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限时太痛苦了,总是写不完。
Argument117 第1篇 让砖头来得更猛烈些吧!
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作者:寄托家园作文版普通用户 共用时间:41分17秒 505 words
从2005年7月6日20时28分到2005年7月6日21时41分
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The following is a memo from the business manager of Valu-Mart stores.
'Over 70 percent of the respondents to a recent survey reported that they are required to take more work home with them from the workplace than they were in the past. Since Valu-Mart has not seen impressive sales in its office-supply departments in the past, we should take advantage of this work-at-home trend by increasing at all Valu-Mart stores the stock of home office machines such as printers, small copy machines, paper shredders, and fax machines. We will also increase stock of office supplies such as paper, pens, and staplers. With these changes, our office-supply departments will become the most profitable component of our stores.'
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In this argument, the arguer suggests that through increasing stock of home office machines and office supplies, the office-supply departments of Value-Mart stores will become the most profitable component. To support this assertion, the arguer cites a recent survey that over 70 percent of the respondents are required to take more work home with them from the workplace than before. At the first glance, this argument seems to be reasonable. But several critical logical errors render it unconvincing.
First of all, from the survey cited by the arguer as strong evidence we only know that people are forced to take more work home. But instead of providing some clear and sound evidence to prove that this phenomenon would surely lead to greater sale of home office machines and office supplies, the arguer simply straightly declare that. In fact, between them there is no strict casual relationship. Although more work would be accomplished at home, people may still use official machines in their offices rather than at home. They could only bring printed documents to home. And they may only take electronic documents to offices and then use printers in there, although these documents are written at home. Under such circumstance, they would not purchase another printer for their work at home. Other devices, such as small copy machines, paper shredders and fax machines may also be unnecessary. Moreover, if people only do their work on computer, then the requirements of paper, pens and staplers can be also avoided. So just from the survey, the arguer cannot conclude that the sale of these home office machines and office supplies must increase.
In addition, even the survey itself also has some logical problems. The arguer fails to provide an answer to whether the survey is representative. The argument only illustrates that over 70 percent of the respondents claim that they should do more work at home than before. But is the group of investigated people large enough? Or are these respondents chosen randomly? The answers to these two questions are essential to that survey's correctness and representation. Unfortunately, the arguer does not provide any related information.
What' more, granted that the survey is correct and representative and people would purchase many home office machines and office supplies, we also cannot get the conclusion that the office-supply departments will become the most profitable component of Valu-Mart stores. Which is the real reason behind office-supply departments' impressive sales? Are there other factors that contribute to their failure? Without careful analysis, the arguer unfairly reduces its failure to the lack of market. It is highly possible that the market condition of office supplies is always good, but the poor quality of products or the bad serving attitude has impeded sales of Valu-Mart stores' office-supply departments. Moreover, how about other departments sales? Maybe even though the office-supply departments' sale has increased greatly, it still cannot surpass other departments' achievements.
In sum, the arguer's assertion is unwarranted. Further careful and objective investigation and analysis are required before the arguer propose an efficient and practical suggestion to improve Valu-Mart stores' office-supply departments' sale.
[ Last edited by staralways on 2005-8-6 at 22:44 ] |
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