英語幽默精讀【72】What Went Wrong
A Japanese company and an American company had a boat race, the Japanese won by a mile. The Americans hired analysts 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 consultants and one rower.
In the rematch the Japanese won by two miles. So the American company fired the rower.
※ Notes
（1） analyst n.分析家
（2） figure out 想出；演算出
（3） restructure v.重組
（4） consultant n.顧問
※ Exercises
根據短文判斷下列句子正（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.
※ 譯文
問題出在哪里
一家日本公司和一家美國公司進行了一場劃船比賽。日本隊贏了一英里。美國人便請來了分析家探討問題出在哪里。他們的報告說日本隊有一人掌舵七人劃槳，而美國隊是七人掌舵一人劃槳。美國公司立刻對隊伍進行了重組。這次他們有一個高級舵手、六個舵手顧問、一個劃槳員。
在第二次比賽中，日本隊贏了兩英里。因此，美國公司解雇了劃槳員。
※ 練習參考答案
①F②F③F④F⑤T
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