[try best]中文作文提纲 by suzie

yjwn1987UID: 2495078

17  暂缺 思考中

yjwn1987UID: 2495078

TOPIC: ARGUMENT18 - The following appeared in an editorial in a Prunty County newspaper.

"In an attempt to improve highway safety, Prunty County recently lowered its speed limit from 55 miles per hour to 45 on all major county roads. But the 55 mph limit should be restored, because this safety effort has failed. Most drivers are exceeding the new speed limit and the accident rate throughout Prunty County has decreased only slightly. If we want to improve the safety of our roads, we should instead undertake the same kind of road improvement project that Butler County completed five years ago: increasing lane widths and resurfacing rough roads. Today, major Butler County roads still have a 55 mph speed limit, yet there were 25 percent fewer reported accidents in Butler County this past year than there were five years ago."
WORDS: 4          TIME: 00:06:50          DATE: 2009-6-5 下午 05:18:30

1.rate decreases slightly-------(车辆数量增多；季节性的气候不好）实际为抑制了车祸率的上升
2.BC主要道路为55，其他道路是否限速？（限速路车祸率下降）

yjwn1987UID: 2495078

TOPIC: ARGUMENT19 - The following appeared in a letter from the manager of a rock band named Double Rice.

"One year ago, tickets for Double Rice's concerts in stadiums around the country took, on average, at least 24 hours to sell out, if they sold out at all. But the band has been enjoying a surge in nationwide popularity among 14 to 25 year olds, and the 30,000 tickets for a recent concert in Megalopolis sold out in 12 minutes. Clearly the ticket sales in Megalopolis are a result both of the band's increased popularity and of the advertising campaign run in Megalopolis by the Ad Lib advertising agency. Thus, in order to ensure that the band's success in Megalopolis is repeated across the country, the band should hire Ad Lib to duplicate the Megalopolis ad campaign on a nationwide scale."
WORDS: 16          TIME: 00:09:36          DATE: 2009-6-5 下午 05:30:05

1.popular?(1.演唱会规模，票数？2.购票方式的改变？网络订票/现场排队买票）
2.really popular 不代表是AL的功劳 （one hot song; music style is popular again; 前期宣传（by other companies））
3.AL不能保证全国演出的成功（Al为M当地的公司所以对当地情况较了解，但是这种模式在别处不一定适用）

yjwn1987UID: 2495078

TOPIC: ARGUMENT20 - The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Balmer Island Gazette.

"The population of Balmer Island increases to 100,000 duing the summer months. To reduce the number of accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians, the town council of Balmer Island should limit the number of mopeds rented by each of the island's six moped and bicycle rental companies from 50 per day to 30 per day during the summer season. By limiting the number of rentals, the town council is sure to attain the 50 percent reduction in moped accidents that was achieved last year in the neighboring island of Torseau, when Torseau's town council enforced similar limits on moped rentals."
WORDS: 6          TIME: 00:05:34          DATE: 2009-6-5 下午 05:36:23

1.引起车祸的不是公司里的车。而是私人的车。
2.临岛的居民数和旅客数都比B岛少 （比如去年一共就发生2起事故，and so on)
3.应该加强道路建设，提高人们开车的水平，做好车辆维护，而不是限制车辆通行。

yjwn1987UID: 2495078

5 思考中

yjwn1987UID: 2495078

13 思考中

yjwn1987UID: 2495078

TOPIC: ARGUMENT21 - The following appeared in a memo from the new vice president of Sartorian, a company that manufactures men's clothing.

