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71. The following is a letter to the editor of the Waymarsh Times.

"Traffic here in Waymarsh is becoming a problem. Although just three years ago a state traffic survey showed that the typical driving commuter took 20 minutes to get to work, the commute now takes closer to 40 minutes, according to the survey just completed. Members of the town council already have suggested more road building to address the problem, but as well as being expensive, the new construction will surely disrupt some of our residential neighborhoods. It would be better to follow the example of the nearby city of Garville. Last year Garville implemented a policy that rewards people who share rides to work, giving them coupons for free gas. Pollution levels in Garville have dropped since the policy was implemented, and people from Garville tell me that commuting times have fallen considerably. There is no reason why a policy like Garville's shouldn't work equally well in Waymarsh."

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.

这道题也是绝对高频。这一类的题目可以归为“他山之石”，就是提出借鉴别人的成功经验来解决本地问题。

建议任务

根据详细提纲限时写全文。希望大家按照以下提纲来计时写全文。这次练习的主要目的是让大家能够在给定思路的情况下练习语言的表达。同时也可以学习一下我的破题思路。写完之后可以往博客328楼看看我的范文。



According to the letter, Waymarsh should introduce a policy similar to that of Garville to encourage more drivers to share rides with others to solve a perceived traffic problem.  This policy will be better than the road building project proposed by the city council.  To evaluate this argument, we need more evidence about the surveys indicating the traffic problem, the policy implemented in Garville that is now proposed for Waymarsh, as well as its strengths and weaknesses relative to the road construction plan.

To begin with, we need to examine the surveys more critically to decide if there is indeed a traffic problem in Waymarsh.
这里主要讨论调查对象可能不同以及问卷调查对象的报告是否可靠  也许交通并没有变差

In addition, we need to collect more information about how the policy has changed the traffic in Garville and how a similar policy will affect people’s behaviors in Waymarsh.
这里主要关注政策是否真的在Garville 奏效也许pollution减少另有原因比如政府加强对工厂排污的管理  另外Garville的commute time是否真的减少了仅凭和当地人谈话是否可靠
同时要讨论 gas coupon及share ride在Waymarsh是否被人接受也许当地人都是土豪不在乎那点钱更关注隐私或安全问题

Finally, we need to compare the cost and benefits of the ride sharing policy with the proposed road construction project.
修路虽然很贵但是可以用50年和补贴汽油50年的费用对比如何
对当地人的滋扰可以转化为经济补偿再和补贴汽油的费用对比
总之需要定量数据来对比两种方案

In conclusion, while the proposed policy seems useful, we need to collect more information to address the issues discussed above to evaluate the soundness of the argument.

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