81The following article appeared in a recent issue of a college newspaper.
"Among all students who graduated from Hooper University over the past five years, more physical science majors than social science majors found permanent jobs within a year of graduation. In a survey of recent Hooper University graduates, most physical science majors said they believed that the prestige of Hooper University's physical science programs helped them significantly in finding a job. In contrast, social science majors who found permanent employment attributed their success to their own personal initiative. Therefore, to ensure that social science majors find permanent jobs, Hooper University should offer additional social science courses and hire several new faculty members who already have national reputations in the social sciences."
82The following appeared as an editorial in one of Coleville's city newspapers.
"Even though a high percentage of Coleville City's businesses failed last year, we who live in Coleville City should keep in mind the fact that the Coleville region has attracted a great many new businesses over the last three years. It is well known that new businesses are, on average, much more likely to fail than are long-established ones, so the business failures should not be considered a sign of poor economic health. Indeed, many analysts regard the presence of a significant number of new companies among a region's businesses as a sign of economic health. Thus Coleville City appears to be in good, not poor, economic shape."
83The following appeared in a corporate planning memo at ABC Cereal Company, the makers of Better Bran cereal.
"Sales of Better Bran have declined in recent years, for reasons that management has now identified. First, Better Bran is a cereal with high sugar content, and recent research studies have found that most consumers say they are concerned about the amount of sugar added to their breakfast cereal. Second, the price of Better Bran has increased by 5 percent in each of the last three years. Therefore, to increase our company's profits we need to reduce the amount of sugar in Better Bran and lower Better Bran's price."
84The following appeared as part of a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.
"During her three years in office, Governor Riedeburg has shown herself to be a worthy leader. Since she took office, crime has decreased, the number of jobs created per year has doubled, and the number of people choosing to live in our state has increased. These trends are likely to continue if she is reelected. In addition, Ms. Riedeburg has promised to take steps to keep big companies here, thereby providing jobs for any new residents. Anyone who looks at Ms. Riedeburg's record can tell that she is the best-qualified candidate for governor."
85The following appeared as part of a memo from the manager of an automobile manufacturing company.
"Because the demand for our automobiles is expected to increase dramatically, we need to open a new manufacturing plant as soon as possible in order to continue to thrive. Our marketing projections indicate that 80 million people will want to buy our automobiles, yet our existing plant can only produce 40 million automobiles. The new plant can be opened on a part-time basis, with workers from our existing site rotating responsibilities, until an operational staff can be trained. A major airplane manufacturer was extremely successful using this part-time rotating strategy when it opened its new plant five years ago."
86The following appeared as an editorial in a local newspaper.
"In order to attract visitors to Central Plaza downtown and to return the plaza to its former glory, the city should prohibit skateboarding there and instead allow skateboarders to use an area in Monroe Park. At Central Plaza, skateboard users are about the only people one sees now, and litter and defaced property have made the plaza unattractive. In a recent survey of downtown merchants, the majority supported a prohibition on skateboarding in the plaza. Clearly, banning skateboarding in Central Plaza will make the area a place where people can congregate for fun or for relaxation."
87The following appeared in a newsletter from a political organization.
"In order to promote economic growth in the city, city residents should vote 'yes' on the state government's proposal to build a new expressway linking the outlying suburbs directly to the city center. A direct link to the city center will enable downtown businesses to receive deliveries more frequently, so that downtown retailers will no longer run out of stock and city manufacturers will not be affected by shortages of materials. Booming businesses will attract qualified workers from all over the state, workers who will be able to take advantage of the new expressway to commute to work in our city. In addition to these advantages, hundreds of workers will be employed to build the expressway, further stimulating the local economy!"
88The following appeared as part of a memo from the manager of a hazardous-waste disposal company.
"Our new plan will help us better protect our staff against exposure to toxic chemicals: We are fitting each new safety suit with an alarm that will sound in the main control booth when the suit is punctured. The control booth will notify the managers on duty, who will then take the necessary steps to ensure employees' safety. In addition to the obvious safety-related benefits, the fast reaction time will ensure minimal work stoppage and thus result in increased worker productivity and company profitability."
