劉文勇GRE寫作Argument題庫 Day 63

Day 63 Through out the country last year, as more and more children below the age of nine participated in youth-league sports, over 40,000 of these young players suffered injuries

The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Parkville Daily newspaper.

“Through out the country last year, as more and more children below the age of nine participated in youth-league sports, over 40,000 of these young players suffered injuries. When interviewed for a recent study, youth-league soccer players in several major cities also reported psychological pressure exerted by coaches and parents to win games. Furthermore, education experts say that long practice sessions for these sports take away time that could be used for academic activities. Since the disadvantages outweigh any advantages, we in Parkville should discontinue organized athletic competition for children under nine.”

Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.

五問：

（1）“we in Parkville should discontinue organized athletic competition for children under nine”是結(jié)論，其余部分是事實，值得反駁嗎？

（2）受傷人數(shù)超過 4萬，比以前多還是少？在沒有給出可比較的數(shù)據(jù)的情況下， 4萬有參考意義嗎？

（3）本文試圖借助一個最近的調(diào)查研究來論證觀點，這屬于典型的調(diào)查論證類題目，大家需要回顧一下什么樣的調(diào)查研究才具有強大的說服力。樣本量是否有代表性？是否有前瞻性？這個調(diào)查研究只在幾個主要的大城市開展并且只調(diào)查足球這一項運動，是否合適？有心理壓力一定是壞事嗎？有時壓力也是一種動力。

（4）education experts所說的就一定是正確的嗎？另外，對于孩子們來說，運動一定就不如學業(yè)重要嗎？不參加體育活動就會增加學生們學習的時間嗎？只學習不運動是否會對孩子的身體發(fā)育不利呢？

（5）原文是否僅討論了體育運動的缺點？優(yōu)點是否有提及？在沒有討論優(yōu)點的情況下，我們能否簡單地認定缺點比優(yōu)點多？你能羅列一下體育運動的優(yōu)點嗎？例如：可以強身健體，培養(yǎng)毅力和耐力，足球等團體運動還可以培養(yǎng)孩子的團隊合作意識。