Passage C: Questions 46-50        Writers are often given the advice: "Don't use a $5 word when a 50-cent word will do." But theadvice should come with the disclaimer: "Unless you write menus for a living." As Dan Jurafsky, a professor of Linguistics at Stanford University discovered, using long words to describe a dish is asign of an expensive restaurant.        In his hugely entertaining book, The Language of Food, Jurafsky explains that every increase ofone letter in the average length of words describing a dish is associated with an increase of 69 centsin the price of that dish. In a study of 6,500 menus, Jurafsky found that the words "exotic" and"spices" also raise the price of a dish. But "linguistic fillers" like "mouth-watering", "sublime" and"crispy", tend to feature more often on cheap menus.        "At the expensive restaurant, you're supposed to assume that the crispy food will be crispy,"Jurafsky said in a telephone interview. "The cheaper restaurants are a little worried that you mightnot know. It's a kind of status anxiety."        The same applies to "real" and "proper". If your menu promises you "real crabmeat" or "propermaple syrup", you're probably not at a pricy restaurant. Jurafsky's research shows that for eachpositive, vague word such as "delicious", "tasty" or "terrific", the average price of the dish costseight cents less. And adjectives such as "rich", "chunky" and "zesty" reduce the price of a dish by awhole three cents.            Choice also tells you a thing or two about the price. The cheaper the establishment, the more choiceyou're given. Menus that run to six pages or more are quite common in Chinese takeaways andhigh-street curry houses. Cheaper menus are also more likely to offer food cooked "your way". Butif it's the chef that's doing the choosing - "chef's selection", "chef's choice" - then you can expect topay a lot more for your meal. On the top end of the spectrum, some Michelin-starred restaurantshave dispensed with menus altogether and offer "blind tasting" instead. In other words, you onlyget to see the menu after you've eaten the food.
【題組】46. What does the quote "Don't use a $5 word when a 50-cent word will do" mean?
(A) Use as many words as possible when you write.
(B) Avoid using difficult, pretentious words when you write.
(C) Always focus on how much you will be paid when you write.
(D) Always keep a five-dollar bill around when you write.