"Five years ago, at a time when we had difficulties in obtaining reliable supplies of high-quality wool fabric, we discontinued production of our deluxe alpaca overcoats. Now that we have a new fabric supplier, we should resume production. This coat should sell very well: since we have not offered an alpaca overcoat for five years and since our major competitor no longer makes an alpaca overcoat, there will be pent-up customer demand. Also, since the price of most types of clothing has risen in each of the past five years, customers should be willing to pay significantly higher prices for alpaca overcoats than they did five years ago, and our company profits will increase."
WORDS: 13          TIME: 00:05:19          DATE: 2009-6-11 下午 07:37:22

1.supply的确为影响因素，但是是否复产不完全由supply决定。那么看sell的情况：
2. alpaca cloth 很有可能已经被eliminate（out of date, competitor 的情况也可以证明)
3.other clothes 升价不代表alpaca也可以升价
4.即使。。。物价上升，成本上升，推广费上升，profits就不一定能上升了。

yjwn1987UID: 2495078

TOPIC: ARGUMENT22 - The following appeared in a memo from the president of a company that builds and sells new homes in Steel City.

"Over the past five years, the population of Steel City has increased by more than 20 percent, and family incomes in Steel City have risen much faster than the national average. Nationwide, sales of houses priced above $150,000 have increased more than have sales of lower-priced houses. Such data indicate that we should make changes in our business to increase company profits. First, we should build fewer low-priced houses than we did last year and focus instead on building houses designed to sell at above $150,000. Second, we should hire additional workers so that we can build a larger total number of houses than we did last year."
WORDS: 16          TIME: 00:06:06          DATE: 2009-6-11 下午 07:45:27

1.population increased 不等于more houses should be sold (1.perhaps 房子之前盖得多，根本就是够住的。2.增加的population是children，等他们买房子还要很久）
2.收入增加不等于房价可以涨 （物价上涨，education，entertainment）nationwide更不能说明当地情况 （regional difference）
3.要建more expensive的房子，不一定要additional workers (efficience, practical designers)

yjwn1987UID: 2495078

TOPIC: ARGUMENT23 - A recent sales study indicated that consumption of seafood dishes in Bay City restaurants has increased by 30 percent over the past five years. Yet there are no currently operating city restaurants that specialize in seafood. Moreover, the majority of families in Bay City are two-income families, and a nationwide study has shown that such families eat significantly fewer home-cooked meals than they did a decade ago but at the same time express more concern about eating healthily. Therefore, a new Bay City restaurant specializing in seafood will be quite popular and profitable.
WORDS: 20          TIME: 00:02:54          DATE: 2009-6-11 下午 07:50:45

1.30% 不能证明海鲜受欢迎 （基数问题）
2.nationwide study （regional difference问题）
3.seafood isn't healthy, and is very expensive (the couples cannot afford it)
4.competiters

yjwn1987UID: 2495078

TOPIC: ARGUMENT24 - The following appeared in a memo from the president of Viva-Tech, a manufacturer of high-tech medical equipment.

"In order to reduce costs, we should close some of our existing small assembly plants and build a large central plant. Grandview would be an ideal location for this new plant. First, of the locations that we have considered, Grandview has the largest adult population, so that we will be able to staff our plant quickly and easily. Second, since the average wage earned by workers in Grandview is less than that in the other locations, we should be able to keep production costs low. Last, as an inducement for us to build there, Grandview's town council has offered to allow us to operate for the first three years without paying city taxes."
WORDS: 10          TIME: 00:05:29          DATE: 2009-6-12 下午 10:59:51

1.build a large central plant不能省钱（cost，不适合市场现状）
2.有最大的adult population 不等于有合适的workers（没有相关的trainment）
3.免付城市税不代表有一个好的投资环境（economy, 顾客人群）

yjwn1987UID: 2495078

TOPIC: ARGUMENT25 - The following appeared in a memo from the mayor of the town of Hopewell.

"Two years ago, the town of Ocean View built a new municipal golf course and resort hotel. During the past two years, tourism in Ocean View has increased, new businesses have opened there, and Ocean View's tax revenues have risen by 30 percent. The best way to improve Hopewell's economy, and generate additional tax revenues, is to build a golf course and resort hotel similar to those in Ocean View."
WORDS: 7          TIME: 00:02:53          DATE: 2009-6-12 下午 11:04:35

1.economy increases 1）政府的招商政策（免城市税） 2）本地经济的发展 3）新的景点被开发
2.建golf course不适于本地：工业基地，人口密集

yjwn1987UID: 2495078

TOPIC: ARGUMENT26 - The following appeared in a memo from the chairperson of the school board in the town of Saluda.

