刘文勇GRE写作Argument题库 Day 65

Day 65 When Stanley Park first opened, it was the largest, most heavily used public park in town

When Stanley Park first opened, it was the largest, most heavily used public park in town. It is still the largest park, but it is no longer heavily used. Video cameras mounted in the park's parking lots last month revealed the park's drop in popularity: the recordings showed an average of only 50 cars per day. In contrast, tiny Carlton Park in the heart of the business district is visited by more than 150 people on a typical weekday. An obvious difference is that Carlton Park, unlike Stanley Park, provides ample seating. Thus, if Stanley Park is ever to be as popular with our citizens as Carlton Park, the town will obviously need to provide more benches, thereby converting some of the unused open areas into spaces suitable for socializing.

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.

五问：

（1）“When Stanley Park first opened, it was the largest, most heavily used public park in town”“the recordings showed an average of only 50 cars per day. In contrast, tiny Carlton Park in the heart of the business district is visited by more than 150 people on a typical weekday. An obvious difference is that Carlton Park, unlike Stanley Park, provides ample seating”是事实，“Thus, if Stanley Park is ever to be as popular with our citizens as Carlton Park, the town will obviously need to provide more benches, thereby converting some of the unused open areas into spaces suitable for socializing”是结论，值得反驳吗？

（2）从监控视频看到停车场每天平均停 50辆车，就能够得出结论认为公园的受欢迎程度（流行度）正在降低吗？车辆的多少的确是客流量的一项指标，但是这个指标能否反映全部的事实？有哪一部分事实是没有被反映出来的？比如： Stanley Park可能是大家都愿意步行前往的公园；或者每辆车可能乘坐了三四个人，那么 50辆车就搭乘了超过 150人，所以 Stanley Park的客流量并不比 Carlton Park小。

（3）即使 Carlton Park在工作日的客流量更大，就意味着这个公园一定比 Stanley Park更受人们的欢迎吗？我们应该如何看待 Carlton Park所处的特定位置（ heart of the business district）以及两者之间比对的时间（ weekday）？ Carlton Park因为位于商业区的中心，工作日客流量可能会比 Stanley Park的客流量大，但是在休息日两个公园的客流量也许就是相反的。而且，人们可能只是经过 tiny Carlton Park去商业区的其他地方，并不是把公园当作目标。

（4）即便 Carlton Park确实拥有更大的游客量，真的就是因为公园提供了更多的座位吗？是否可能有其他文中未提及的原因？比如公园附近的居民区密度。另外，提供更多座位这个策略对 Carlton Park有效，就意味着它对 Stanley Park也是如此吗？也许，Stanley Park的问题在于停车位太少，或者卫生环境变差了。

（5）即便安装更多长椅是一个有效的策略，但是以减少空地面积作为成本是否值得？从另一方面来讲，这是否可能会降低公园的吸引力？因为很多人去公园是跑步、运动的，需要空地；而且大的空地可以用来举办一些活动，吸引更多的人。