GMAT考试：Argument写作范文十四
<p> <span word="Based">Based</span> <span word="upon">upon</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="correlation">correlation</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="increases">increases</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="movie">movie</span> <span word="violence">violence</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="crime">crime</span> <span word="rates">rates</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="cities">cities</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="argues">argues</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="combat">combat</span> <span word="crime">crime</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="either">either</span> <span word="censor">censor</span> <span word="movies">movies</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="contain">contain</span> <span word="violence">violence</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="prohibit">prohibit</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="under">under</span> 21 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="viewing">viewing</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="argues">argues</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="legislators">legislators</span> <span word="failed">failed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pass">pass</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bill">bill</span> <span word="calling">calling</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="alternatives">alternatives</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="concerned">concerned</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="crime">crime</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="cities">cities</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="authors">authors</span> <span word="reasoning">reasoning</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="unconvincing">unconvincing</span>, <span word="since">since</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="suffers">suffers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="critical">critical</span> <span word="problems">problems</span>.</p><p> <span word="To">To</span> <span word="begin">begin</span> <span word="with">with</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="authors">authors</span> <span word="solution">solution</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="rests">rests</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="claim">claim</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="portrayals">portrayals</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="violence">violence</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="movies">movies</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cause">cause</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="crime">crime</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cities">cities</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="offered">offered</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="insufficient">insufficient</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="claim">claim</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="mere">mere</span> <span word="positive">positive</span> <span word="correlation">correlation</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="movie">movie</span> <span word="violence">violence</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="crime">crime</span> <span word="rates">rates</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="necessarily">necessarily</span> <span word="prove">prove</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="causal">causal</span> <span word="relationship">relationship</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="addition">addition</span>, <span word="all">all</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="prospective">prospective</span> <span word="causes">causes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="crime">crime</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="poverty">poverty</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="unemployment">unemployment</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="ruled">ruled</span> <span word="out">out</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="stands">stands</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="authors">authors</span> <span word="solution">solution</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="upon">upon</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="oversimplified">oversimplified</span> <span word="analysis">analysis</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="issue">issue</span>.</p><p> <span word="Another">Another</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="argument">argument</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="authors">authors</span> <span word="solution">solution</span> <span word="assumes">assumes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="persons">persons</span> <span word="under">under</span> 21 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="adversely">adversely</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="movie">movie</span> <span word="violence">violence</span>. <span word="Ultimately">Ultimately</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="committed">committed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="view">view</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="part">part</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="perpetrators">perpetrators</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="crime">crime</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="juveniles">juveniles</span> <span word="under">under</span> 21. <span word="Lacking">Lacking</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="view">view</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="authors">authors</span> <span word="solution">solution</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="seriously">seriously</span>.</p>
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