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1、智课网GRE备考资料GRE官方写作题库Argument15ThefollowingmemorandumisfromthebusinessmanagerofHappyPancakeHouserestaurants:"Recently,butterhasbeenreplacedbymargarineinHappyPancakeHouserestaurantsthroughoutthesouthwesternUnitedStates.Thischange,however,hashadlittleimpactonourcustomers.Infact,onlyabout2percentofcus

2、tomershavecomplained,indicatingthatanaverageof98peopleoutof100arehappywiththechange.Furthermore,manyservershavereportedthatanumberofcustomerswhoaskforbutterdonotcomplainwhentheyaregivenmargarineinstead.Clearly,eitherthesecustomersdonotdistinguishbutterfrommargarineortheyusetheterm'butter'torefert

3、oeitherbutterormargarine."Writearesponseinwhichyoudiscussoneormorealternativeexplanationsthatcouldrivaltheproposedexplanationandexplainhowyourexplanation(s)canplausiblyaccountforthefactspresentedintheargument.【满分范文赏析】TheauthorarguesthatHappyPancakeHouse(HPH)customersareunabletodistinguishbetweenb

4、utterandmargarineortheydonotcarethattheyarebeingservedmargarineinsteadofbutter.Tosupporttheargument,thespeakerpointsoutthattheHPH'ssouthwesternrestaurants,whichnowservemargarineinsteadofbutter,onlyreceivedatotalof2%consumercomplaints.Theauthorindicatesthatreportsfromserversshowcustomersaskingforb

5、utterhavenotcomplainedwhengivenmargarineinstead.Thisargumentisunconvincingforseveralreasons.【本段结构】本文采用了标准的Argument开头段结构，即C—A—F的开头结构。本段首先概括原文的Conclusion，之后简要提及原文为支持其结论所引用的一系列Assumption及细节，最后给出开头段到正文段的过渡句，指出原文的Flaw，即这些Assumption无法让原文的结论具有说服力。【本段功能】作为Argument开头段，本段具体功能就在于发起攻击并概括原文的结论，即HPH的顾客无法区分Butt

6、er和Margarine，或者他们根本就不关心他们得到的是Margarine而非Butter。本段接下来提到了原文中为支持之前的Conclusion所提供的证据，即仅仅2%的顾客对这一改变提出了抱怨，并且根据服务员的报告，当得到的是Margarine而非Butter的时候，顾客们并没有抱怨。文章提及这些信息，为是在正文段中对这些Assumption即将进行的具体攻击做铺垫。Firstly,thespeakerdoesnotindicatethelengthoftimethattheserestaurantshavebeenrefusingmargarinetocustomers.Ifth

7、echangeisaveryrecentone,itispossiblethatinsufficientdatahavebeencollectedtodrawanyreliableconclusions.So,withoutthecertaintyoftrustworthydata,conclusionsshouldnotbedrawn.【本段结构】本段采用了标准的Argument正文段结构，即先是提及原文的第一个逻辑错误，之后分析