92. The following is taken from an editorial in a local newspaper.
“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.”
當?shù)貓蠹埖纳缯摚?BR> 過去的10年里，桔類水果的價格實際上上升了。11年前，Megamart每個檸檬要價5分，現(xiàn)在一般要價為30分一個。過去11年只有一年不適合桔類水果生長。顯然，柑桔種植者應該對桔類水果價格過度上漲負責。為防止他們繼續(xù)哄抬價格規(guī)范價格規(guī)定很有必要。
1， 小范圍推大范圍。
2， 忽略他因，是否只有一種因素導致價格上升——不適合生長。。。還有，比如環(huán)境保護，加工價格上升，人力成本上升，或者單純的物價上漲。。。monetary inflation, increased distribution and labor costs, or alterations in supply and demand conditions
1， 檸檬缺乏代表性，或者說，檸檬有其特殊性，譬如檸檬都是進口的，比較貴；
2， 天氣好不一定代表物價要低，因為種植柑橘的農(nóng)民已經(jīng)動用了可用的資源了，產(chǎn)量無法再多了；
3， 是否物價高就是農(nóng)民肆意抬高的緣故，可能是dealers在其中的作用；
4， 政府是否要介入，雖然價格變貴了，但是targeted customers沒有變化，對整個國民經(jīng)濟影響不大
In this editorial the author argues for the imposition of strict pricing regulations in order to prevent citrus growers from continued inflation of prices of citrus fruit. The need for such regulation is supported by the author’s contention that citrus growers have been unnecessarily raising prices of citrus fruit in the past. The evidence for this allegation is the fact that the price of lemons at Megamart has increased from 15 cents per pound to over a dollar a pound during the preceding 11-year period. The author maintains that this increase is unjustifiable because weather conditions have been favorable to citrus production in all but one of those years. This argument is flawed for several reasons.
First and foremost, the author assumes that the only factor that influences the price of citrus fruit is the weather. Other factors such as monetary inflation, increased distribution and labor costs, or alterations in supply and demand conditions are completely ignored as possible sources for the increase. The charge that citrus growers have unnecessarily raised prices can be sustained only if these and other possible factors can be completely ruled out as contributing to the price increases. Since the author fails to address these factors, the recommendation calling for strict pricing regulations can be dismissed out of hand (adv. 無法控制, 脫手, 告終, 立即) as frivolous.
Second, the author assumes that the only way to combat increased prices is through government intervention. In a free enterprise system many other means of affecting the pricing of goods are available. For example, boycotting a product and thereby influencing supply and demand conditions of the commodity is an effective means of influencing the price of the product. In a free market economy the call for price regulation by the government should occur only when all other means to rectify the problem have been exhausted.
In conclusion, the author’s argument is unconvincing. To strengthen the argument it would be necessary to show that the only factor influencing the price increases is the growers’ desire for increased profits.
“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.”
當?shù)貓蠹埖纳缯摚?BR> 過去的10年里，桔類水果的價格實際上上升了。11年前，Megamart每個檸檬要價5分，現(xiàn)在一般要價為30分一個。過去11年只有一年不適合桔類水果生長。顯然，柑桔種植者應該對桔類水果價格過度上漲負責。為防止他們繼續(xù)哄抬價格規(guī)范價格規(guī)定很有必要。
1， 小范圍推大范圍。
2， 忽略他因，是否只有一種因素導致價格上升——不適合生長。。。還有，比如環(huán)境保護，加工價格上升，人力成本上升，或者單純的物價上漲。。。monetary inflation, increased distribution and labor costs, or alterations in supply and demand conditions
1， 檸檬缺乏代表性，或者說，檸檬有其特殊性，譬如檸檬都是進口的，比較貴；
2， 天氣好不一定代表物價要低，因為種植柑橘的農(nóng)民已經(jīng)動用了可用的資源了，產(chǎn)量無法再多了；
3， 是否物價高就是農(nóng)民肆意抬高的緣故，可能是dealers在其中的作用；
4， 政府是否要介入，雖然價格變貴了，但是targeted customers沒有變化，對整個國民經(jīng)濟影響不大
In this editorial the author argues for the imposition of strict pricing regulations in order to prevent citrus growers from continued inflation of prices of citrus fruit. The need for such regulation is supported by the author’s contention that citrus growers have been unnecessarily raising prices of citrus fruit in the past. The evidence for this allegation is the fact that the price of lemons at Megamart has increased from 15 cents per pound to over a dollar a pound during the preceding 11-year period. The author maintains that this increase is unjustifiable because weather conditions have been favorable to citrus production in all but one of those years. This argument is flawed for several reasons.
First and foremost, the author assumes that the only factor that influences the price of citrus fruit is the weather. Other factors such as monetary inflation, increased distribution and labor costs, or alterations in supply and demand conditions are completely ignored as possible sources for the increase. The charge that citrus growers have unnecessarily raised prices can be sustained only if these and other possible factors can be completely ruled out as contributing to the price increases. Since the author fails to address these factors, the recommendation calling for strict pricing regulations can be dismissed out of hand (adv. 無法控制, 脫手, 告終, 立即) as frivolous.
Second, the author assumes that the only way to combat increased prices is through government intervention. In a free enterprise system many other means of affecting the pricing of goods are available. For example, boycotting a product and thereby influencing supply and demand conditions of the commodity is an effective means of influencing the price of the product. In a free market economy the call for price regulation by the government should occur only when all other means to rectify the problem have been exhausted.
In conclusion, the author’s argument is unconvincing. To strengthen the argument it would be necessary to show that the only factor influencing the price increases is the growers’ desire for increased profits.