72.What Went Wrong

　　A Japanese company and an American company had a boat race, the Japanese won by a mile. The Americans hired analysts² to figure out what went wrong. They reported that the Japanese had one person managing and seven rowing, while the Americans had seven managing and only one rowing. The American company immediately restructured its team. Now they had one senior manager, six management consultants⁴ and one rower.

　　In the rematch the Japanese won by two miles. So the American company fired the rower.

Notes:

　　(1) analyst¹ n.分析家

　　(2) figure out 想出；演算出

　　(3) restructure v.重组

　　(4) consultant³ n.顾问

Exercises:

根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：

　　① For the first time in the boat race, the Japanese won by two miles.

　　② The American company hired Japanese analysts to find out what went wrong.

　　③ The Japanese team had two persons managing and five rowing.

　　④ In the rematch the Japanese won by one mile.

　　⑤ The American company fired the rower.

72.问题出在哪里

　　一家日本公司和一家美国公司进行了一场划船比赛。日本队赢了一英里。美国人便请来了分析家探讨问题出在哪里。他们的报告说日本队有一人掌舵七人划桨，而美国队是七人掌舵一人划桨。美国公司立刻对队伍进行了重组。这次他们有一个高级舵手、六个舵手顾问、一个划桨员。

　　在第二次比赛中，日本队赢了两英里。因此，美国公司解雇了划桨员。

练习参考答案：

①F②F③F④F⑤T

1 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

2 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

3 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。

4 consultants   

顾问( consultant的名词复数 )； 高级顾问医生，会诊医生

参考例句：

• a firm of management consultants 管理咨询公司
• There're many consultants in hospital. 医院里有很多会诊医生。