GRE范文及赏析-Argument72-智课网.pdf

智课网GRE 备考资料 GRE 官方写作题库Argument 72 Your recent article on corporate downsizing* in the United States is misleading. The article gives the mistaken impression that many competent workers who lost jobs as a result of downsizing face serious economic hardship, often for years, before finding other suitable employment. But this impression is contradicted by a recent report on the United States economy, which found that since 1992 far more jobs have been created than have been eliminated. The report also demonstrates that many of those who lost their jobs have found new employment. Two-thirds of the newly created jobs have been in industries that tend to pay above-average wages, and the vast majority of these jobs are full-time. *Downsizing is the process in which corporations deliberately reduce the number of their employees. 满分范文赏析 The statement above refutes the claims from a certain separate articles argument about widespread corporate downsizing and the effects that it has had on workers. To justify the disagreement, the speaker cites the following three findings of a recent report: (1) There has been a net increase in the number of new jobs created since 1992, (2) many workers who lost their jobs have found other work, and (3) most newly created jobs are full-time positions in industries which tend to pay above-average wages. Upon careful scrutiny, it is clear that the information presented it does little to support the disagreement presented therein. 【此段结构】 本段采用了标准的 Argument 开头段结构，即：C – E - F 的开头结构，首句概括原文的 C(Conclusion)。接下来的一句话概括了原文为了支持他的结论所引用的 E(Evidence)。最后尾句 中给出开头段到正文段的过渡句，指出原文在逻辑上存在 F(Flaw)。 【此段功能】 本段作为 Argument 开头段，具体功能就在发起攻击。首先，概括原文的结论：驳斥也一篇 文章中“公司 downsizing 和工人失业”的观点 。接下来分别列举了原文为了支持这个结论引 用的证据：一是 1992 年来有更多的新岗位，二是一些失业的人又找到了其他工作，三是很多 新工作是全职的而且薪水高于平均工资。论据的归纳用于铺垫出正文段的具体攻击。最后点 出原文存在逻辑错误，引出后面的分析