89The following appeared in a recommendation from the planning department of the city of Transopolis.
"Ten years ago, as part of a comprehensive urban renewal program, the city of Transopolis adapted for industrial use a large area of severely substandard housing near the freeway. Subsequently, several factories were constructed there, crime rates in the area declined, and property tax revenues for the entire city increased. To further revitalize the city, we should now take similar action in a declining residential area on the opposite side of the city. Since some houses and apartments in existing nearby neighborhoods are currently unoccupied, alternate housing for those displaced by this action will be readily available."
90The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.
"The members of the town school board should not be reelected because they are not concerned about promoting high-quality education in the arts in our local schools. For example, student participation in the high school drama club has been declining steadily, and this year the school board refused to renew the contract of the drama director, even though he had received many awards for his original plays. Meanwhile, over $300,000 of the high school budget goes to athletic programs, and the head football coach is now the highest-paid member of the teaching staff."
81在過(guò)去五年從Hooper大學(xué)畢業(yè)的所有學(xué)生中，自然科學(xué)專業(yè)的畢業(yè)生在畢業(yè)一年內(nèi)找到固定工作的人數(shù)要多于社會(huì)科學(xué)的畢業(yè)生。在對(duì)于Hooper大學(xué)近的畢業(yè)生的調(diào)查中，多數(shù)自然科學(xué)專業(yè)的學(xué)生說(shuō)他們認(rèn)為Hooper大學(xué)自然科學(xué)學(xué)科的聲望在他們找工作的過(guò)程中起到了極大的作用。相比之下，找到固定工作的社會(huì)科學(xué)畢業(yè)生則把他們的成功歸因于他們自己的能動(dòng)性。因此，為保證社科畢業(yè)生找到固定工作，Hooper大學(xué)應(yīng)該提供更多的社科課程并雇傭一些已經(jīng)在社科領(lǐng)域獲得全國(guó)聲譽(yù)的新教員。
82盡管Coleville市有很大比例的商業(yè)去年失敗了，居住在Coleville市的人們應(yīng)該記住這一事實(shí)：Coleville地區(qū)在過(guò)去三年中吸引了大量的新商業(yè)。眾所周知平均而言，新商業(yè)比有一定歷史的行業(yè)更容易失敗，因此去年的商業(yè)失敗不應(yīng)該被看作是經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況變壞的跡象。相反，很多分析家把一個(gè)地區(qū)商業(yè)中的大量新公司的存在看作是經(jīng)濟(jì)健康的標(biāo)志。因此Coleville市的經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況是良好的。
83 Better Bran的銷量在近幾年下降了，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層現(xiàn)已查明了原因。首先，Better Bran是一種含糖量較高的麥片，近的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，多數(shù)消費(fèi)者說(shuō)他們關(guān)注早餐麥片中所添加的糖的量。其次，Better Bran的價(jià)格在過(guò)去三年上漲了5%。因此，為增加公司的利潤(rùn)我們應(yīng)該減少Better Bran中的含糖量并降低其價(jià)格。
84在州長(zhǎng)Riedeburg在位的三年中，她證明了自己是一個(gè)合格的。自從她就任以后，犯罪減少了，每年創(chuàng)造的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)數(shù)量翻了一番，選擇在本州居住的人數(shù)也增加了。如果她再次當(dāng)選，這種趨勢(shì)很可能將會(huì)繼續(xù)下去。而且，Riedeburg說(shuō)要采取措施使大公司留在這里，從而為新居民提供就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。任何目睹了Riedeburg工作成就的人都會(huì)認(rèn)為她是州長(zhǎng)的佳人選。
