阅读理解,高手快来帮忙翻译1IndividualDemandWebegintounderstandhowmarketforcesworkbylookingmorecloselyatthebehaviorofasinglemarketparticipant.LetusstartwithTom,afreshmanatClearviewCollege.Tomisexperiencing
阅读理解,高手快来帮忙翻译1
IndividualDemand
Webegintounderstandhowmarketforcesworkbylookingmorecloselyatthebehaviorofasinglemarketparticipant.LetusstartwithTom,afreshmanatClearviewCollege.TomisexperiencingtheproblemofwritingapaperforhisEnglishcompositionclass.Tomakemattersworse,Tom’sprofessorhasinsistedontypedpapersandTomcannottypewithhisfingersmuchbetterthanhecanwritewithhistoes.Underthecircumstances,Tomisdesperateforatypist.
AlthoughitisclearthatTomhasastrongdesireforatypist,hisdemandfortypingservicesisnotyetevident.Ademandexistsonlyifsomeoneiswillingandabletopayforthegoods-----thatis,exchangedollarsforgoodsorservicesinthemarketplace.IsTomwillingandabletopayfortyping?
LetussupposethatTomhassomeincomeandiswillingtospendsomeoftheittogethisEnglishpapertyped.Underthesesuppositions,wecansaythatTomisaparticipantinthemarketfortypingservices.
Butcanwesayanythingabouthisdemand?SurelyTomisnotpreparedtoexchangeallhisincomeforthetypingofasingleEnglishpaper.Afterall,Tomcouldusehisincometobuymoredesirablegoodsandservices,togiveupeverythingforthetypingofjustonepaperwouldimplyanextremelyhighopportunitycost.ItwouldbemorereasonabletoassumethattherearelimitstotheamountTomiswillingtopayforanygivenquantityoftyping.TheselimitswillbedeterminedbyhowmuchincomeTomhastospendandhowmanyothergoodsandserviceshemustgiveupinordertopayfortypingservices.Ifthepriceoftypinggoesovertheselimits,Tommayenduptypingallorpartofthepaperhimself.
1.Tomisnow___________________.
a.happywithwritingapaper
b.experiencedinwritingapaper
c.experiencingtheproblemoftormentofwritingapaper
d.writingapaperforhisclassmate
2.Tom____________.
a.typesverypoorly
b.canwritewithhistoes
c.cantypewithhisfingersaswellaswithhistoes
d.cantypeverywell
3.Tomisdesperateforatypist.Thissentencemeansthat______________.
a.Tomlosseshishopeoffindingatypist
b.Tomisinextremeneedofatypist