GMAT考试写作指导:Argument范文十二
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72.        Based upon sales reports over a three-month period that indicate an increase in
profits for stores that sell products for the home and a decrease in profits for clothing
stores, the business manager of a department store concludes that consumers are
choosing to purchase home furnishings rather than clothing. On the basis of this
conclusion, the manager recommends a reduction in the size of the clothing department
and an increase in the size of the home-furnishings department. This recommendation is
problematic in two critical respects.
      In the first place the author's conclusion that consumers are choosing to buy
products for their homes instead of clothing is based upon too small a sample. Data
gathered from a three-month period is insufficient1 to establish the conclusion drawn2
from it. It is quite possible that the three-month period chosen is idiosyncratic and not
representative of entire year's sales. If so, reducing the size of the clothing departments
and enlarging the home-furnishings departments may be a costly3 mistake.
      In the second place, the data collected during the three month period may be
biased4. The fact that the data reflects sales in local stores is cause for concern. It is
possible that the sales trend in a particular location is not representative of sales in other
regions. For example, sales of clothing in Florida during the winter months are likely to
be quite different from sales of clothing in Alaska during the same period.
      In conclusion, this argument is not persuasive5 as it stands. A more convincing
argument must provide additional sales data, collected at different periods of the year
and at different locations, that substantiates the trend in question


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1 insufficient L5vxu     
adj.(for,of)不足的,不够的
参考例句:
  • There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
  • In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代,科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。
2 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
3 costly 7zXxh     
adj.昂贵的,价值高的,豪华的
参考例句:
  • It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
  • This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用,左不过贵了些。
4 biased vyGzSn     
a.有偏见的
参考例句:
  • a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
  • The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。
5 persuasive 0MZxR     
adj.有说服力的,能说得使人相信的
参考例句:
  • His arguments in favour of a new school are very persuasive.他赞成办一座新学校的理由很有说服力。
  • The evidence was not really persuasive enough.证据并不是太有说服力。
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