85由于對(duì)我們生產(chǎn)的汽車的需求預(yù)計(jì)將有飛速增長(zhǎng)，我們需要盡快開(kāi)設(shè)一處新的制造工廠以保持繁榮。我們的市場(chǎng)計(jì)劃指出有8千萬(wàn)人將要買(mǎi)我們的車，而我們現(xiàn)有的工廠只能生產(chǎn)4千萬(wàn)輛。新的工廠可以部分時(shí)間運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)，讓我們現(xiàn)有工廠的職工輪班工作，直到新的員工被培訓(xùn)出來(lái)。一家大型飛機(jī)制造公司在五年前開(kāi)設(shè)了新工廠的時(shí)候使用了這種非全日輪班策略，取得了極大的成功。
86為使鬧市區(qū)中央廣場(chǎng)吸引更多的觀光者并回復(fù)該廣場(chǎng)以前的繁榮，我們市應(yīng)該禁止在那里玩滑板，讓滑板愛(ài)好者使用Monroe公園地區(qū)活動(dòng)。在中央廣場(chǎng)，人們可以看到的就是玩滑板的人，廢棄物和損毀的公物使廣場(chǎng)失去了往日的吸引力。在近對(duì)鬧市區(qū)商戶的調(diào)查中，大多數(shù)人都支持禁止在廣場(chǎng)玩滑板。顯然，在中央廣場(chǎng)禁止滑板將會(huì)使該地區(qū)成為人們可以聚集起來(lái)娛樂(lè)和休閑的場(chǎng)所。
87為促進(jìn)本市的經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)，市民應(yīng)該對(duì)州政府關(guān)于建造直接連接郊區(qū)和市中心的新高速路的提案投贊成票。到市中心的直接連接將使中心商業(yè)區(qū)的貨運(yùn)更加頻繁，從而中心區(qū)的零售商就不會(huì)再斷貨，市內(nèi)的生產(chǎn)商也不會(huì)受到材料短缺的影響。繁榮的商業(yè)將會(huì)從整個(gè)州吸引合格的工人，工人可以利用新的高速路在本市上班。除了這些好處，上百的工人將被雇傭修筑這條道路，進(jìn)一步促進(jìn)地方經(jīng)濟(jì)。
88我們的新計(jì)劃將幫助我們更好地保護(hù)員工避免有毒化學(xué)物質(zhì)的影響：我們?cè)诿恳患踩习惭b了報(bào)警裝置，當(dāng)安全服被刺穿時(shí)在總監(jiān)控室將會(huì)發(fā)出警報(bào)。監(jiān)控室將會(huì)通知值班經(jīng)理，他將采取必要步驟來(lái)保證員工的安全。除了這些顯而易見(jiàn)的安全方面的好處，第一反應(yīng)時(shí)間將會(huì)保證小的工作停頓，從而帶來(lái)工人效率和公司利潤(rùn)的提高。
89十年前，作為一項(xiàng)綜合城市改造項(xiàng)目的一部分，Transopolis市為了工業(yè)用途在快速路旁邊改造了一大片嚴(yán)重低于標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的住房。隨后，那里建立了若干工廠，犯罪率降低了，全市資產(chǎn)稅收入增加。為進(jìn)一步使城市重新繁榮，我們應(yīng)該在城市另一側(cè)的正在衰落的居住區(qū)采取類似的行動(dòng)。由于現(xiàn)有鄰近社區(qū)的一些住宅和公寓無(wú)人居住，這一行動(dòng)產(chǎn)生的搬遷戶的住所將有所保障。
90市學(xué)校委員會(huì)成員不應(yīng)該再次當(dāng)選，因?yàn)樗麄儾魂P(guān)心在我們地區(qū)學(xué)校促進(jìn)藝術(shù)教育的質(zhì)量。舉例而言，參加高中戲劇俱樂(lè)部的學(xué)生數(shù)量逐漸下降，今年校委拒絕與戲劇指導(dǎo)續(xù)約，盡管他以其原創(chuàng)劇作獲得過(guò)很多獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。同時(shí)，高中預(yù)算中超過(guò)三十萬(wàn)元用于體育項(xiàng)目，橄欖球總教練現(xiàn)在是全部教員中薪水高的人。
"Among all students who graduated from Hooper University over the past five years, more physical science majors than social science majors found permanent jobs within a year of graduation. In a survey of recent Hooper University graduates, most physical science majors said they believed that the prestige of Hooper University's physical science programs helped them significantly in finding a job. In contrast, social science majors who found permanent employment attributed their success to their own personal initiative. Therefore, to ensure that social science majors find permanent jobs, Hooper University should offer additional social science courses and hire several new faculty members who already have national reputations in the social sciences."
