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发表于 2007-11-25 03:13:43
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TOPIC: ARGUMENT216 - The following appeared in a magazine article about planning for retirement.
"Because of its spectacular natural beauty and consistent climate, Clearview should be a top choice for anyone seeking a place to retire. As a bonus, housing costs in Clearview have fallen significantly during the past year, and real estate taxes remain lower than those in neighboring towns. Nevertheless, Clearview's mayor promises many new programs to improve schools, streets, and public services. Retirees in Clearview can also expect excellent health care as they grow older, since the number of physicians in the area is far greater than the national average."
WORDS: 471 TIME: 长~~~ DATE: 2007-11-24
In this argument, the author recommends that Clearview should be a top choice for anyone seeking a place to retire. To support this recommendation, the author points out that housing costs in Clearview have fallen significantly and real estate taxes remain lower than those in neighboring towns. The author also points out some other improvement of Clearview on school, environment, public services and health care. Careful scrutiny of these evidence, however, reveals that none of them lends to a logical reason.
To begin with, the author are failing consider other possibility that Clearview have fallen significantly and real estate taxes were lower than those in neighboring towns. It is entirely possible that the measure to decrease housing value so significantly during the past year just attribute to the highest costs of housing in surrounding regions. It is also possible that the measure, relative lower taxes of real estate than their neighboring towns, aims at promoting a big sale for more high costs house. Moreover, its spectacular natural beauty and consistent climate are not the vital factor for people seeking a place to retire, when people have to balance their economic condition. Without ruling out the evidence, the author cannot convince me that seeking a house in Clearview is a good choice.
Further, even if the Clearview has a relative lower price and taxes of real estate than those in neighboring towns, the author's promise built on an unreasonable assumption that new programs to improve school, street and public service could supply retirees a rather comfortable and convinces surroundings. Perhaps, the programs might be only conductive to improve this local's worse municipal construction and public service, yet be a less beneficial to increase the overall elder people's quality of life. To convince me, the argument should show a project on retirees' service system, such as elderly nursing homes, elderly cultural club, and healthy club, to assure the new programs are more conductive to retirees.
Finally, the great number of physicians in this area are not necessarily proved that their medial standards and medial facilities are far excellent than the national average. Perhaps, the physicians play a less role in the elderly health care. Or perhaps, there are more physicians in Clearview, but less geriatrist and paramedic that senile men are urgent need. Besides, the health care should not only supply physical care, but also draw more attention on offering a harmony and affection circumstances to let them enjoy a finial piety from youngster.
In conclusion, the author fails to validate the conclusion that the Clearview should be a top choice for seeking a place to retire. To solidify the argument, the author should provide more further information about what programs should be provided for promote elder people’s quality and the constitution of the doctors and paramedics. Otherwise, the argument is logically unacceptable. |
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