刘文勇GRE写作Argument题库 Day 113

Day 113 Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity

The following is a recommendation from the personnel director to the president of Acme Publishing Company.

“Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a 500-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year. Obviously, the faster you can read, the more information you can absorb in a single workday. Moreover, Easy Read would cost Acme only $500 per employee— a small price to pay when you consider the benefits. Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter. Clearly, to improve productivity, Acme should require all of our employees to take the Easy Read course.”

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the advice and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the advice.

五问：

（1）“Many other companies have recently stated that having their employees take the Easy Read Speed-Reading Course has greatly improved productivity. One graduate of the course was able to read a 500-page report in only two hours; another graduate rose from an assistant manager to vice president of the company in under a year”“Easy Read would cost Acme only $500 per employee”和“Included in this fee is a three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter”是事实，“Clearly, to improve productivity, Acme should require all of our employees to take the Easy Read course”是结论，值得反驳吗？

（2）许多公司都从“ Easy Read Speed-Reading Course”之中获益，就意味着本公司也一定能够从这门课程中受益吗？本公司和其他公司之间可能存在哪些不同？哪些不同的因素可能影响这门课程的有效性？你能否描述这样一种情况，对其他公司有意义的课程，可能对本公司意义不大？例如：本公司是一家出版公司，主要业务是对稿件的评审、编辑，对标点符号、错别字等细节要求比较高，阅读速度快并不是最重要的需求。另外，原文中是否提供了足够的信息，表明从这门课程当中受益的公司占“多大的比例”？受益的公司是否可能仅仅是一小部分？

（3）原文中举了两个例子： “One graduate...”和“ another graduate...”，尽管其真实性并不值得被反驳，但是这两个例子是否具有典型性呢？是否所有学习了这门课程的graduates都能够获得相同的效果呢？抑或这只是特例而已？

（4）在任何的工作情况下，都一定是阅读速度越快越好吗？我们评判工作效果的好坏，是否还有其他的标准？例如：完成工作的质量、工作态度等。

（5）原文中是否给出了足够的信息来证明 500美元的费用是可以接受的？低价格会在多大程度上影响利润呢？利润是高还是低呢？“ three-week seminar in Spruce City and a lifelong subscription to the Easy Read newsletter”是否有价值呢？这个价值相对于费用来说是否足够高呢？原文中是否给出了足够的信息来论述呢？