82The following appeared as an editorial in one of Coleville's city newspapers.
"Even though a high percentage of Coleville City's businesses failed last year, we who live in Coleville City should keep in mind the fact that the Coleville region has attracted a great many new businesses over the last three years. It is well known that new businesses are, on average, much more likely to fail than are long-established ones, so the business failures should not be considered a sign of poor economic health. Indeed, many analysts regard the presence of a significant number of new companies among a region's businesses as a sign of economic health. Thus Coleville City appears to be in good, not poor, economic shape."
83The following appeared in a corporate planning memo at ABC Cereal Company, the makers of Better Bran cereal.
"Sales of Better Bran have declined in recent years, for reasons that management has now identified. First, Better Bran is a cereal with high sugar content, and recent research studies have found that most consumers say they are concerned about the amount of sugar added to their breakfast cereal. Second, the price of Better Bran has increased by 5 percent in each of the last three years. Therefore, to increase our company's profits we need to reduce the amount of sugar in Better Bran and lower Better Bran's price."
84The following appeared as part of a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.
"During her three years in office, Governor Riedeburg has shown herself to be a worthy leader. Since she took office, crime has decreased, the number of jobs created per year has doubled, and the number of people choosing to live in our state has increased. These trends are likely to continue if she is reelected. In addition, Ms. Riedeburg has promised to take steps to keep big companies here, thereby providing jobs for any new residents. Anyone who looks at Ms. Riedeburg's record can tell that she is the best-qualified candidate for governor."
85The following appeared as part of a memo from the manager of an automobile manufacturing company.
"Because the demand for our automobiles is expected to increase dramatically, we need to open a new manufacturing plant as soon as possible in order to continue to thrive. Our marketing projections indicate that 80 million people will want to buy our automobiles, yet our existing plant can only produce 40 million automobiles. The new plant can be opened on a part-time basis, with workers from our existing site rotating responsibilities, until an operational staff can be trained. A major airplane manufacturer was extremely successful using this part-time rotating strategy when it opened its new plant five years ago."
86The following appeared as an editorial in a local newspaper.
"In order to attract visitors to Central Plaza downtown and to return the plaza to its former glory, the city should prohibit skateboarding there and instead allow skateboarders to use an area in Monroe Park. At Central Plaza, skateboard users are about the only people one sees now, and litter and defaced property have made the plaza unattractive. In a recent survey of downtown merchants, the majority supported a prohibition on skateboarding in the plaza. Clearly, banning skateboarding in Central Plaza will make the area a place where people can congregate for fun or for relaxation."
87The following appeared in a newsletter from a political organization.
"In order to promote economic growth in the city, city residents should vote 'yes' on the state government's proposal to build a new expressway linking the outlying suburbs directly to the city center. A direct link to the city center will enable downtown businesses to receive deliveries more frequently, so that downtown retailers will no longer run out of stock and city manufacturers will not be affected by shortages of materials. Booming businesses will attract qualified workers from all over the state, workers who will be able to take advantage of the new expressway to commute to work in our city. In addition to these advantages, hundreds of workers will be employed to build the expressway, further stimulating the local economy!"
88The following appeared as part of a memo from the manager of a hazardous-waste disposal company.
"Our new plan will help us better protect our staff against exposure to toxic chemicals: We are fitting each new safety suit with an alarm that will sound in the main control booth when the suit is punctured. The control booth will notify the managers on duty, who will then take the necessary steps to ensure employees' safety. In addition to the obvious safety-related benefits, the fast reaction time will ensure minimal work stoppage and thus result in increased worker productivity and company profitability."
