31The Mozart School of Music should obviously be the first choice of any music student aware of its reputation. First of all, the Mozart School stresses intensive practice and training, so that students typically begin their training at a very young age. Second, the school has ample facilities and up-to-date professional equipment, and its faculty includes some of the most distinguished music teachers in the world. Finally, many Mozart graduates have gone on to be the best known and most highly paid musicians in the nation.
32The following is a memorandum issued by the publisher of a newsmagazine, Newsbeat, in the country of Dinn.
Our poorest-selling magazine issues over the past three years were those that featured international news stories on their front covers. Over the same period, competing news-magazines have significantly decreased the number of cover stories that they devote to international news. Moreover, the cost of maintaining our foreign bureaus to report on international news is increasing. Therefore, we should decrease our emphasis on international news and refrain from displaying such stories on our magazine covers.
33The following recommendation was made by the president and administrative staff of Grove College, a private institution, to the colleges governing committee.
We recommend that Grove College preserve its century-old tradition of all-female education rather than admit men into its programs. It is true that a majority of faculty members voted in favor of coeducation, arguing that it would encourage more students to apply to Grove. But eighty percent of the students responding to a survey conducted by the student government wanted the school to remain all female, and over half of the alumni who answered a separate survey also opposed coeducation. Keeping the college all-female, therefore, will improve morale among students and convince alumni to keep supporting the college financially.
34The following appeared in a letter to the school board in the town of Centerville.
All students should be required to take the drivers education course at Centerville High School. In the past two years several accidents in and around Centerville have involved teenage drivers. Since a number of parents in Centerville have complained that they are too busy to teach their teenagers to drive, some other instruction is necessary to ensure that these teenagers are safe drivers. Although there are two driving schools in Centerville, parents on a tight budget cannot afford to pay for driving instruction. Therefore an effective and mandatory program sponsored by the high school is the only solution to this serious problem.
35The following is a memorandum from the sales director to the president of the Healthy-and-Good food company.
A recent study indicates that Venadial, a new margarine currently produced only in the country of Alta, actually reduces cholesterol levels. Derived from the resin of pine trees, Venadial works by activating a metabolic response that is not yet well understood. However, cholesterol levels fell ten to fifteen percent among participants in the study who consumed Venadial daily, and the risk of heart attack by one-third. In addition, the new margarine is so popular that stores in Alta are unable to keep it on their shelves. Therefore, if our company obtains the exclusive right to sell Venadial internationally, our profits are sure to increase substantially within a very short time.
36The following is a letter that recently appeared in the Oak City Gazette, a local newspaper.
Membership in Oak Citys Civic Club ― a club whose primary objective is to discuss local issues ― should continue to be restricted to people who live in Oak City. People who work in Oak City but who live elsewhere cannot truly understand the business and politics of the city. It is important to restrict membership to city residents because only residents pay city taxes and therefore only residents understand how the money could best be used to improve the city. At any rate, restricting membership in this way is unlikely to disappoint many of the nonresidents employed in Oak City, since neighboring Elm Citys Civic Club has always had an open membership policy, and only twenty-five nonresidents have joined Elm Citys Club in the last ten years.
37The following appeared in the annual report from the president of the National Brush Company.
In order to save money, we at the National Brush Company have decided to pay our employees for each brush they produce instead of for the time they spend producing brushes. We believe that this policy will lead to the production of more and better brushes, will allow us to reduce our staff size, and will enable the company factories to operate for fewer hours ― resulting in savings on electricity and security costs. These changes will ensure that the best workers keep their jobs and that the company will earn a profit in the coming year.
38The following is a memorandum written by the director of personnel to the president of the Cedar Corporation.
It would be a mistake to rehire the Good-Taste Company to supply the food in our employee cafeteria next year. It is the second most expensive caterer in the city. In addition, its prices have risen in each of the last three years, and it refuses to provide meals for people on special diets. Just last month three employees complained to me that they no longer eat in the cafeteria because they find the experience unbearable. Our company should instead hire Discount Foods. Discount is a family-owned local company and it offers a varied menu of fish and poultry. I recently tasted a sample lunch at one of the many companies that Discount serves and it was delicious ― an indication that hiring Discount will lead to improved employee satisfaction.
39The following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company.
Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a five-hundred-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read costs only $500 per employee ― a small price to pay when you consider the benefits to Acme. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, Acme would benefit greatly by requiring all of our employees to take the Easy Read course.
40From a letter to the editor of a city newspaper.
One recent research study has indicated that many adolescents need more sleep than they are getting, and another study has shown that many high school students in our city are actually dissatisfied with their own academic performance. As a way of combating these problems, the high schools in our city should begin classes at 8:30 A.M. instead of 7:30 A.M., and end the school day an hour later. This arrangement will give students an extra hour of sleep in the morning, thereby making them more alert and more productive. Consequently, the students will perform better on tests and other assignments, and their academic skills will improve significantly.
