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"It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value." *a person who evaluates works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc.
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The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a newsletter on health issues.
"For the past decade, most health experts have advised teenagers to avoid eating greasy foods in order to prevent acne and related skin conditions, but the number of teenagers who sought medical help for these skin problems has actually risen over the same period. In a recent study, teenagers who avoided greasy foods for a month reported approximately as many outbreaks of acne and related skin conditions as did those who ate an average of two servings of greasy food per day. Such data indicate that eating greasy foods is unlikely to be a cause of acne and related skin conditions. Therefore, health experts should no longer recommend that people avoid such foods."
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TOPIC: ISSUE144 - "It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value."

*a person who evaluates works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc.
WORDS: 510
TIME: 00:50:00
DATE: 2010-06-11 16:45:45

It is obvious that it is the artists who provide works of art, but there is no need to trivialize the significance of the critics' work.
It is common knowledge that without artists there will be no works of art of any sort. Every day, we are enjoying ourselves by reading books, listening to music, watching movies, etc. Thanks to all artists, since it is their works making our human life more beautiful and changing our life style. We can not go without their great works in the sense that they gives society something of lasting value and still a important part of our everyday life. What will happen if there is no books inside our range of reach, no music in our earshot, and no beautiful paintings in our sight? The answer is we have to face a world without any taste or color, and we can not find any way to make us feel happy.
However, it is usually the critics who discover the artists, recommend him or her known to the public, and help him or her to become an artist in the history books, and make their works have the chance to be famous and have long lasting value. When we want to read a novel, we go to bookstore or library because we are aware that where we can find books, but we always feel confused in front of shelves since it is difficult to decide which to read and we do not sure which is worth to read, so we need the critics. We can not know how a book is before we read it, but we always do not have so much time. There are so many people that are called "writer", and there are so many people writing "books" everyday, but we know that few of them are really have lasting value.
If a writer who have the ability to offer good works and he or she can not be found out by critic, he or she may have no chance to become a artist at all, it is well known that writing is not always profit making, and can not always insist on writing without the courage of a critic.
Additionally, the critics' criticism helps the artist to improve their writing or composing. The writer himself always think that his works are best, that is he can not see the defect of himself, and without the critic's help he will keep on going on the wrong way and lose the chance to change to better directions. If there is a critic who can tell him that there is an error in his work, he will find it out and make it a better one. People are to be reminded that critics are artist first, and they are always really greatest ones, and there are many works of critics which have long lasting value.
In summary, we have to value both artist and critic if we evaluate works of art, since long lasting works belong to both of them. They together make the world more and more beautiful.


TOPIC: ARGUMENT49 - The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a newsletter on health issues.

"For the past decade, most health experts have advised teenagers to avoid eating greasy foods in order to prevent acne and related skin conditions, but the number of teenagers who sought medical help for these skin problems has actually risen over the same period. In a recent study, teenagers who avoided greasy foods for a month reported approximately as many outbreaks of acne and related skin conditions as did those who ate an average of two servings of greasy food per day. Such data indicate that eating greasy foods is unlikely to be a cause of acne and related skin conditions. Therefore, health experts should no longer recommend that people avoid such foods."
WORDS: 461
TIME: 00:50:00
DATE: 2010-06-11 16:45:46

The letter to the editor of a newsletter on health issue concludes that health experts should no longer recommend that people avoid greasy foods and to justify this conclusion the writer cites the result of a recent study, which is different with what most experts have advised for the past decade. However, careful consideration of the letter reveals that the writer fails to justify his or her conclusion.
Firstly, the author of the letter unfairly assumes that the condition of teenagers of today and the past decade are the same. It is obvious that what we eat today is much different from what we ate ten years ago, since there are many things have changed, and greasy foods is not the only reason of related skin problems. We know that our environment is not as good as before, what we eat is not as safe as before, and the habit of our everyday living is not as healthy as before, so the reason of a skin problem is more complicate, also our greasy foods are changing, perhaps today's greasy foods is not harmful at all.
Secondly, the cited study shows that teenagers who avoided greasy foods of a month reported approximately as many outbreaks of acne and
related skin conditions as did those who ate an average of two servings of greasy food per day, that not necessary justify the conclusion that avoid eating greasy foods have no help in reducing related skin problems. The author of the letter did not refer to what would happen if teenagers had eaten more greasy foods than average per day. The comparison between two teams of teenagers is just the data of a month, and the skin condition can not be completely changed in such short period, so the conclusion needs further research. The data does not indicate that what greasy foods have to do with skin conditions. That means the author does not proof that related skin problems is not result from greasy food. The data of the study is an weak evidence, so basing on that, people should remain unconvinced.
Thirdly, we assume that what the result of the cited study is right, but only that can not help us accept the conclusion that health experts should no longer recommend that people avoid such foods, because greasy foods may have other effect on human body. Should we eat something without limitation if we have proofed that it is not the reason of a single health problem?
In summary, the author does not provide a firm and complete proof of his or her conclusion, and there are many zone of weakness in the justifying. We need more information to make a final decision about avoiding greasy foods or not and we need further research.
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