劉文勇GRE寫(xiě)作Argument題庫(kù) 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(wèn)：

（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(shí)， “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(gè)前提（盡管沒(méi)有直接點(diǎn)明），認(rèn)為人們不在河里進(jìn)行水上運(yùn)動(dòng)，是因?yàn)楹铀乃|(zhì)問(wèn)題，這一點(diǎn)文中是否有所證明？不在河里進(jìn)行水上運(yùn)動(dòng)一定是因?yàn)樗|(zhì)問(wèn)題嗎？是否可能有其他原因，例如：水溫、魚(yú)的數(shù)量、水中有危險(xiǎn)生物等。

（3）抱怨水質(zhì)問(wèn)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(huì)清理河流，就一定會(huì)這么做嗎？宣稱會(huì)做和實(shí)際實(shí)施之間有差距嗎？即便真的進(jìn)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(huì)有更多的民眾參與水上運(yùn)動(dòng)嗎？

（5）參與水上運(yùn)動(dòng)可能有哪些途徑？例如：水上樂(lè)園、游泳館等場(chǎng)所。這條河是否可能從來(lái)就不是民眾想要選擇的運(yùn)動(dòng)地點(diǎn)？政府的預(yù)算是否能夠跟城市公園部門(mén)的預(yù)算直接畫(huà)上等號(hào)？