刘文勇GRE写作Argument题库 Day 92

Day 92 Workers in the small town of Leeville take fewer sick days than workers in the large city of Masonton, 50 miles away

Workers in the small town of Leeville take fewer sick days than workers in the large city of Masonton, 50 miles away. Moreover, relative to population size, the diagnosis of stress-related illness is proportionally much lower in Leeville than in Masonton. According to the Leeville Chamber of Commerce, these facts can be attributed to the health benefits of the relatively relaxed pace of life in Leeville.

Write a response in which you discuss one or more alternative explanations that could rival the proposed explanation and explain how your explanation(s) can plausibly account for the facts presented in the argument.

五问：

（1）“Workers in the small town of Leeville take fewer sick days than workers in the large city of Masonton, 50 miles away. Moreover, relative to population size, the diagnosis of stress-related illness is proportionally much lower in Leeville than in Masonton”是事实，“these facts can be attributed to the health benefits of the relatively relaxed pace of life in Leeville”为结论，值得反驳吗？

（2）请假天数更少能说明更少生病吗？会不会有人生病了也不请假，或者是病得没有那么严重？

（3）本段论述属于典型的类比式论述，做题之前请大家先在脑子里面回顾我们对于类比的要求（基础理论部分）有哪些。小城镇 Leeville与大城市 Masonton之间的差异可能有哪些？除了原文中所提及的因素之外，还有哪些其他的差异可能会影响结论？例如：两地的气候、环境、居民的身体素质等差异都会对结论产生影响。

（4）stress-related illness与sick days能简单地相对应吗？两个概念是否一致？如果不一致，原文的错误在哪里？请病假不一定是因为 stress-related illness，还可能是由于感冒、头疼等其他病症。

（5）除了 pace of life之外，还有哪些因素可能导致疾病？还有哪些因素可能导致 stress-related illness？原文是否给出了足够信息来排除其他的情况？例如：家庭矛盾、工作压力、人际关系紧张等都可能会导致 stress-related illness。