GRE范文和赏析-Argument10-智课网.pdfVIP

智课网GRE 备考资料 GRE 官方写作题库Argument 10 Twenty years ago, Dr. Field, a noted anthropologist, visited the island of Tertia . Using an observation-centered approach to studying Tertian culture, he concluded from his observations that children in Tertia were reared by an entire village rather than by their own biological parents. Recently another anthropologist, Dr. Karp, visited the group of islands that includes Tertia and used the interview-centered method to study child-rearing practices. In the interviews that Dr. Karp conducted with children living in this group of islands, the children spent much more time talking about their biological parents than about other adults in the village. Dr. Karp decided that Dr. Fields conclusion about Tertian village culture must be invalid. Some anthropologists recommend that to obtain accurate information on Tertian child-rearing practices, future research on the subject should be conducted via the interview-centered method. 【满分范文赏析】 It might seem logical, at first glance, to agree with the argument in Dr. Karp’s article that children in Tertia are actually raised by their biological parents (and perhaps even, by implication, that an observation-centered approach to anthropological study is less valid than an interview-centered one). However, in order to fully evaluate this argument, an audience should be provided with additional evidence. 【本段结构】 本段采用了简明的 Argument 开头段结构，即 C—F 的开头结构。段落首先概括原文的 Conclusion ，接下来给出开头段到正文段的过渡句，指出原文的 Flaw ，即其应提供额外的 Evidence 才能让观众对该 Argument 进行充分评价。 【本段功能】 本段作为 Argument 开头段，具体功能就在于发起攻击并概括原文的结论，即 Tertia 的孩子们 的确是由他们的亲生父母所抚养的，并且以观察为中心的人类学研究方法不如以面试为中心 的研究方法有效。本段对原文结论的归纳为正文段中即将进行的具体攻击作铺垫。 The audience should know, before deciding conclusively