GMAT Argument Writing Samples
3. In this argument the author concludes that the city should allocate some of its arts funding to public television. The conclusion is based on two facts: attendance at the citys art museum has increased proportionally with the increases in visual-arts program viewing on public television, and public television is being threatened by severe cuts in corporate funding. White this argument is somewhat convincing, a few concerns need to be addressed.
To begin with, the argument depends on the assumption that increased exposure to the visual arts on television, mainly public television, has caused a similar increase in local art-museum attendance. However, just because increased art-museum attendance can be statistically correlated with similar increases in television viewing of visual-arts programs, this does not necessarily mean that the increased television viewing of arts is the cause of the rise in museum attendance.
Moreover, perhaps there are other factors relevant to increased interest in the local art museum; for instance, maybe a new director had procured more interesting, exciting acquisitions and exhibits during the period when museum attendance increased, in addition, the author could be overlooking a common cause of both increases. It is possible that some larger social or cultural phenomenon is responsible for greater public interest in both television arts programming and municipal art museums.
To be fair, however, we must recognize that the authors assumption is a special case of a more general one that television viewing affects peoples attitudes and behavior. Common sense and observation tells me that this is indeed the case. After all, advertisers spend billions of dollars on television ad time because they trust this assumption as well.
In conclusion, I am somewhat persuaded by this authors line of reasoning. The argument would be strengthened if the author were to consider and rule out other significant factors that might have caused the increase in visits to the local art museum.
国内英语资讯:China Focus: Grassroots presence growing at NPC
外国人对中国人的印象 Foreigners’ Impression On Chinese
如何抵制欺骗的诱惑
2017届广西来宾市高考英语一轮复习阅读理解专项练习:66(含解析)
2017届高三英语百强名校试题解析金卷(一):黑龙江省双鸭山市第一中学2017届高三上学期第一次质量检测(原卷版)
国际英语资讯:Philippine House passes bill to restore death penalty
2017届高三英语百强名校试题解析金卷(一):湖北省沙市中学2017届高三上学期第二次考试(原卷版)
世界上第一块盲人手表出现,看起来好高级!
2017届高三英语百强名校试题解析金卷(一):湖北省襄阳市第五中学2017届高三上学期开学考试(8月)(原卷版)
体坛英语资讯:Suning boss calls for expansion of Chinas football leagues
爱在一切细节里
你会对家长说谎吗? Will You Lie to Your Parents
又是一年三月八,全球女性地位到底提升了吗?
2017届高三英语百强名校试题解析金卷(一):湖南省湖南师范大学附属中学2017届高三上学期入学摸底考试(原卷版)
2017届高三英语百强名校试题解析金卷(一):重庆市南开中学2017届高三7月月考(解析版)
2017届广西来宾市高考英语一轮复习阅读理解专项练习:68(含解析)
2017届高三英语百强名校试题解析金卷(一):湖南省长沙市长郡中学2017届高三上学期入学考试(解析版)
2017届高三英语百强名校试题解析金卷(一):湖北省襄阳市第四中学2017届高三8月第一周周考(原卷版)
成龙:是中国市场让我牛
2017届广西来宾市高考英语一轮复习阅读理解专项练习:62(含解析)
越来越多的足球学校将要建立 More Football Schools Will be Built
体坛英语资讯:NBA, Weibo partner to entertain Chinese fans
2017届高三英语百强名校试题解析金卷(一):湖南省长沙市长郡中学2017届高三上学期入学考试(原卷版)
2017届高三英语百强名校试题解析金卷(一):内蒙古杭锦后旗奋斗中学2017届高三上学期入学摸底考试(原卷版)
王毅外长记者会精彩回答摘录
2017届广西来宾市高考英语一轮复习阅读理解专项练习:61(含解析)
2017届高三英语百强名校试题解析金卷(一):内蒙古杭锦后旗奋斗中学2017届高三上学期入学摸底考试(解析版)
国内英语资讯:China reiterates opposition to THAAD deployment in ROK
股东vs管理层:公司治理谁说了算?
2017届广西来宾市高考英语一轮复习阅读理解专项练习:67(含解析)
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |