劉文勇GRE寫作Argument題庫 Day 16

Day 16 In surveys Mason City residents rank water sports (swimming, boating, and fishing) among their favorite recreational activities

In surveys Mason City residents rank water sports (swimming, boating, and fishing) among their favorite recreational activities. The Mason River flowing through the city is rarely used for these pursuits, however, and the city park department devotes little of its budget to maintaining riverside recreational facilities. For years there have been complaints from residents about the quality of the river's water and the river's smell. In response, the state has recently announced plans to clean up Mason River. Use of the river for water sports is, therefore, sure to increase. The city government should for that reason devote more money in this year's budget to riverside recreational facilities.

Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.

五問：

（1）“In surveys Mason City residents rank water sports (swimming, boating, and fishing) among their favorite recreational activities. The Mason River flowing through the city is rarely used for these pursuits, however, and the city park department devotes little of its budget to maintaining riverside recreational facilities. For years there have been complaints from residents about the quality of the river's water and the river's smell. In response, the state has recently announced plans to clean up Mason River”是事實， “The city government should for that reason devote more money in this year's budget to riverside recreational facilities”是結(jié)論，值得反駁嗎？

（2）文章有一個前提（盡管沒有直接點明），認為人們不在河里進行水上運動，是因為河水的水質(zhì)問題，這一點文中是否有所證明？不在河里進行水上運動一定是因為水質(zhì)問題嗎？是否可能有其他原因，例如：水溫、魚的數(shù)量、水中有危險生物等。

（3）抱怨水質(zhì)問題的人是否具有代表性？可能只是一小部分人的抱怨，不是大多數(shù)人的想法。

（4）政府發(fā)布公告稱將會清理河流，就一定會這么做嗎？宣稱會做和實際實施之間有差距嗎？即便真的進行了河流清理，就一定能做好，做到讓民眾滿意的程度嗎？就一定會有更多的民眾參與水上運動嗎？

（5）參與水上運動可能有哪些途徑？例如：水上樂園、游泳館等場所。這條河是否可能從來就不是民眾想要選擇的運動地點？政府的預算是否能夠跟城市公園部門的預算直接畫上等號？