GRE Argument 20重新选题
写作题目
收起The following is a memorandum from the business manager of a television station.
"Over the past year, our late-night news program has devoted increased time to national news and less time to weather and local news. During this time period, most of the complaints received from viewers were concerned with our station's coverage of weather and local news. In addition, local businesses that used to advertise during our late-night news program have just canceled their advertising contracts with us. Therefore, in order to attract more viewers to the program and to avoid losing any further advertising revenues, we should restore the time devoted to weather and local news to its former level."
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.
答题辅导
收起1. 题目翻译
去年,我们的深夜新闻节目投入了更多的时间播放全国新闻,较少的时间播放天气预报和地方新闻。在同一时期,我们从观众那里获得的投诉大部分是关于电视台对于天气和地方新闻的播放的。而且,若干曾经在我们深夜新闻节目播放广告的地方企业刚刚取消了和我们的广告契约。因此,为吸引更多的电视观众观看我们的新闻节目并避免失去未来的广告收入,我们应该在我们所有的新闻节目中增加天气和地方新闻的播报。
2. 本题逻辑错误分析
a) 抱怨未必真的增多。或许原先大部分的抱怨就针对该内容。2)即使抱怨变多了,也并非一定因为是天气和当地新闻的时间长度减少引起的。或许是因为节目没有能够覆盖整个地区的天气或新闻;或者是因为在黄金时段没有天气和当地新闻等。
b) 广告商的撤退未必是由于天气和当地新闻的减少造成的。也许是由于国内新闻的质量过于糟糕;或者是由于该频道的声誉受到损害等;或者是广告商受到金融危机的影响资金不够等。
c) 即使该节目调整确实带来了负面影响,1)采纳建议后也未必有效。也许观众和广告商对该频道关注的减少是难以挽回的;或者会引起更大的一部分讨厌当地新闻和天气的观众的反感。2)建议未必必要。也许适当增加当地新闻和天气就可以了,不必在所有节目中都增加。