"For the past five years, Mr. Charles Schade has been the music director at Steel City High School, and during that time the school band from Steel City High has won three regional band competitions. In addition, the quality of the music rehearsal facilities and musical instruments at Steel City High has improved markedly over the past five years. Because of such successes at Steel City High, the Saluda school board should hire Mr. Schade to plan and direct the general music education programs for the entire Saluda school system."
WORDS: 16          TIME: 00:04:37          DATE: 2009-6-12 下午 11:12:46

1.得3次奖不代表是CS的功劳。（队员的刻苦练习，选取较好的曲目，其他参赛人员质量较差）
2.quality of the music rehearsal facilities improved （shool的资金；当地的赞助）
3.能做好music directer 不代表可以做好music education programs(工作性质不同，lack in experience）

yjwn1987UID: 2495078

TOPIC: ARGUMENT27 - The following appeared as part of a memo from the

president of Automate, a company that manufactures automobiles.

"It has come to my attention that Sparks, Inc., the manufacturing company

that just moved into our state, is advertising job openings at salaries

that are twice as high as those paid to our experienced assembly-line

workers. Some of our employees have already left to work for Sparks. In

order to keep our best staff, we must pay them salaries equal to those

Sparks pays its employees. Otherwise we will continue to lose employees in

the future, because Sparks must staff the additional new plants that it

plans to build in the state."
WORDS: 9          TIME: 00:03:28          DATE: 2009-6-12 下午 11:30:21

1.SI提供两倍的薪水，但是总体薪水并不高（for common workers)
2.员工离开不是for higher salary(vocation insurance 工作满足感）
3.A根本不能承受提高两倍薪水的成本

yjwn1987UID: 2495078

TOPIC: ARGUMENT28 - The following is a memo from the superintendent of the Mylar school district.

"A recent six-month study, in which breakfast was made available at school for 100 schoolchildren ages five to twelve, found that children on the breakfast plan were less likely than other children to be absent from or late for school. Clearly, eating breakfast before school plays a role in reducing student absenteeism and tardiness. It is also well known that children who regularly eat a healthful breakfast tend to perform better in school. Therefore, in order to reduce absenteeism and tardiness and to improve academic performance in all of Mylar's elementary and secondary schools, we should provide breakfasts for all students before each school day."
WORDS: 17          TIME: 00:03:53          DATE: 2009-6-12 下午 11:36:50

1.eating breakfast 不是不迟到的原因（1.愿意take this plan 的父母更加responsible.2.breakfast要在学校吃，所以不能迟到）
2.早饭可以提供营养，但不是学习好的必要条件（勤奋，学习方法）
3.即使。。。no reason for secondary school students to take this plan

yjwn1987UID: 2495078

TOPIC: ARGUMENT29 - When Ida McAllister ran for mayor of Lake City four years ago, she failed to win even 30 percent of the vote. But since then, McAllister has made public her commitment to environmental causes. She would be wise, therefore, to announce her intention to close all Lake City parks to automobile traffic, thus following the example of the former mayor of Plainsville, Alecia Yu . On the recommendation of a small group of concerned citizens, Mayor Yu prohibited automobile traffic in all Plainsville parks, and therefore was credited with solving the pollution problem and improving the quality of life in Plainsville. This action would have great appeal to the citizens of Lake City, most of whom participate in the community's recycling program, and would guarantee McAllister's success in her current quest to be Lake City's new mayor.
WORDS: 7          TIME: 00:07:05          DATE: 2009-6-12 下午 11:49:50

1.MC并不是因为不环保而落选（也许之前就有过类似举动；政治理念，行政能力不受肯定）
2.仿效AY的行为不一定成功（1.人们即使参加。。也不一定爱环保AY本身也只被a small group of people赞扬。2.政策本身不合理。影响交通3.个体差异）
3.其他competitors