tailieunhanh - Reading comprehension success part 10

Tham khảo tài liệu 'reading comprehension success part 10', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | WHY DO THINGS HAPPEN A LOOK AT CAUSE AND EFFECT Alberti the proprietor of the concession has decided to say farewell to his concession business and after 35 years on the job Mike will be retiring next month. While none of these factors on their own would have caused the long-term closure of the concession combined each makes it impossible to continue running an afternoon snack concession for the foreseeable future. Why is the afternoon snack concession at the train station being discontinued 1. 2. 3. 4. Answers You should have noticed four causes in the announcement 1. Poor sales. 2. A renovation on the side of the train station where the concession is located. 3. Town regulations will now close the station at 6 . which will decrease commuter traffic significantly. 4. The proprietor of the concession has decided to retire. Contributing vs. Sufficient Cause You ll notice that the previous announcement informs commuters that none of these factors on their own would have caused the long-term closure of the concession. This means that each of these causes is a contributing cause. A contributing cause helps make something happen but can t make that thing happen by itself. It is only one factor that contributes to the cause. On the opposite end of the cause spectrum is the sufficient cause. A sufficient cause is strong enough to make something happen by itself. Sufficient cause is demonstrated in the following paragraph. Dear Mr. Miller It has come to our attention that you have breached your lease. When you signed your lease you agreed that you would leave Apartment 3A at 123 Elm Street in the same state that you found it when you moved in. You also agreed that if the apartment showed signs of damage upon your departure then we Livingston Properties would not return the security deposit that you gave us at the time you moved into the building. Upon inspection we have found a great deal of damage to the appliances in the apartment as well as the wood floors. .