Argument17第一篇求拍必回拍

笨笨猫UID: 2381117

本人很菜，第一篇弄了很久也只写了400字，各位给点意见啊。谢谢啊！

题目：

17.The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Walnut Grove town newspaper.

"Walnut Grove's town council has advocated switching from EZ Disposal (which has had the contract for trash collection services in Walnut Grove for the past ten years) to ABC Waste, because EZ recently raised its monthly fee from $2,000 to $2,500 a month, whereas ABC's fee is still $2,000. But the town council is mistaken; we should continue using EZ. EZ collects trash twice a week, while ABC collects only once. Moreover, EZ-which, like ABC, currently has a fleet of 20 trucks-has ordered additional trucks. Finally, EZ provides exceptional service: 80 percent of respondents to last year's town survey agreed that they were 'satisfied' with EZ's performance."

The author recommends that Walnut Grove should continue using EZ Disposal and it is wrong to contract with ABC Waste. He reaches the conclusion by the fact that EZ collects trash more frequently than ABC, EZ has ordered more trucks and EZ provides exceptional service. The author's argument is not sufficiently supported by the evidence.

Firstly, the author’s conclusion bases on the assumption that collecting trash twice a week is provided by EZ is better than only once which is provided by ABC.  The author's assumption neglects one fact whether the town really needs to collect trash twice. Maybe collecting trash once a week is enough and twice a week is too much. Otherwise, which frequency is more suitable should be determined after further study. There are not any materials about the quality of ABC’s service, which may be better done.
Secondly, the author assumes that the additional trucks ordered will be used in Walnut Grove and it can be put in use in the near future. Those additional trucks may be used in other towns not in Walnut Grove since trucks used in Walnut Grove is enough. The author only mentions that additional trucks have been ordered but what if they are prepared for the emgency? The author doesn’t mention the number and the quality of the trucks ordered which is also very important.

Thirdly, the facts that residents are satisfied with the exceptional service of EZ and the reason that EZ raised its month fee are worthy of suspecting. On one hand, it is possible that the residents in the town are accustomed to the service provided by EZ and there are not other companies’ services to be compared. These two facts caused the high satisfaction of the survey. The author also can't provide the number of people that received the survey and the number that answered and returned it. Perhaps those who are not satisfied didn’t receive the survey or they gave up. On the other hand, the town has contracted with EZ for so long as ten years that EZ faces no competition. Not any thriving pressure leads to the raise of monthly fee.

In conclusion, contracting with ABC in place of EZ is worth trying. There are not any evidence indicated that ABC is worse than EZ. Maybe the finance of the town has some problems now so contracting with can save a lot of money which can be used to do other things such as developing education and changing the living level of poor people. The author’s conclusion is not convincing as the reasons listed above.

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chineseliUID: 2366474

我水平很糟，也刚开始写。我看什么都觉得差不多。因为我觉得写argu就是在写废话……
你写的挺好的，语言也挺丰富的，说不出什么来……莫怪～