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Secondly, the author assumes that the reason for the declining number of library visits is that
the library is uncomfortable. Yet, the author offers no evidence to substantiate this assumption.
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Lacking such evidence, a variety of other factors might account for the decline. As noted above,
perhaps students are becoming less dependent on the school library for obtaining reading
material and information. Besides, lacking evidence to the contrary it is entirely possible that
library atmosphere is completely insignificant to most students.
Thirdly, the author assumes that improving atmosphere and comfort is necessary to reverse
the current trend. However, even if the surroundings go unchanged there might be other ways
to attract students to their library. Perhaps increasing the number of computer terminals or the
number of staff members would reverse the current trend. Or perhaps increasing the number
of books and periodicals, or enhancing their variety, would be effective. In short, without ruling
out all other possible means of achieving the desired results, the author cannot convince me
that the proposed course of action is necessary.
Finally, the author assumes that improving the library's atmosphere would suffice to increase
the frequency of student visits and the amount of reading on the part of students. Yet, the
author offers no evidence that these improvements alone would suffice. In fact, a more
comfortable library might actually discourage students from reading by creating a social rather
than work atmosphere.
In sum, the recommendation is not well supported. To strengthen the argument the author
must provide clear evidence that the school's students are in fact reading less and that if they
visit the school library more frequently they will read more. The author must also provide
evidence--perhaps by way of a student survey--that the library atmosphere is the chief
determinant of the frequency with which students visit the library. Finally, to better evaluate the
argument I would need to know what alternatives, if any, are available for increasing the
frequency with which students visit their library, and for increasing the amount that students
read.
Argument 35
The following appeared in an editorial in a business magazine.
"Although the sales of Whirlwind video games have declined over the past two years, a recent
survey of video-game players suggests that this sales trend is about to be reversed. The
survey asked video-game players what features they thought were most important in a video
game. According to the survey, players prefer games that provide lifelike graphics, which
require the most up-to-date computers. Whirlwind has just introduced several such games with
an extensive advertising campaign directed at people 10 to 25 years old, the age-group most
likely to play video games. It follows, then, that the sales of Whirlwind video games are likely to
increase dramatically in the next few months." 感谢您阅读《GRE作文范文大全(107) 》一文,出国留学网(liuxue86.com)编辑部希望本文能帮助到您。
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