真的谢谢老师!
因为issue和argument之前都没写过,我也不知道题号,题目是这样的: issue:
Some people believe that the purpose of education is to free the mind and the spirit. Others believe that formal education tends to restrain our minds and spirits rather than set them free.
这道题虽然没写过,但是看过您的博客,在“issue的6种题型及基本布局套路”这一楼里面有讲使用分类讨论的策略可以提出某些情况的比率更高因此更倾向于某个立场。
我记得我写的时候是分成了小学、中学、大学教育三个方面写的。字数写的比较少,估计都不太到400字
小学教育主要是培养兴趣,所以the purpose of education就是to free the mind and the spirit
高中教育是为了让学生在高考中考入自己的ideal university,在课程上就会适应高考的模式,因而会restrain our minds and spirits
大学教育不再以学习成绩为唯一目的,也是为了学生的future career,学生可以自由选择参加不同的activities。所以大学教育也是free the mind and the spirit
结尾总结了一下,在多数情况下比如小学和大学,the purpose of education is to free the mind and the spirit;而在少数情况,比如高中,formal education tends to restrain our minds and spirits
argument:
Nature's Way, a chain of stores selling health food and other health-related products, is opening its next franchise in the town of Plainsville. The store should prove to be very successful: Nature's Way franchises tend to be most profitable in areas where residents lead healthy lives, and clearly Plainsville is such an area. Plainsville merchants report that sales of running shoes and exercise clothing are at all-time highs. The local health club has more members than ever, and the weight training and aerobics classes are always full. Finally, Plainsville's school children represent a new generation of potential customers: these school children are required to participate in a fitness-for-life program, which emphasizes the benefits of regular exercise at an early age.
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.
考场上自我感觉argument写得并不好,考场时间安排不太合理,逻辑有点乱,我记得主要说了三个点。
1.作者假设Plainsville merchants的成功意味着Nature's Way franchises的成功
2.作者假设local health club has more members than ever意味着Nature's Way franchises会成功
3.作者假设因为school children are required to participate in a fitness-for-life program所以他们一定会去Nature's Way franchises购买东西
argument字数也比较少,也就刚够400字的样子。