劉文勇GRE寫作Argument題庫 Day 113

Day 113 Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity

The following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company.

“Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a 500-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read would cost Acme only $500 per employee— a small price to pay when you consider the benefits. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, to improve productivity, Acme should require all of our employees to take the Easy Read course.”

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the advice and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the advice.

五問：

（1）“Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a 500-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year”“Easy Read would cost Acme only $500 per employee”和“Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter”是事實，“Clearly, to improve productivity, Acme should require all of our employees to take the Easy Read course”是結(jié)論，值得反駁嗎？

（2）許多公司都從“ Easy Read Speed-Reading Course”之中獲益，就意味著本公司也一定能夠從這門課程中受益嗎？本公司和其他公司之間可能存在哪些不同？哪些不同的因素可能影響這門課程的有效性？你能否描述這樣一種情況，對其他公司有意義的課程，可能對本公司意義不大？例如：本公司是一家出版公司，主要業(yè)務是對稿件的評審、編輯，對標點符號、錯別字等細節(jié)要求比較高，閱讀速度快并不是最重要的需求。另外，原文中是否提供了足夠的信息，表明從這門課程當中受益的公司占“多大的比例”？受益的公司是否可能僅僅是一小部分？

（3）原文中舉了兩個例子： “One graduate...”和“ another graduate...”，盡管其真實性并不值得被反駁，但是這兩個例子是否具有典型性呢？是否所有學習了這門課程的graduates都能夠獲得相同的效果呢？抑或這只是特例而已？

（4）在任何的工作情況下，都一定是閱讀速度越快越好嗎？我們評判工作效果的好壞，是否還有其他的標準？例如：完成工作的質(zhì)量、工作態(tài)度等。

（5）原文中是否給出了足夠的信息來證明 500美元的費用是可以接受的？低價格會在多大程度上影響利潤呢？利潤是高還是低呢？“ three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter”是否有價值呢？這個價值相對于費用來說是否足夠高呢？原文中是否給出了足夠的信息來論述呢？