31 Mozart音乐学校显然应该是所有知道其声誉的学音乐学生的第一选择。首先，Mozart学校强调集中的练习和训练，因而学生通常在很小的时候就开始接受训练。其次，学校拥有充足的设备和最先进的专业器具，其员工包括一些全球最著名的音乐教师。最后，很多Mozart的毕业生已经成为全国最有名而且收入最高的音乐家。
32过去三年中我们销量最低的几期杂志是在封面上刊登了国际资讯故事的那几期。在同一时期，与我们竞争的几种资讯刊物显著减少了刊登在封面上的国际资讯数量。而且，我们用于维持国外部报导国际资讯的费用正在增加。因此，我们应该减少对于国际资讯的强调并且避免把这类消息刊登在杂志封面上。
33我们建议Grove学院保留其已有百年历史的女校传统，而不是允许录取男性。确实有大部分员工投票赞成男女同校，认为这会使的学生申请Grove。但由学生会所组织的一次调查中，有80%给予反馈的学生要求学校维持女校形式，并且在回应了一次单独调查的校友中超过一半的人也反对男女同校。因此，维持女校形式将促进学生的精神状态并且让校友继续对学院进行财政资助。
34Centerville高中的所有学生都应该被要求参加驾驶员教育课程。在过去两年中Centerville周围有几起交通事故涉及了青少年驾驶者。由于Centerville的一些家长抱怨说他们太忙没有时间教他们的孩子驾驶，必须有一些其他的课程来保证这些孩子成为安全的驾驶者。尽管在Centerville已经有两所驾校，手头不宽裕的家长无法负担驾校学费。因此由学校组织的有效的强制性课程是解决这一严重问题的唯一方案。
35最近一次研究表明，当前仅在Alta生产的新的人造黄油Venadial实际可以降低胆固醇指标。Venadial从松树树脂中提炼而来，它通过激活一种现在还未完全明确的代谢反应发生作用。然而，在那些每天食用Venadial的研究对象中，胆固醇指标下降了10-15%，心脏病发病率下降了三分之一。而且，这种新的人造黄油非常受以至于在Alta的商店中往往一抢而光。因此，如果本公司取得Venadial的全球独家代理权，我们的利润肯定能够在很短的时间内显著增长。
36 Oak City的市民俱乐部主要目的是讨论本地事务，其成员资格应该继续被限制在居住在Oak City的市民。那些在Oak City工作但在别的地方居住的人无法真正理解本城市的政治和经济。把成员资格限制在本市居民非常重要，因为只有居民付城市税因而也只有他们才知道这些钱如何使用才能促进城市发展。无论如何，以这种方式限制成员资格不太可能使很多在Oak City工作的外地人失望，因为邻近城市Elm City的市民俱乐部一直采取开放成员资格的政策，但在过去10年中只有25名外地人加入了Elm City的市民俱乐部。
37为节省开支，我们国家刷子公司决定不再按员工生产刷子的工时支付工资，而是按他们生产刷子的数量来支付。我们相信这一政策将会导致刷子产量和质量的提高，将会减少我们的员工数量，并将会使工厂能够减少运营时间从而导致电费和保安费用的节省。这些改革将保证那些最好的工人留在这里工作，公司将会在来年有赢利。
38继续雇佣Good-Taste公司在明年为我们员工餐厅提供饮食将是一个错误。它是本市价格第二贵的餐饮服务商。而且，其价格在过去三年中持续上涨，并且它拒绝为那些有特殊饮食要求的人提供服务。上个月有三名员工向我投诉说他们再也不会在员工餐厅用餐了，因为他们发现那种经历无法忍受。我们公司应该雇佣Discount Foods。Discount是一个本地的家族企业，它提供鱼类和禽类的多种菜单。我最近在由Discount提供服务的公司之一品尝了一份样品，味道很好，这说明雇佣Discount将会带来更高的员工满意度。
39很多其他公司最近指出他们的员工参加了Easy Read的速读课程之后生产效率显著提高。这个课程的一名毕业生能够在两个小时之内读完长达500页的报告，另一名毕业生在一年内从助理经理上升到了副总裁。显然，你的阅读速度越快，在一天之内所能吸收的信息就越多。而且，Easy Read的学费只有每人500元，当考虑到它给Acme带来的效益的时候这就是个小数目。这个费用包括在Spruce City举行的为期三周的研讨会和Easy Read资讯刊物的终生赠阅。显然，Acme通过要求所有员工参加Easy Read的课程将会极大地受益。
40最近一项研究表明，很多青少年需要的睡眠，另外一项研究表明我们市很多高中学生对于自己的学习成绩不满意。作为解决这些问题的途径，我市的高中应该在早上830开始上课，而不是730，并且推迟一小时放学。这种安排将允许学生在早上多睡一个小时，从而使他们更加清醒和高效。因此，学生在测验和其他作业中将表现得更好，他们的学习能力将会显著提高。
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