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 　　The lecturer talks about research conducted by a firm that used the group system to handletheir work. He says that the theory stated in the passage was very different and somewhatinaccurate when compared to what happened in reality.

　　First, some members got free rides. That is, some didn’t work hard but got recognition¹ for thesuccess nontheless. This also indicates that people who worked hard were not givenrecognition they should have gotten. In other words, they weren’t given the opportunity to“shine”. This directly contradicts² what the passage indicates.

　　Second, groups were slow in progress. The passage says that groups are more responsivethan individuals because of the number of people involved and their aggregated³ resources.However, the speaker talks about how the firm found out that groups were slower thanindividuals in decision making. Groups needed more time for meetings, which are necessaryprocedures in decision making. This was another place where experience contradicted⁴ theory.

　　Third, influential⁵ people might emerge⁶ and lead the group towards glory or failure. If theinfluent people are going in the right direction there would be no problem. But in cases wherethey go in the wrong direction, there is nobody that has enough influence to counter thedecision made. In other words, the group might turn into a dictatorship, with the influentialparty as the leader, and might become less flexible in its thinking. They might become one-sided, and thus fail to succeed.

1 recognition   

n.承认，认可，认出，认识

参考例句：

• The place has changed beyond recognition.这地方变得认不出来了。
• A sudden smile of recognition flashed across his face.他脸上掠过一丝笑意，表示认识对方。

2 contradicts   

v.反驳，否认…的真实性( contradict的第三人称单数 )；与…发生矛盾，与…抵触

参考例句：

• He will jump on anyone who contradicts him. 谁不同意他，他就骂谁。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His statement contradicts with the facts. 他所说的话与事实矛盾。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 aggregated   

a.聚合的，合计的

参考例句：

• He aggregated her to a political party. 他吸收她参加一政党。
• The audiences aggregated a million people. 观众总数达100万人。

4 contradicted   

v.反驳，否认…的真实性( contradict的过去式和过去分词 )；与…发生矛盾，与…抵触

参考例句：

• All evening her husband contradicted everything she said. 整个晚上她说什么丈夫都反驳。
• He always flies into a tantrum when he's contradicted. 每当不如意时他就会大发脾气。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

6 emerge   

vi.（从水中等）出来，出现，浮现，形成

参考例句：

• The baby's head was starting to emerge from the womb.婴儿的头开始从母亲的子宮中露出来。
• It's still hard to tell who will emerge victorious.鹿死谁手尚难逆料。