劉文勇GRE寫作Argument題庫 Day 25

Day 25 A jazz music club in Monroe would be a tremendously profitable enterprise

The following was written as a part of an application for a small-business loan by a group of developers in the city of Monroe.

“A jazz music club in Monroe would be a tremendously profitable enterprise. Currently, the nearest jazz club is 65 miles away; thus, the proposed new jazz club in Monroe, the C-Note, would have the local market all to itself. Plus, jazz is extremely popular in Monroe: over 100,000 people attended Monroe's annual jazz festival last summer; several well-known jazz musicians live in Monroe; and the highest-rated radio program in Monroe is ‘Jazz Nightly’, which airs every weeknight at 7 P.M. Finally, a nationwide study indicates that the typical jazz fan spends close to $1,000 per year on jazz entertainment.”

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）“Currently, the nearest jazz club is 65 miles away”和“over 100,000 people attended Monroe's annual jazz festival last summer; several well-known jazz musicians live in Monroe; and the highest-rated radio program in Monroe is ‘Jazz Nightly’, which airs every weeknight at 7 P.M. Finally, a nationwide study indicates that the typical jazz fan spends close to $1,000 per year on jazz entertainment”是事實， “A jazz music club in Monroe would be a tremendously profitable enterprise”是結(jié)論，值得反駁嗎？

（2）當(dāng)前最近的爵士俱樂部在 65英里遠，這是為什么？是否有這樣的可能性，就是當(dāng)?shù)厝瞬⒉幌矚g，或者并沒有孕育出能讓爵士酒吧生存下去的市場？另外，原文有沒有給出足夠的信息來評判 65英里對于當(dāng)?shù)厝藖碚f是否足夠遠？當(dāng)?shù)厝鄙?jazz club就意味著新開的 C-Note一定會受歡迎嗎？其他因素，例如價格、服務(wù)水平等，都會影響人們的決定。

（3）有超過十萬人參加當(dāng)?shù)孛磕暌欢鹊木羰恳魳饭?jié)，是否就意味著他們一定很喜歡爵士樂？這些人一定是當(dāng)?shù)厝藛幔恳恍┲木羰繕肥肿≡诋?dāng)?shù)?，這會增加還是減少當(dāng)?shù)厝巳ゾ羰烤瓢傻母怕剩?/p>

（4）當(dāng)?shù)刈钍軞g迎的廣播節(jié)目與爵士樂相關(guān)，是否就意味著這里的人們一定很喜歡爵士樂？還有其他哪些因素會影響一個廣播節(jié)目受歡迎的程度？比如，節(jié)目的播出時間就極其重要。

（5）原文最后給出了一個全國范圍的調(diào)查，但這個調(diào)查結(jié)果一定適用于當(dāng)?shù)貑幔考w特點一定適用于個體嗎？樂迷每年花費的 1 000美元一定是用在 jazz club上嗎？這筆錢也可能用于買唱片、買演唱會門票等。另外，有市場就一定會盈利嗎？酒吧的運營、管理等都會對盈利與否造成影響。