【GRE写作】Argument 精选真题范文（二十七）

然后，我们找到一句包涵多个逻辑问题的的陈述：

discontinuing the children’s book section, which will probably become less popular given that the most recent national census indicated a significant decline in the percentage of the population under age ten.

那么，我在写作中是不是就按照这样的顺序同时也不做取舍地展开写作呢？

并不是。我的写作段落如下：

Regarding the significant decline in the percentage of the population under age ten as an indicator of the decreased popularity of children’s books section, there are a number of points of doubt, and accordingly, questions need to be answered. 首先，我的句话是总述，指出了我在原文中找到的有疑点的那一个陈述（被高亮标出的那一句）。然后，我展开陈述一、二、三。（怎么只有三个点？刚才列出的不是四个点么？说明有一个逻辑点被我抛弃了）First, is the declined proportion of the under-10 population the result of the shrinkage of the population? If the answer is negative, the decline in the percentage is attributed to other situations. Most probably, the growth of the size of any other age group has caused the under-10 population to account for a smaller portion since the total percentage is a constant, although the number of those children has not decreased.读到这里，你会发现，怎么这个点不是刚才列出的点，而是刚才列出的第二点？别急，确实不是，但是别急，你继续读。Second, even though under-10 children may have become fewer, we should wonder whether it is necessary that there would be fewer visitors to the book store’s children’s book section. In fact, the decrease may have happened to the group who do not visit the store, and the store have lost none of those children or parents who have always been the book store’s patrons. 这个第二点也不是刚才列出的第二点，而是刚才列出的第三点？不是，别急，继续。In addition, the discussion above makes sense only on the premise that the census data, which represent the national and overall situation, also indicate the demographic reality in the town or area in which Monarch Books is based, which is local. However, is that the case? What if the town or area is an exception to the overall situation across the country and has not seen the national trend? 读到这里，你会发现，怎么这个第三点是刚才列出的点？对的。然后，你发现我的行文的logical organization了么？通过“the discussion above makes sense only on the premise that blah blah blah“来引出原来列出的点。也就是说我PUA了一把，故意先把具体情况讨论完，再把大前提放到了最后一点来讨论，着实PUA了一把。你品。

至于被我抛弃的那一点，因为它在逻辑上的重要性比较低，所以其实可以舍去。但是，我还是作为福利放在下面给大家：

Even though the visitors may have become fewer, the other crucial question is whether one such child buys only one book, in other words, whether the sales of books depend solely on the number of such children. As a matter of fact, the number of books each child buys also decides the sales of books, and this number is not affected by the number of children. In either case, the sales of children’s books may not decrease.

至于大家会不会纠结，我建议，不纠结，舍弃这个点从而争取时间抓住别的重要的点，毕竟，题目文本中出现逻辑疑点的陈述可不止这一句，每一句都挖到，时间上不允许，所以要敢于舍。

最后告诉大家，获取The Argument Task的官方题库，通过下面的链接：

https://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/argument/pool