劉文勇GRE寫作Argument題庫 Day 168

Day 168 The primary function of the Committee for a Better Oak City is to advise the city government on how to make the best use of the city's limited budget

The following is a letter that recently appeared in the Oak City Gazette, a local newspaper.

“The primary function of the Committee for a Better Oak City is to advise the city government on how to make the best use of the city's limited budget. However, at some of our recent meetings we failed to make important decisions because of the foolish objections raised by committee members who are not even residents of Oak City. People who work in Oak City but who live elsewhere cannot fully understand the business and politics of the city. After all, only Oak City residents pay city taxes, and therefore only residents understand how that money could best be used to improve the city. We recommend, then, that the Committee for a Better Oak City vote to restrict its membership to city residents only. We predict that, without the interference of non-residents, the committee will be able to make Oak City a better place in which to live and work.”

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.

五問：

（1）“The primary function of the Committee for a Better Oak City is to advise the city government on how to make the best use of the city's limited budget. However, at some of our recent meetings we failed to make important decisions”和“only Oak City residents pay city taxes”是事實(shí)，“We recommend, then, that the Committee for a Better Oak City vote to restrict its membership to city residents only”是結(jié)論，值得反駁嗎？

（2）文中提及近期一些會(huì)議沒能做出重要決定，能否簡單地認(rèn)為這個(gè)委員會(huì)一直以來的所有會(huì)議都是失敗的？一個(gè)偶然犯錯(cuò)誤的委員會(huì)是否可以被接受？

（3）在 Oak City工作但不住在這兒的人就一定不了解當(dāng)?shù)氐恼魏徒?jīng)濟(jì)情況嗎？或者說在當(dāng)?shù)毓ぷ鞯娜耸欠裼锌赡茉诹私獬鞘蟹矫嬗蓄~外的優(yōu)勢？你能列舉一兩個(gè)嗎？例如：交通狀況、住房問題等。（注意：文中結(jié)論是強(qiáng)調(diào)在 Oak City工作和生活這兩方面。）

（4）交稅的人和使用稅收的人是同一撥人嗎？如果不是，那么這個(gè)因果關(guān)系建立得牢固嗎？

（5）沒有非居民的干擾，就一定能使 Oak City成為一個(gè)更好的地方嗎？是否可能會(huì)有其他因素對(duì)此產(chǎn)生影響？例如該城市居民的犯罪率上升。