劉文勇GRE寫作Argument題庫 Day 48

Day 48 Clearview should be a top choice for anyone seeking a place to retire

The following appeared in a magazine article about planning for retirement.

“Clearview should be a top choice for anyone seeking a place to retire, because it has spectacular natural beauty and a consistent climate. Another advantage is that housing costs in Clearview have fallen significantly during the past year, and taxes remain lower than those in neighboring towns. Moreover, Clearview's mayor promises many new programs to improve schools, streets, and public services. And best of all, 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.”

Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.

五問：

（1）“it has spectacular natural beauty and a consistent climate. Another advantage is that housing costs in Clearview have fallen significantly during the past year, and taxes remain lower than those in neighboring towns. Moreover, Clearview's mayor promises many new programs to improve schools, streets, and public services”和“the number of physicians in the area is far greater than the national average”是事實(shí)，“Clearview should be a top choice for anyone seeking a place to retire”是結(jié)論，值得反駁嗎？

（2）原文是否應(yīng)該給出更多的信息來證明優(yōu)美的自然景觀和穩(wěn)定的氣候?qū)ν诵萑藛T特別重要，或者具有吸引力呢？氣候穩(wěn)定就一定適合居住嗎？常年干燥或濕熱也不太好吧。

（3）房價下降就意味著房價不高嗎？也許降了之后依舊比其他地方的房價高。稅比周圍的城鎮(zhèn)低，那與其他適合養(yǎng)老的地方比如何呢？作為退休人員，他們真的會在乎房屋價格，甚至是稅金嗎？這應(yīng)該是哪個年齡段的人更在乎的事情？房價、稅金更應(yīng)該是年輕人所注重的問題，退休人員可能更在乎的是醫(yī)療水平。

（4）市長承諾的完善學(xué)校、街道和公共設(shè)施的計(jì)劃，看上去并非專門為退休人員所準(zhǔn)備，退休人員對學(xué)校的需求很高嗎？即便是為老年人準(zhǔn)備的，承諾改善就一定會改善嗎？改善之后條件就一定會好嗎？

（5）醫(yī)生的數(shù)量多，是否意味著每一個人所享受的醫(yī)療質(zhì)量就高呢？有哪些要素可能會對此產(chǎn)生影響？例如：儀器設(shè)備、醫(yī)務(wù)人員的服務(wù)意識、技術(shù)力量等都會影響醫(yī)療質(zhì)量。