GRE范文及赏析-Argument39-智课网.pdf

智课网 GRE备考资料 GRE 官方写作题库 Argument 39 A recent sales study indicated that consumption of seafood dishes in Bay City restaurants has increased by 30 percent over the past five years. Yet there are no currently operating city restaurants that specialize in seafood. Moreover, the majority of families in Bay City are two- income families, and a nationwide study has shown that such families eat significantly fewer home-cooked meals than they did a decade ago but at the same time express more concern about eating healthily. Therefore, a new Bay City restaurant specializing in seafood will be quite popular and profitable. 【满分范文赏析】 This arguments conclusion is that a new Bay City restaurant specializing in seafood would be both popular and profitable. To justify this conclusion the argument indicates that seafood consumption in Bay Citys restaurants has risen by 30% during the last five years. The argument also indicates that most Bay City families are two-income families. Citing a national survey, the argument indicates that two-income families eat out more often, express more concern about eating healthily than they did ten years ago and would therefore lead to a new Bay City restaurant becoming popular and profitable. That argument fails to be persuasive as the assumptions upon which it is based do not link with the author’s conclusion. 【本段结构】 本文采用了标准的 Argument 开头段结构，即 C—A—F 的开头结构。本段首先概括原文的 Conclusion，之后简要提及原文为支持其结论所引用的一系列 Assumption 及细节，最后给出 开头段到正文段的过渡句，指出原文的 Flaw，即这些 Assumption 无法让原文的结论具有说服 力。 【本段功能】 作为 Argument 开头段，本段具体功能就在于发起攻击并概括原文的结论，即在 Bay城市专营 海鲜的餐厅将会受到人们的欢迎并有利可图。本段接下来提到了原文中为支持之前的 Conclusion 所提供的证据，包括 Bay 城市的海鲜食物消费量上升了，在 Bay 城市最多的家庭 类型是双收入家庭，而根据一项国家调查，这样的双收入家庭比以前更关心他们的饮食质量。 文章提及这些信息，为是在正文段中对这些 Assumption即将进行的具体攻击做铺垫。 Firstly, a 30% increase in the sales of seafood at Bay City restaurants does not adequately represent the demand necessary to justify the opening of a new restaurant. While a 30% is certainly significant, the actual volume