61Humans arrived in the Kaliko Islands about 7,000 years ago, and within 3,000 years most of the large mammal species that had lived in the forests of the Kaliko Islands had become extinct. Yet humans cannot have been a factor in the species extinctions, because there is no evidence that the humans had any significant contact with the mammals. Further, archaeologists have discovered numerous sites where the bones of fish had been discarded, but they found no such areas containing the bones of large mammals, so the humans cannot have hunted the mammals. Therefore, some climate change or other environmental factor must have caused the species extinctions.
62The following appeared in a newspaper feature story.
At the small, nonprofit hospital in the town of Saluda, the average length of a patients stay is two days; at the large, for-profit hospital in the nearby city of Megaville, the average patient stay is six days. Also, the cure rate among patients in the Saluda hospital is about twice that of the Megaville hospital. The Saluda hospital has more employees per patient than the hospital in Megaville, and there are few complaints about service at the local hospital. Such data indicate that treatment in smaller, nonprofit hospitals is more economical and of better quality than treatment in larger, for-profit hospitals.
63The following appeared as a letter to the editor of a farming publication.
With continuing publicity about the need for healthful diets, and with new research about the harmful effects of eating too much sugar, nationwide demand for sugar will no doubt decline. Therefore, farmers in our state should use the land on which they currently grow sugar cane to grow peanuts, a food that is rich in protein and low in sugar. Farmers in the neighboring country of Palin greatly increased their production of peanuts last year, and their total revenues from that crop were quite high.
64The following appeared in a recommendation from the president of Amburgs Chamber of Commerce.
Last October the city of Belleville installed high intensity lighting in its central business district, and vandalism there declined almost immediately. The city of Amburg has recently begun police patrols on bicycles in its business district but the rate of vandalism there remains constant. Since high intensity lighting is apparently the most effective way to combat crime, we should install such lighting throughout Amburg. By reducing crime in this way, we can revitalize the declining neighborhoods in our city.
65The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Parkville Daily Newspaper.
Throughout the country last year, as more and more children below the age of nine participated in youth-league softball and soccer, over 80,000 of these young players suffered injuries. When interviewed for a recent study, youth-league softball players in several major cities also reported psychological pressure from coaches and parents to win games. Furthermore, education experts say that long practice sessions for these sports take away time that could be used for academic activities. Since the disadvantages apparently outweigh any advantages, we in Parkville should discontinue organized athletic competition for children under nine.
66It is known that in recent years, industrial pollution has caused the Earths ozone layer to thin, allowing an increase in the amount of ultraviolet radiation that reaches the Earths surface. At the same time, scientists have discovered, the population of a species of salamander that lays its eggs in mountain lakes has declined. Since ultraviolet radiation is known to be damaging to delicate tissues and since salamander eggs have no protective shells, it must be the case that the increase in ultraviolet radiation has damaged many salamander eggs and prevented them from hatching. This process will no doubt cause population declines in other species, just as it has in the salamander species.
67The following appeared in a memorandum from the planning department of an electric power company.
Several recent surveys indicate that homeowners are increasingly eager to conserve energy and manufacturers are now marketing many home appliances, such as refrigerators and air conditioners, that are almost twice as energy-efficient as those sold a decade ago. Also, new technologies for better home insulation and passive solar heating are readily available to reduce the energy needed for home heating. Therefore, we anticipate that the total demand for electricity in our area will not increase, and may decline slightly. Since our three electric generating plants in operation for the past 20 years have always met our needs, construction of new generating plants should not be necessary.
68The following recommendation was made by the Human Resources Manager to the board of directors of the Fancy Toy Company.
In the last three quarters of this year, under the leadership of our president, Pat Salvo, our profits have fallen considerably. Thus, we should ask for her resignation in return for a generous severance package. In Pats place, we should appoint Rosa Winnings. Rosa is currently president of Starlight Jewelry, a company whose profits have increased dramatically over the past several years. Although we will have to pay Rosa twice the salary that Pat has been receiving, it will be well worth it because we can soon expect our profits to increase considerably.
69The following is a letter to the editor of a news magazine.
Clearly, the successful use of robots on missions to explore outer space in the past 20 years demonstrates that robots could be increasingly used to perform factory work more effectively, efficiently, and profitably than human factory workers. The use of robots in factories would offer several advantages. First, robots never get sick, so absenteeism would be reduced. Second, robots do not make mistakes, so factories would increase their output. Finally, the use of robots would also improve the morale of factory workers, since factory work can be so boring that many workers would be glad to shift to more interesting kinds of tasks.
70The following appeared in a memorandum to faculty from the academic vice president of Waymarsh University.
