GMAT机经：2017年8月作文（至8.31）（十）.

　　2010.8.21——8.31 GMAT作文机经 AA篇

　　AA1 The following appeared as part of a recommendation from the business manager of a department store.

　　“Local clothing stores reported that their profits decreased, on average, for the three-month period between August 1 and October 31. Stores that sell products for the home reported that, on average, their profits increased during this same period. Clearly, consumers are choosing to buy products for their homes instead of clothing. To take advantage of this trend, we should reduce the size of our clothing departments and enlarge our home furnishings and household products departments

　　提纲：

　　1. A period of three month is too short to draw a general conclusion of the overall trend.

　　2. The past three months&apos trend does not guarantee the same in the future.

　　3. Whether the reports from the local clothing stores and stores that sell products for the home are reliable or not are still open to doubt, thus making the author&aposs suggestion groundless.

　　AA2 “Over the past decade, the price per pound of citrus fruit has increased substantially. Eleven years ago, Megamart charged 5 cents apiece for lemons, but today it commonly charges over 30 cents apiece. In only one of these last eleven years was the weather unfavorable for growing citrus crops. Evidently, then, citrus growers have been responsible for the excessive increase in the price of citrus fruit, and strict pricing regulations are needed to prevent them from continuing to inflate prices.”

　　提纲：

　　1. 小范围推大范围。

　　2. 忽略他因，是否只有一种因素导致价格上升——不适合生长。。。还有，比如环境保护，加工价格上升，人力成本上升，或者单纯的物价上涨。。。monetary inflation, increased distribution and labor costs, or alterations in supply and demand conditions

　　1. 柠檬缺乏代表性，或者说，柠檬有其特殊性，譬如柠檬都是进口的，比较贵;

　　2. 天气好不一定代表物价要低，因为种植柑橘的农民已经动用了可用的资源了，产量无法再多了;

　　3. 是否物价高就是农民肆意抬高的缘故，可能是dealers在其中的作用;

　　4. 政府是否要介入，虽然价格变贵了，但是targeted customers没有变化，对整个国民经济影响不大

　　AA3 The following appeared in a memorandum from the owner of Carlo’s Clothing to the staff.

　　“Since Disc Depot, the music store on the next block, began a new radio advertising campaign last year, its business has grown dramatically, as evidenced by the large increase in foot traffic into the store. While the Disc Depot’s owners have apparently become wealthy enough to retire, profits at Carlo’s Clothing have remained stagnant for the past three years. In order to boost our sales and profits, we should therore switch from newspaper advertising to frequent radio advertisements like those for Disc Depot.

　　提纲：

　　1. 人流量是否代表利润?

　　2. CARLO的停滞是否有其他原因

　　3. 错误类比。——服装与音像。

　　1. The foot trafic into the store and the increase of owners&apos personal wealth can not indicate the business growth of the Disc Depot.

　　2. The author commits a fallacy of all things are equal.

　　3. The author commits a fallacy of false analogy.

　　4. Other factors other than the radio advertisement that may contribute to the business growth of Disc depot should be considered and ruled out. Likewise, it is possible that there are some other reasons can explain the stagnant profit of carlo&aposs clothing.