89The following appeared in a recommendation from the planning department of the city of Transopolis.
"Ten years ago, as part of a comprehensive urban renewal program, the city of Transopolis adapted for industrial use a large area of severely substandard housing near the freeway. Subsequently, several factories were constructed there, crime rates in the area declined, and property tax revenues for the entire city increased. To further revitalize the city, we should now take similar action in a declining residential area on the opposite side of the city. Since some houses and apartments in existing nearby neighborhoods are currently unoccupied, alternate housing for those displaced by this action will be readily available."
90The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.
"The members of the town school board should not be reelected because they are not concerned about promoting high-quality education in the arts in our local schools. For example, student participation in the high school drama club has been declining steadily, and this year the school board refused to renew the contract of the drama director, even though he had received many awards for his original plays. Meanwhile, over $300,000 of the high school budget goes to athletic programs, and the head football coach is now the highest-paid member of the teaching staff."
81在過(guò)去五年從Hooper大學(xué)畢業(yè)的所有學(xué)生中，自然科學(xué)專業(yè)的畢業(yè)生在畢業(yè)一年內(nèi)找到固定工作的人數(shù)要多于社會(huì)科學(xué)的畢業(yè)生。在對(duì)于Hooper大學(xué)近的畢業(yè)生的調(diào)查中，多數(shù)自然科學(xué)專業(yè)的學(xué)生說(shuō)他們認(rèn)為Hooper大學(xué)自然科學(xué)學(xué)科的聲望在他們找工作的過(guò)程中起到了極大的作用。相比之下，找到固定工作的社會(huì)科學(xué)畢業(yè)生則把他們的成功歸因于他們自己的能動(dòng)性。因此，為保證社科畢業(yè)生找到固定工作，Hooper大學(xué)應(yīng)該提供更多的社科課程并雇傭一些已經(jīng)在社科領(lǐng)域獲得全國(guó)聲譽(yù)的新教員。
82盡管Coleville市有很大比例的商業(yè)去年失敗了，居住在Coleville市的人們應(yīng)該記住這一事實(shí)：Coleville地區(qū)在過(guò)去三年中吸引了大量的新商業(yè)。眾所周知平均而言，新商業(yè)比有一定歷史的行業(yè)更容易失敗，因此去年的商業(yè)失敗不應(yīng)該被看作是經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況變壞的跡象。相反，很多分析家把一個(gè)地區(qū)商業(yè)中的大量新公司的存在看作是經(jīng)濟(jì)健康的標(biāo)志。因此Coleville市的經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況是良好的。
83 Better Bran的銷量在近幾年下降了，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層現(xiàn)已查明了原因。首先，Better Bran是一種含糖量較高的麥片，近的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，多數(shù)消費(fèi)者說(shuō)他們關(guān)注早餐麥片中所添加的糖的量。其次，Better Bran的價(jià)格在過(guò)去三年上漲了5%。因此，為增加公司的利潤(rùn)我們應(yīng)該減少Better Bran中的含糖量并降低其價(jià)格。
84在州長(zhǎng)Riedeburg在位的三年中，她證明了自己是一個(gè)合格的。自從她就任以后，犯罪減少了，每年創(chuàng)造的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)數(shù)量翻了一番，選擇在本州居住的人數(shù)也增加了。如果她再次當(dāng)選，這種趨勢(shì)很可能將會(huì)繼續(xù)下去。而且，Riedeburg說(shuō)要采取措施使大公司留在這里，從而為新居民提供就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。任何目睹了Riedeburg工作成就的人都會(huì)認(rèn)為她是州長(zhǎng)的佳人選。
85由于對(duì)我們生產(chǎn)的汽車的需求預(yù)計(jì)將有飛速增長(zhǎng)，我們需要盡快開(kāi)設(shè)一處新的制造工廠以保持繁榮。我們的市場(chǎng)計(jì)劃指出有8千萬(wàn)人將要買(mǎi)我們的車，而我們現(xiàn)有的工廠只能生產(chǎn)4千萬(wàn)輛。新的工廠可以部分時(shí)間運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)，讓我們現(xiàn)有工廠的職工輪班工作，直到新的員工被培訓(xùn)出來(lái)。一家大型飛機(jī)制造公司在五年前開(kāi)設(shè)了新工廠的時(shí)候使用了這種非全日輪班策略，取得了極大的成功。
86為使鬧市區(qū)中央廣場(chǎng)吸引更多的觀光者并回復(fù)該廣場(chǎng)以前的繁榮，我們市應(yīng)該禁止在那里玩滑板，讓滑板愛(ài)好者使用Monroe公園地區(qū)活動(dòng)。在中央廣場(chǎng)，人們可以看到的就是玩滑板的人，廢棄物和損毀的公物使廣場(chǎng)失去了往日的吸引力。在近對(duì)鬧市區(qū)商戶的調(diào)查中，大多數(shù)人都支持禁止在廣場(chǎng)玩滑板。顯然，在中央廣場(chǎng)禁止滑板將會(huì)使該地區(qū)成為人們可以聚集起來(lái)娛樂(lè)和休閑的場(chǎng)所。
87為促進(jìn)本市的經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)，市民應(yīng)該對(duì)州政府關(guān)于建造直接連接郊區(qū)和市中心的新高速路的提案投贊成票。到市中心的直接連接將使中心商業(yè)區(qū)的貨運(yùn)更加頻繁，從而中心區(qū)的零售商就不會(huì)再斷貨，市內(nèi)的生產(chǎn)商也不會(huì)受到材料短缺的影響。繁榮的商業(yè)將會(huì)從整個(gè)州吸引合格的工人，工人可以利用新的高速路在本市上班。除了這些好處，上百的工人將被雇傭修筑這條道路，進(jìn)一步促進(jìn)地方經(jīng)濟(jì)。
88我們的新計(jì)劃將幫助我們更好地保護(hù)員工避免有毒化學(xué)物質(zhì)的影響：我們?cè)诿恳患踩习惭b了報(bào)警裝置，當(dāng)安全服被刺穿時(shí)在總監(jiān)控室將會(huì)發(fā)出警報(bào)。監(jiān)控室將會(huì)通知值班經(jīng)理，他將采取必要步驟來(lái)保證員工的安全。除了這些顯而易見(jiàn)的安全方面的好處，第一反應(yīng)時(shí)間將會(huì)保證小的工作停頓，從而帶來(lái)工人效率和公司利潤(rùn)的提高。
89十年前，作為一項(xiàng)綜合城市改造項(xiàng)目的一部分，Transopolis市為了工業(yè)用途在快速路旁邊改造了一大片嚴(yán)重低于標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的住房。隨后，那里建立了若干工廠，犯罪率降低了，全市資產(chǎn)稅收入增加。為進(jìn)一步使城市重新繁榮，我們應(yīng)該在城市另一側(cè)的正在衰落的居住區(qū)采取類似的行動(dòng)。由于現(xiàn)有鄰近社區(qū)的一些住宅和公寓無(wú)人居住，這一行動(dòng)產(chǎn)生的搬遷戶的住所將有所保障。
90市學(xué)校委員會(huì)成員不應(yīng)該再次當(dāng)選，因?yàn)樗麄儾魂P(guān)心在我們地區(qū)學(xué)校促進(jìn)藝術(shù)教育的質(zhì)量。舉例而言，參加高中戲劇俱樂(lè)部的學(xué)生數(shù)量逐漸下降，今年校委拒絕與戲劇指導(dǎo)續(xù)約，盡管他以其原創(chuàng)劇作獲得過(guò)很多獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。同時(shí)，高中預(yù)算中超過(guò)三十萬(wàn)元用于體育項(xiàng)目，橄欖球總教練現(xiàn)在是全部教員中薪水高的人。