GMAT考试写作例文224篇连载(七五)
<p> 75. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="appeared">appeared</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="letter">letter</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="editor">editor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="magazine">magazine</span>.</p><p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="myth">myth</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="consumers">consumers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="benefiting">benefiting</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="advances">advances</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="agricultural">agricultural</span> <span word="technology">technology</span>. <span word="Granted">Granted</span>―<span word="consumers">consumers</span> <span word="are">are</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="average">average</span>, <span word="spending">spending</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="decreasing">decreasing</span> <span word="proportion">proportion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="food">food</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="consider">consider</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="proportion">proportion</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="income">income</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="rises">rises</span>, <span word="therefore">therefore</span>, <span word="consumers">consumers</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="spend">spend</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="decreasing">decreasing</span> <span word="proportion">proportion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="food">food</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="agricultural">agricultural</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="credited">credited</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="better">better</span>.</p><p> <span word="Discuss">Discuss</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="reasoned">reasoned</span>... <span word="etc">etc</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="conclusion">conclusion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="letter">letter</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="consumers">consumers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="truly">truly</span> <span word="benefiting">benefiting</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="advances">advances</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="agricultural">agricultural</span> <span word="technology">technology</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="concedes">concedes</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="average">average</span>, <span word="consumers">consumers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="spending">spending</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="decreasing">decreasing</span> <span word="proportion">proportion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="food">food</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="contends">contends</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="happen">happen</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="advances">advances</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="agricultural">agricultural</span> <span word="technology">technology</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="reasons">reasons</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="proportion">proportion</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="income">income</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="rises">rises</span>, <span word="consumers">consumers</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="spend">spend</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="decreasing">decreasing</span> <span word="portion">portion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="food">food</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="argument">argument</span> <span word="turns">turns</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dubious">dubious</span> <span word="assumptions">assumptions</span>.</p><p> <span word="First">First</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="asserting">asserting</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="incomes">incomes</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="rising">rising</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="provides">provides</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="assertion">assertion</span>; <span word="moreover">moreover</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="false">false</span>. <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="salaries">salaries</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wages">wages</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="up">up</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="indicate">indicate</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="proportionally">proportionally</span>. <span word="Real">Real</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="effect">effect</span> <span word="inflation">inflation</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="relative">relative</span> <span word="value">value</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dollar">dollar</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="salaries">salaries</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wages">wages</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="adjusted">adjusted</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="inflation">inflation</span>, <span word="what">what</span> <span word="appear">appear</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="increases">increases</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="decreases">decreases</span>.</p>
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