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本帖最后由 swekimn 于 2009-8-25 17:38 编辑
题目:ARGUMENT17 - 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."
这篇我没怎么修改的~~顶着肚子痛写的~~
Grounding on the letter to the editor Walnut Grove(WG), supposing that
WG town council take a mistake, providing the fact that WG has cooperate with EZ for ten years, and then synthesizing two benefic situation about EZ, and supply a survey , the author accordingly suggests that choose ABC is a error. However, it is fraught with vague, and expose the consistency in the letter.
Grounding on the fact that EZ Disposal collects twice a week and order 20 additional trucks, citing a survey in which 80 percent of the respondents showed satisfied with EZ’ performance last year, supposing that EZ provides better service that ABC, the author suggests the Walnut Grove town continue use EZ Disposal, though it recently raised its monthly fee. However, the argument fraught with vague, oversimplified, unwarranted assumptions and exposed some inconsistencies.
Firstly, the author fail to prove that EZ have highly quality service, he only said that EZ have a more time to collect trash, arbitrarily assuming that EZ work more diligence than ABC.
To begin with, the only evidence that EZ collect twice a week is insufficient to prove that EZ will work more diligently, since the collection services depend more on the quality of trash disposal than the times. But he ignores the collection services contain many works not only collect trash one time or several times. For example, the services should keep the company or institution which they service cleaning. The EZ have to collect twice a week which prove them fail to keep work place cleaning, so they must collect more time than ABC. Besides, the author unfairly equates that collect more times to excellent service. EZ need to collect again in a week, imply that it cannot collect clean in a time, maybe its staff very lazy or careless or inept, in some case they maybe not collect all trash in a time. What's more, the collect times could not represent they work time. Maybe EZ only use one hour to collect trash, but ABC use one day or much more time to collect it. So unless the author can provide more information about the work quality of the two services, the evidence mentioned above completely unwarranted.
Secondly, it is considerably for author to assume that EZ have ordered additional trucks influence it can promote them collect efficiency and quality. All of the trucks ordered maybe would not use in collect work. Even if they use the truck, their system maybe confuse and inability in a short time, this is no benefic their work. Even if they could keep in a normal orbit, EZ maybe can extensive their own operation, and they maybe decline care for WG, and even they keep the same care for WG, how do you know the increase trucks would make WG get advantages in a saturated state. Besides, the author only supply the information about EZ who would add trucks, but not provide the policy that ABC would adopt. In short, without more information about the ABC and EZ, it is impossible to assess whether those services have a positive impact.
Additionally, the argument mentions a survey about EZ who have 80 percent respondents agree they satisfy with the EZ performance. It is haste for author to make the conclusion that EZ has a better performance than ABC. Maybe another survey reports that ABC has 90 percent satisfaction. Since the author provide no other information about ABC, this conclusion like a half-moon, has no signification.
Finally, the argument gives us the information about the fee of two institutions. EZ has raised the fee to $2500 recently, but the ABC did not increase it. So in this case, ABC could save more money for WG, it is benefic for the company and make leaders delight.
To sum up, the author supplies a seemingly correct analysis about the letter, whereas his deduction is irrational. To buttress the conclusion, the author should provide more information that ABC statement and recently policy. Additionally, the author must rule out the two services discriminate in some aspects.
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