劉文勇GRE寫作Argument題庫 Day 42

Day 42 Erosion of beach sand along the shores of Tria Island is a serious threat to our island and our tourist industry

The following is a letter to the head of the tourism bureau on the island of Tria.

“Erosion of beach sand along the shores of Tria Island is a serious threat to our island and our tourist industry. In order to stop the erosion, we should charge people for using the beaches. Although this solution may annoy a few tourists in the short term, it will raise money for replenishing the sand. Replenishing the sand, as was done to protect buildings on the nearby island of Batia, will help protect buildings along our shores, thereby reducing these buildings' risk of additional damage from severe storms. And since beaches and buildings in the area will be preserved, Tria's tourist industry will improve over the long term.”

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）“Erosion of beach sand along the shores of Tria Island is a serious threat to our island and our tourist industry”是事實，“In order to stop the erosion, we should charge people for using the beaches”是結(jié)論，值得反駁嗎？

（2）對使用海灘的人收費，真的是解決海灘退化問題的好方法嗎？是唯一的方法嗎？文中沒有列出其他的解決方法（例如人工養(yǎng)灘、完善環(huán)境基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施等），這無疑將影響原文論述的堅實程度。

（3）文中并未詳細(xì)論述對使用海灘的人收費會導(dǎo)致何種壞的結(jié)果？這是否可能對本島的旅游業(yè)造成毀滅性的打擊呢？例如：可能會導(dǎo)致許多游客去別的不收費海灘游玩的局面。

（4）原文中并未討論海灘周邊的建筑物是否需要通過保護(hù)海灘來進(jìn)行進(jìn)一步的保護(hù)？是否存在這樣一種可能性：海邊的建筑物事實上并不受保護(hù)海灘過程的影響。原文也并未提及建筑物與風(fēng)暴之間的關(guān)系。另外， Batia島的做法一定適合 Tria島嗎？兩個島的狀況是一樣的嗎？例如：在人口、地理條件等方面存在差異。

（5）海灘和房屋受到保護(hù)后，旅游業(yè)就會得到巨大的發(fā)展嗎？原文是否給出了相應(yīng)的信息來告訴我們游客最關(guān)心的是什么？是住宿條件嗎？是海灘環(huán)境嗎？抑或僅僅是旅游的成本？