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TOPIC: ISSUE56 - "Governments shouldfocus more on solving the immediate problems of today rather than trying tosolve the anticipated problems of the future."
WORDS: 519          TIME: 0:45:00          DATE: 2007-3-7

Should governments concentrate more on solvingthe present problems of the today rather than tending to deal with the futureproblems, as the speaker claims? I agree the assertion of the speaker insofaras we should take a great deal of concentration on the burning issues of theday. However, we cannot ignore the anticipated problems of the future.

Government should concentrate on theburning issues of the day, in that the present problems are more relevant tothe contemporary people of the world. Nowadays, we are immersed in a greatnumber of issues which trouble us a lot. For supporting examples, one need lookno further than the environmental problems. Given that we cannot well solve theproblems, the modern society will disappear in some day. Thus, the governmentis responsible to appropriate fund to the research which is conducive to guidepeople how to face it and what should be done in the daily life.

Serious issue should be focused on bygovernment in order to keep the country and nation safe and sound. When acountry is confronted by a great number of serious problems, such as wars,famine or pandemic disease, it is reasonable to deal with the present issuesrather than the anticipated issues in the future. Consider the war for example.If the country which is involved in a great war, threatening the safe and theindependence of the country, government should, of course, make use of theresource of the whole country to join the war to guard their country and rescuethe people in danger. The country would be , if not, die out due to the war,and there will be a future for the nation. Thus, government should deal withthe present problems that are detrimental the whole nation's existence, even atthe expense of the resource which should be invested on the future problems.

While the present problems are importantenough to focus much on, the government should concentrate adequately on thelong-term problems which are also significantly important for the nation.

One reason is that long-term is moreimportant, in some sense, for the nation in that the anticipated problems willbe encountered by the country in the coming future. Moreover, the long-runproblems need more investment, including people, money and time, in the wholecourse. For instance, if one country does not place great emphasis on the energyresearch, many years later when the available resource of energy has run outthe country will be under great dangerous circumstances. Because this countrymust rely on some other countries, they would be so dependent on the othersthat the nation of the country could not control the own fate. Besides, thefuture issues is the issues of our descendant. If we cannot make adequatepreparation for the anticipated the future, our descendant will not lead acomfortable life.

To sum up, government should focus enoughon present problems which is closely relevant to the contemporary people, whilethe government should equally concentrate the long-term issues which isfar-reaching for the whole nation, including our own descendant.




TOPIC: ARGUMENT145 - A new study collecteddata that shows that people who snore are more likely to gain weight than arepeople who do not snore. It is well known that many people who snore also stopbreathing frequently during the night for a few seconds, a condition calledsleep apnea. The interruption of breathing wakes the person-often so brieflythat the waking goes unnoticed-and can leave the person too tired during theday to exercise. Anyone who snores, therefore, should try to eat less than theaverage person and to exercise more.
WORDS: 361          TIME: 0:30:00          DATE: 2007-3-7

The arguer claims that anyone who snoresshould eat less and exercise more than the average people. To justify theconclusion, the arguer present a new study showing that people who snore arelikely to gain weight than the people who do not snore. The assumptions aboutthe relation between snoring and gaining weight is dubious on some grounds,rendering it unpersuasive as it stands.

First of all, the arguer unfairly assumesthat the sore can make person too tired to exercise during the day. Yet thearguer does not demonstrate any evidence to support this assumption. Perhaps,the interruption of breathing is not so important for sound sleeping. Perhaps,the persons who snore are willing to take part in sport in the day. Lackingconvincing evidence that the interruption indeed affects the persons who snoregreatly, we cannot accept the assumption of the arguer.

Next point, the arguer fails to take intoaccount the possible results of the recommendation which advises people whosnore should eat less and exercise more than average people. Nevertheless, thearguer is making a false reasoning line in the process between exercise andgaining weight. Because, the people, who snore and take the advice of therecommendation, will be tired after the day, they need eat more than usually.Given that they eat less and exercise more in the next day, they actually willbe worn out. Therefore, unless the arguer are not able to provide evidence thatthe recommendation help the people have a good sleep, the assumption is notpersuasive.

Last but not least, the arguer does notgive us enough evidence that the relation between snoring and gaining weight isindeed correct in fact. Perhaps, there are a lot of possible alternatives whichis leading the weight. And, the size and makeup of the study is not provided tous. Thus, lacking the information about the study, we cannot assess thereliability of the study, and the recommendation is too vague to be informative.

To sum up, the argument is indeed logicalunsound with the existing study and the assumption. To better assess it, I needknow that :(1) whether the interruption indeed affects the person who snoresignificantly;(2) whether the recommendation of eating less and exercise morehelp the people have a good sleep;(3) whether the study is reliable enough torepresent a diverse cross section of the people who snore.