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雷哥GMAT在线网络课程之2月GMAT作文机经1.航空公司减少航线【本月原始】某airlinecompany（P打头），某报告说过去一年原油价格上涨，而P公司呢他们还expanditsoperation（新开了一些航线），P公司经理了profit的decline，通过我们的分析，发现原油价格上涨对行业影响是普遍的，而某些公司却报告了盈利增加，对比P公司和盈利增加的公司，唯一的区别就是P新开了航线，因此，新开航线影响了P公司的盈利，如果要提升利润，我们recommendremove掉去年新开的航线【考古原题】V1.说一个航空公司的去年profit下降了，然后说因为两个原因：1.去年油价上升了。2.去年增加了一些飞机。但是呢，别个航空公司都面临油价上升，但profit增加了，所以导致该航空公司profit下降的原因一定就是飞机的数量增加了。所以为了今年要增加profit，就减少飞机数量。V2.作文是email.一个航空公司的利润fellover20%说的是航油价上涨和新买5架飞机导致的，since航油大家（airline）都在涨，所以两个原因中一定有一个是利润下降的原因，那就是买飞机导致利润下降【参考思路】1.充分必要条件：flightexpansion是profit减少的唯一条件？也有可能是乘客减少，2.错误类比：其他公司increasetheirprofitability不一定就是减少numberofflight，也许是他们的服务更好，顾客更喜欢选择他们公司；或是3.无根据假设：Decreaseflightexpansion一定会使profit上升？虽然减少航班数量，可以减少overallcost，但是revenuefromtheseflights也是同样减少。2.ParkHill商业计划【本月原始】在parkhill区的披萨店、电影院和高尔夫俱乐部过去两年发展很好，所以XX公司今年应该投资另外一个区的另外三家店，并且采取消费两家店可以获得第三家折扣的措施，可以让每个店都获利并且最大化回报【考古原题】ThefollowingappearedaspartofthebusinessplanoftheCapitalIdeainvestmentfirm:AcrosstownintheParkHilldistrict,theThespianTheater,PizzazzPizza,andtheNiblickGolfClubhaveallhadbusinessincreasesoverthepasttwoyears.CapitalIdeashouldthereforeinvestintheRoxyPlayhouse,theSlice-o'-Pizza,andtheDivotGolfClub,threenewbusinessesintheIrongatedistrict.Asacondition,weshouldrequirethemtoparticipateinaspecialprogram:Anycustomerwhopatronizestwoofthebusinesseswillreceiveasubstantialdiscountatthethird.Bymotivatingcustomerstopatronizeallthree,wewillthuscontributetotheprofitabilityofeachandmaximizeourreturn.【参考思路】1.错误类比：PH地区与I地区不同，在PH地区成功的business在I地区不一定成功，人口，habit等不同。2.因果关系：即使这三种business会成功，那么这特定的三家店也不一定能成功，还要看该店的经营、销售、服务等等。3.无根据假设：即使捆绑三个店，顾客也不一定会每个店都去消费。4．Profit除了与销售量有关，与成本也有关，不能单纯因为去的人可能增加就认为profit会增加，还要考虑成本、折扣等等。【参考范文】TheargumentstatesthatifbymotivatingcustomerstopatronizeallthreeBusinessesofCapitalInvestment,theprofitabilityofeachbusinesswillincreaseandmaximizereturnforCapitalinvestment.ToachievethisthefirmproposestoinitiateaprogramwhereifacustomerpatronizestwooftheBusinesses,hewillreceivesubstantialdiscountonthethird.Howeverthereareseveralassumptionsthattheargumentisbasedonforwhichitdoesnotgivesufficientevidence.Firstly,Theargumentassumesthatpeoplewillnototherwisegotoallthethreeplacesiftheygotothetwoplaces.Thereisnoevidencetosupportthisassumption.Forexample,certaindemographicgroupsmayenjoywatchingtheatre,playinggolfandmayliketoeatoutaswellfrequently.Theymaynotselecttwooutofthethree.Sobygivingthemheavydiscountonsomethingthattheywouldhaveanywayschosenmayactuallynegativelyimpacttheprofits.Secondly,theargumentgivestheexampleofthesuccessofthethreebusinessesintheParkHalldistrict.Howeveritdoesnotclearlystatethereasonsbehindthesuccessofthebusinessesthere.ItappearsthatCapitalIdeaselectedthesebusinessestoinvestspecificallyfortheuniquecombinationwhichtheyfoundtobesuccessfulinParkHilldistrict.Ifthisisthecasethenthethreebusinessesarecomplementarytooneanotherandhencetheywillsucceedasagroup.Sothereseemsnoreasontoexplicitlyaskcustomertopatronizethethreeatthecostofadiscount.Inconclusiontheargumentisflawedfortheabovementionedreasons.Itcanbestrengthenedifmoreevidenceisgiventosubstantiatewhytheproposedprogramwouldwork.Withoutthesetheargumentremainsunconvincingandopentodebate.3.工作建议【本月原始】V1讲的是一个报纸写了关于career的advice：作者建议有stableofficejob的人，千万不要辞职当self-employedworker.有以下原因：1.self-employed的人在家工作有很多distraction，例如phonecall,noisyneighbor,和householdchore.2.self-employed的人notlikelytosetschedule，所以他们会procrastinate或者notworking.3.self-employed的人在家工作，会sociallyandprofessionallyisolated,所以他们的advancement会受到limit.因此，officejob肯定好且leadtomoreearning.4.奢侈汽车销售战略【本月原始】Thebusinessmanagerofalocalautodealershiprecommendedthefollowinginamemotothedealership’sowners:“DuringthemonthofJune,whenweadvertisedourluxuryautomobilemodelsinthelocalnewspapersandplacedtheminprominentpositionsonourlotandinourshowroom,combinedsalesforbothluxurymodelsandourmoreinexpensivemodelsreachedthehighestpointfortheyear.InFebruary,whenwefocusedouradvertisementsonourinexpensivemodelsandfeaturedthemonourlotandinourshowroom,overallsaleswerelower.Clearly,ifwewanttomaximizeourprofits,weneedtoputourluxurylinefrontandcenterinamoreprominentposition,year-round.Theluxurylineclearlyattractspotentialconsumerswho,oncetheysetfootonourautolot,purchaseawidevarietyofautomobilesthatgeneraterevenueforthisdealership.【考古原题】一个卖汽车的，有luxurymodel和inexpensivemodel。这个dealership的在June为他的luxurymodel做广告，并且将luxurymodel放到他们展厅的中间位置，然后June的thecombinedsalesofbothmodels就很高很高，然后之前在February的时候，该dealership是为inexpensivemodel做广告并且放到展厅中间位置来着，结果那个月的thecombinedsalesofbothmodels非常low。基于此，这个manager就认为，应该坚持六月份的策略，为luxuryModel做广告并且放到展厅中间，并且要这样做year-round。【参考思路】1.二者选一：Thebusinessmanagersimplyfocusesonthetwoextremes–thatthedealershipshouldadvertiseluxuryvehicles,orthatthedealershipshouldadvertiseinexpensivevehicles.Themanagerfailstoacknowlegdeandanalyzethepossiblyofamixedmarketingcampaign.2.无根据假设：Advertisementsontheluxuryautomobileclearlyattractspotentialconsumers.Itshouldbebetterevaluatedbyanalyzingthesalesdataandbyaskingcustomersabouttheirpurchasingdecisions.3.错误类比：Theauthorunfairlymaketheconclusiontha