So that we can better accomplish Waymarsh Universitys academic goals, we should adopt the job-opportunity program offered at Plateau Technical College and strongly encourage all students at Waymarsh to participate in it. The success of the job-op program at Plateau is evident: Over the past two years, more than 75% of the freshmen at Plateau have enrolled in the optional job-op program. Moreover, at Plateau, the grades of job-op students are consistently higher than those of other students, 90% of the job-op students receive job offers within a month after their graduation, and most former job-op students report much success in their careers.
71在过去，Patriot汽车的车型已经过时了，我们的汽车没有竞争对手的车卖的好。但现在，由于我国很多地区的新驾驶员数量飞速增加，我们可以通过向这一日渐增长的人群出售车辆来增加我们的市场份额。因此，我们应该停止生产最老的型号而集中力量生产新颖的汽车。我们也可以通过把我们的广告交给Youth广告公司来促进市场推广的成功，这家公司曾经为本国销量最大的软饮料进行过成功的促销。
72由于利润下降，我们必须压缩Armchair Video十家录像租赁店的营业开支。涨价并不是一个好选择，因为我们就是因特价销售而知名的。因此我们应该缩短营业时间。上个月我们位于闹市区Marston的店营业时间从以前的9点缩减到下午6点，并通过不再保留发行两年以上的电影来减少总库存量。由于我们所收到的客户关于这些新政策的投诉很少，我们应该在所有Armchair Video的商店实施这些政策作为增加利润的最好策略。
73在Treehaven地区的每个城市，政府用于公立学校教育的开支大部分都是从各市政府征收的税收而来的。然而，该地区不同城市对公共教育的重视程度是不同的。举例而言，Parson市用于公立学校的预算通常是Blue市的两倍，尽管两城市居民数量基本相同。因此，Parson市的居民显然比Blue市居民更关注公立学校教育。
74在去年严重的干旱中，当Grandview市水库的储水量降至极低水平时，市委发布了更加严格的供水配额条例。但就在这些条例实施以后，该地区的工业增长减缓了。这显然表明新的供水配额条例对Grandview的工业造成了破坏。因此，为促进当地经济健康发展，市委现在应该停止供水配额。
75由于Clearview的天然景色和温和气候，它应该成为那些为退休后寻找生活地的人的首选。其中一项好处是，Clearview的房价在去年显著下降，房地产税一直比邻近城市低。而且，Clearview的市长承诺了很多新方案来改善学校、街道和公共服务。Clearview的退休人员也可以在老年时享受到出色的医疗服务，因为该地区的医生数量高于全国平均水平。
76现在是投资于力量举重体育馆特许权的良好时机从而你可以在你们城市开设一家体育馆，从中赢利。考虑一下当前的潮流：力量举重体育馆已经在500个地点的消费者中相当流行，全国调查表明对于减肥和健身的关注越来越多。而且，去年关于个人健康的书籍和杂志销售总额超过了5千万美元，家庭健身器具的购买量几乎翻了一番。现在投力量举重体育馆特许权将保证快速致富。
77去年，我们Fierce Fighter玩具飞机的销量锐减，尽管该玩具连续三年都非常畅销。我们的消费者调查显示，家长对于青少年暴力越来越担忧，并且关注他们的孩子是否能得到更好的教育。因此，为继续盈利我们应该停止生产所有的动作玩具并专门生产一系列新的教育玩具。若干其他玩具公司已经开始推广教育玩具并且报告说去年的销量增长了200%。由于平均家庭收入正在上涨，新的Hyper-Go玩具销量也会上升。
78在连续三年中，我国家庭平均收入显著上升。这种繁荣意味着家庭可能会花的时间和金钱于休闲活动。因此Megamart商店应该致力于扩大和推广通常用于休闲活动的商品：包括运动和户外装备，电视，美食烹调设备，箱包和旅行用具。
79最近一次研究显示当描述日常对话的时候，人们平均有23次提到看电视而只有一次提到读小说。这一结果说明与电视行业相比，出版和书籍销售行业的赢利能力可能会下降。因此，想要以作家为职业的人应该接受为电视而不是为印刷媒体写作的训练和经验。
80在一次最近的调查中，学习初级俄语的学生给予非俄国教师所教的课的评价要高于给予俄国教师所教的课。非俄国人作为俄语教师更加优秀的原因是显而易见的：非俄国人在长大以后自己学习俄语，因此他们对于这种语言如何教授将更加有效有着更深刻的理解。因此，为提高所有语言课程的质量并节省开支，我们大学应该雇佣非本国人来担任语言教师而不是试图寻找和雇佣本国人。
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