí)這些都是不可能的， 改成商業(yè)是不見(jiàn)得就可以給該鎮(zhèn)增加很多稅收的。所以把這一點(diǎn)作為理由是不正確的。

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