刘文勇GRE写作Argument题库 Day 39

Day 39 A recent sales study indicates that consumption of seafood dishes in Bay City restaurants has increased by 30 percent during the past five years

A recent sales study indicates that consumption of seafood dishes in Bay City restaurants has increased by 30 percent during the past five years. Yet there are no currently operating city restaurants whose specialty is seafood. Moreover, the majority of families in Bay City are two-income families, and a nationwide study has shown that such families eat significantly fewer home-cooked meals than they did a decade ago but at the same time express more concern about healthful eating. Therefore, the new Captain Seafood restaurant that specializes in seafood should be quite popular and profitable.

Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.

五问：

（1）“Therefore, the new Captain Seafood restaurant that specializes in seafood should be quite popular and profitable”是结论，其余部分是事实，值得反驳吗？

（2）原文提到，海鲜食品的消费在过去五年间增长了 30%，但却没有提供比对对象来证明这 30%的增长率是可观的（尽管这是一个看上去很不错的增长）。是否存在这样的可能性：由于人口增长，其他食品的消费量的增长甚至超过了 30%？另外，基于时间轴的论证方法是错误的，过去增长并不意味着将来还会保持增长的趋势。

（3）专门做海鲜的饭店，其海鲜菜品的质量一定高于非海鲜饭店吗？原文是否给出了足够信息来证明这一点？用全国性的研究来定义当地的特质是否合适？个体是否可能具备集体所不具备的特点？

（4）我们能否简单地将海鲜与健康食物画上等号？除了海鲜之外，健康食物还有哪些？你能具体地罗列一下吗？例如，有机蔬菜及水果、蛋奶类制品是不是健康食物呢？

（5）利润的决定因素有哪些？顾客量当然是其中的一个因素，除此之外还有哪些因素可能会影响利润？会从什么角度影响利润额？例如：海鲜的价格高低、饭店的房租价格、人员的工资水平都会影响利润。