人力资源经理给X公司的经营主管的备忘录：
去年，我们向员工调查他们认为X公司应该进行的改进，让他们把改进按重要性排列。结果列印为一张可能的改进的表格。根据调查中员工的反应，“加强员工和管理层的沟通”重要性，稳居调查表之首。如你所知，那以后我们建立了由高层管理人员组织，雇员可以自愿参加的常规交流会。因此，看来X的多数员工认为最应该进行的改进已经完成了。
提供观点：
1. The result of a last year’s survey does not necessarily represent the improvement most needed of this year.
2. How was the survey held has not been illustrated by the author， thus making the conclusion groundless.
3. Whether the implement of the mentioned resolution is right or wrong is still unkonwn， it is still too early to say the improvement has been made.
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37. The following appeared in a presentation by the chief production manager of a machine parts manufacturing company at a management meeting：
“Our factory in Cookville is our most advanced and efficient. It is capable of producing ten drill bits for each dollar of production costs， whereas none of our other factories can produce more than seven drill bits per dollar 38.
过去十年橘类水果价格涨了很多，Magamart的柠檬价格在10年前是5美分现在是30美分，而且在过去的十一年中只有一年有天气影响收成，所以应该制定严格的价格规范来控制Grower的乱涨价来谋取暴利。
考古：No.92“Over the past decade， the price per pound of citrus fruit has increased
substantially. Eleven years ago， Megamart charged 15 cents a pound for lemons，
but today it commonly charges over a dollar a pound. In only one of these last
11 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.”
当地报纸的社论：
过去的10年里，桔类水果的价格实际上上升了。11年前，Megamart每个柠檬要价5分，现在一般要价为30分一个。过去11年只有一年不适合桔类水果生长。显然，柑桔种植者应该对桔类水果价格过度上涨负责。为防止他们继续哄抬价格规范价格规定很有必要。
提供观点：
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；
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
39. 一个产品中年人占消费者的39%，年轻人占消费者的25%。随着中年人在未来二十年的迅猛增长。这个公司应该要调整产品的生产，用吸引中年人的产品替代年轻人的产品。
原题：The following appeared in the opinion column of a financial magazine.
“On average， middle-aged consumers devote 39 percent of their retail expenditure to department store products and services， while for younger consumers the average is only 25 percent. Since the number of middle-aged people will increase dramatically within the next decade， department stores can expect retail sales to increase significantly during that period. Furthermore， to take advantage of the trend， these stores should begin to replace some of those products intended to attract the younger consumer with products intended to attract the middle-aged consumer.”
