劉文勇GRE寫作Argument題庫 Day 86

Day 86 When XYZ lays off employees, it pays Delany Personnel Firm to offer those employees assistance in creating résumés anddeveloping interviewing skills

The following appeared in a memo at XYZ company.

“When XYZ lays off employees, it pays Delany Personnel Firm to offer those employees assistance in creating résumés and developing interviewing skills, if they so desire. Laid-off employees have benefited greatly from Delany's services: last year those who used Delany found jobs much more quickly than did those who did not. Recently, it has been proposed that we use the less expensive Walsh Personnel Firm in place of Delany. This would be a mistake because eight years ago, when XYZ was using Walsh, only half of the workers we laid off at that time found jobs within a year. Moreover, Delany is clearly superior, as evidenced by its bigger staff and larger number of branch offices. After all, last year Delany's clients took an average of six months to find jobs, whereas Walsh's clients took nine.”

Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.

五問：

（1）“When XYZ lays off employees, it pays Delany Personnel Firm to offer those employees assistance in creating résumés and developing interviewing skills, if they so desire”“l(fā)ast year those who used Delany found jobs much more quickly than did those who did not”“eight years ago, when XYZ was using Walsh, only half of the workers we laid off at that time found jobs within a year”和“its bigger staff and larger number of branch offices. After all, last year Delany's clients took an average of six months to find jobs, whereas Walsh's clients took nine”是事實(shí)，本段信息點(diǎn)比較多，結(jié)論可總結(jié)為： Using the less expensive Walsh Personnel Firm in place of Delany would be a mistake，值得反駁嗎？

（2）在證明 Delany公司業(yè)務(wù)能力強(qiáng)的時(shí)候，原文中所給出的第一個(gè)支持論據(jù)是： last year those who used Delany found jobs much more quickly than did those who did not。大家應(yīng)該思考的是“ last year”這個(gè)年份是否具有普遍性呢？基于相同的道理，原文在論述 Walsh的服務(wù)不如 Delany的時(shí)候，也提到了一個(gè)年份“ eight years ago”，同樣需要引起注意。

我們一直在反對(duì)時(shí)間軸論證，因?yàn)殡S著時(shí)間的變化，很多環(huán)境因素都可能隨之發(fā)生改變。去年的情況與八年前的情況一樣嗎？可以進(jìn)行比較嗎？

（3）原文提及 Walsh公司幫助“only half of ”下崗員工在一年內(nèi)找到工作，文中是否給出了對(duì)比數(shù)據(jù)呢？在 Delany公司接手的時(shí)候情況如何呢？原文并沒有給出 Delany公司幫助多少下崗員工找到工作的數(shù)據(jù)，只說使用 Delany服務(wù)項(xiàng)目的下崗員工比沒有使用的員工找工作更快，信息顯然不夠充分。而且，使用 Delany服務(wù)項(xiàng)目的下崗員工找到工作一定要?dú)w功于 Delany公司的服務(wù)嗎？也可能是這些員工通過自己的人際關(guān)系獲得了工作機(jī)會(huì)。

（4）我們能否僅憑 staff and offices來判定哪個(gè)公司更加優(yōu)秀？這是否可能未必是好的指標(biāo)？即便這真的是指標(biāo)之一，是否還有其他指標(biāo)能證明一家公司的好壞？原文中給出了相應(yīng)的信息嗎？例如：公司提供的就業(yè)服務(wù)項(xiàng)目的實(shí)用性、合作的企業(yè)數(shù)量、信息資源的獲取等。

（5）文章最后提及兩家公司的業(yè)績分別為： “Delany's clients took an average of six months to find jobs, whereas Walsh's clients took nine.”但是原文是否給出了信息來證明這兩家公司所服務(wù)的客戶情況是否一致呢？找工作花費(fèi)的時(shí)間長是否有可能是客戶比較挑剔或者是沒趕上招聘旺季呢？