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Many people believe that because wages are lower in developing countries than in developed countries, competition from developing countries in goods traded internationally will soon eliminate large numbers of jobs in developed countries. Currently, developed countries' advanced technology results in higher productivity, which accounts for their higher wages. Advanced technology is being transferred ever more speedily across borders, but even with the latest technology, productivity and wages in developing countries will remain lower than in developed countries for many years because developed countries have better infrastructure and better-educated workers. When productivity in a developing country does catch up, experience suggests that wages there will rise. Some individual firms in developing countries have raised their productivity but kept their wages (which are influenced by average productivity in the country's economy) low. However, in a developing country's economy as a whole, productivity improvements in goods traded internationally are likely to cause an increase in wages. Furthermore, if wages are not allowed to rise, the value of the country's currency will appreciate, which (from the developed countries' point of view) is the equivalent of increased wages in the developing country. And although in the past a few countries have deliberately kept their currencies undervalued, that is now much harder to do in a world where capital moves more freely.
The primary purpose of the passage is to
identify the origin of a common misconception
discuss the implications of a generally accepted principle
present information relevant in evaluating a commonly held belief
defend a controversial assertion against a variety of counterarguments
explain under what circumstances a well-known phenomenon occurs
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题目释义：
主旨题目
考点：
主旨（Main idea）
旨在考察我们对文章整体的把握程度，对文章的结构的分析能力和把控能力，以及对作者逻辑的判断。
文章的主要意思在上面已经提到了，这里不再赘述。
选项分析：
A选项： 验证一个共同的误解的起源。作者没有明确说明第一句是个误解，行文中也没有说明这个论证的起源。
B选项：讨论一个大家都接受的原理的含义。作者没有说明第一句暗含什么，只是说明这是大家的一个看法，下面的文章通篇都在说这个看法相关的一些信息。
C选项：Correct. 展示评估一个大众看法的相关信息。作者在后文其实暗含第一句提到的说法有些不妥，因为只要产量上升，原则上发展中国家的工人工资也会上升。所以是在评估第一段所提到的说法。
D选项：保护一个有争议的论断以免受众多的反对意见。相反的，作者在文中颇有偏向反对第一句表明的观点的意思。
E选项：解释在什么时候一个众所周知的现象会产生。文章中没有提及某种现象，就算把第一句的内容勉强当作现象，后文也并没有描述这个现象是怎么产生的。
Common belief|因为贸易全球化，且穷国工资低，所以穷国会抢富国人的工作。
开始评估这个argument: 各种迹象和证据表明穷国工资低，直到however提出新观点(套路)说其实穷国is likely to raise工资！后面furthermore➕and although支持这个新观点「工资不提高，穷国货币就升值，含义是工资其实还是提高了，一些穷国想人为贬值货币，ie. 让工资真的低，但是全球货币流通使其不可能，故还是工资高」！
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a phenomenon - 文章一般都会定义或者描述这个现象
Many people believe
A. 并没有identify the origin
C. a commonly held belief = because wages are lower in developing countries than in developed countries, competition from developing countries in goods traded internationally will soon eliminate large numbers of jobs in developed countries.
Many people believe that because wages are lower=> BELIEF.
many believed != accepted principle.
B: What's the effect of job eliminated by competition because of low wages?
文章：￥真的多吗？会涨吗？Tech有什么作用呀？
People belief: XXX >>> fact is XXX >>> possible explain >>>
文章的内容是引入一个观点，然后提出一个新的观点。分析这个观点为什么对，适用哪些情况，最后提出的一个例外也被否定了。总体是在表述一个观点，牵涉到对第一个观点的描述。
D，defend a controversial assertion against a variety of counterarguments捍卫一个有争议的评论，来反抗对它的大量的抗辩
文章的内容只是能表明第一句话提到的内容可能是错的，但并不涉及到捍卫，因为没有人说作者的观点是错的；也没用大量针对作者观点的抗辩需要他去反驳
C，present information relevant in evaluating a commonly held belief。主干既可以是展示信息，也可以是评估，即在评估一个common belief。这个common belief就是文章的第一句话，因为它是Many people believe，而作者的观点可以说是他自己的分析结果。
作者在评估第一句话显然比作者在捍卫他自己的宣称更能表达文章的目的。目的题，除了分析文章的语气和作者态度，对选项透露出来的语气也需要仔细体会。
implication 影响，作用
文章一开始给了一个common belief，然后给了发展中国家为什么wage低的原因（生产力），再辩证地阐述了发展中国家生产力和wage的关系（可能升可能不升），而并没有说这个common belief的含义或者可能的影响和作用，更多的是在解释原因和论述关系
identify 验证，没有验证
evaluate评估，词意中包含了质疑的部分，同时在作答的时候还要关注后面的动词，要将句子看完整
主旨题：reevaluate a traditional idea -Many people believe that because wages are lower in developing countries than in developed countries, competition from developing countries in goods traded internationally will soon eliminate large numbers of jobs in developed countries
许多人相信因为发展中国家的工资更低，来自发展中国家的贸易竞争很快会拿走发达国家的大量工作岗位
全文虽然第一段说到了发达国家的就业机会会因为和developing countries之间的竞争而被eliminated
之后都在讨论与之相关的发展中国家的工人工资问题（并没有再接着说发达国家的jobs）
本文的第一句很关键。
文章读懂了，但没逻辑框架没弄明白。
开头写了 many people believe blabala....然后后面提出不同的声音。。
appreciate 增值，即意味着少的钱买多的东西
primary purpose就是暗指第一句？