【5.27更新，有简短总结】5.18考G，坚持！

昨天写的argument，字数有点少，400不到。。
Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made only by the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a "Palean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleans could have crossed it only by boat, and no Palean boats have been found. Thus it follows that the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean.

In the article , the author make one conclusion that Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean . In order to justify the conclusion , the author notes that the archaeologists found the Brim River broad and deep . The author also cites that no Palean boats have been found near the river . However , I found this argument logically unconvincing in some aspects .
First of all , the archaeologists point out that the Brim River is very deep and broad , so the ancient Paleans could only use boats . In my opinion , this conclusion is unlogical . Why ancient Paleans could only use boats to cross the river ? Some ancient Paleans may use trees along the river as boating tools . Therefore , archaeologists have not found boats so far . What is more , the ancient Paleans could put the basket on the river , the water would help bring the basket to the opposite side of the river . In addition , there may be some traders at that time , so the ancient Paleans would exchange baskets with them , and these traders may bring baskets to the Lithos finally .
In addition , the archaeologists did not find boats , so they make a conclusion that there is no boats . I think it is not sound to make such a conclusion . There are many possibilities that the archaeologists have not found the boat so far . Maybe the boats was buried in the more deeper ground , or maybe the archaeologists did not search at the right place .
Last but not least , the archaeologists does not point out the detailed time . There is one possibility that when the ancient Paleans were active , there was no Brim River in the middle of Palean and Lithos . As a result , there is an extremely confusing relationship between Palean and the river . This assumption makes the argument less valid and we need more information about the background to support the conclusion .
In sum , the argument is logically flawed and therefore invalid as it stands. To strengthen it , the author should provide more detailed data and discoveries about the ancient Paleans and the Brim River such as the accurate time .

今天的argument。
Traffic here in Waymarsh is becoming a problem. Although just three years ago a state traffic survey showed that the typical driving commuter took 20 minutes to get to work, the commute now takes closer to 40 minutes, according to the survey just completed. Members of the town council already have suggested more road building to address the problem, but as well as being expensive, the new construction will surely disrupt some of our residential neighborhoods. It would be better to follow the example of the nearby city of Garville. Last year Garville implemented a policy that rewards people who share rides to work, giving them coupons for free gas. Pollution levels in Garville have dropped since the policy was implemented, and people from Garville tell me that commuting times have fallen considerably. There is no reason why a policy like Garville's shouldn't work equally well in Waymarsh.

In the article , the arguer announces that the Waymarsh government should implement the same policy as the nearby city of Garville . The arguer points out that the policy will drop the pollution level and reduce the commuting times . The argument seems right at the first glace . But if you think for a while , you will find how invalid and unsouding the argument is .
In the first place , the details of the survey are vague . It does not point out the specific area or the time in the survey .For example , if the survey which had three years ago was taken in the countryside at midnight , but the survey recently is taken in the downtown at the daytime , the results from the survey are not valid . If the argument wants to be more sounding , I think it should have more details .
In the second place , the idea in the argument is that if there are more road in Waymarsh , the commuting time will be less . In my opinion , the logicality is very absurd . Many factors can lead to the terrible traffics and the long commuting time . If the government builds more roads , some residents may have a wrong idea : the traffics will be better , let us buy cars ! As a result , there are going to have more cars in the road and the commuting time may be longer .
In the third place , the policy complemented in Garville led a nice results and it solved so many problems , but it does not mean the the same policy will work in the Waymarsh , no matter how close the two cities are . Because different cities have different circumstances , the same policy might lead to different results . In addition , the changes happened in Garville may have little relationship with the road policy . Maybe , many residents in the city could not bear the pollution and the long commuting time , so they move out of the city . As a result , decreasing population leads to these changes in Garville .
From the analysis above , you will find how unconvincing the argument is . From my point of view , the article should have more details in survey and consider different aspects of the two cities in order to provide a valid and sounding argument .

5.8：还有10天。心里特别没谱。这几天在玩命背3000。明天用OG模考一下。

5.18：今天考完，151+164，数学略悲剧，我感觉也没错那么多啊。。。。PP2模考第一套147+164，第二套140+164，所以大家PP2跪了千万别灰心。

5.27：刚查作文，3分，马马虎虎的分数。。。
虽然315+3是个很一般的分数，但也想总结一下，算是一个交代吧。
寒假开始背单词，其实各种水，大家都懂的，假期里看了两遍3000；二月底开学，开始认真背单词和刷题；但是三月开始把妹纸，各种浪；然后四月有两门课结课+期末考试；五月初有项目结题。。。。所以我的复习时间其实不是很多，做的也是很不够。。。
词汇：再要你命3000，这本书我考前90%以上认识，个人觉得我能上150，基本靠单词。我在考前三周的时候，大概就认识60%吧，后来狂背了一下，就记住了好多。
填空：陈圣元、陈琦7套、麟渡兮填空。一开始做陈圣元找感觉，然后做陈琦7套，网购了一个配套的视频，相当不错，考前一周做了麟渡兮填空。填空主要就是单词，单词认识，题目基本就会了；逻辑关系，我觉得不是很难。
阅读：36套、多层结构法。36套正确率一度达到17min对8个，就觉得自己很厉害了，后期几乎没看阅读，考前一周PP2模拟第一套，阅读20题只对了3题，真是吓尿了。后来真是来不及练了，就每天看一个小时36套，安慰一下自己。。。估计考试的时候也没对几个。
数学：陈向东数学。我的失败之处是错估了自己对时间的把握，想最后看OG数学的，但是阅读和单词太渣，就放弃数学了。大家引以为戒吧。
作文：ISSUE写了4篇，ARGUMENT写了5篇。考试的时候大概各写了380字吧，感觉3不是很难。
模考：PP2.我是考前一周做的，第一套147+164，第二套140+164，感觉再也不会爱了。当时我就想不能放弃，还有一周的时间，一切都很难说。然后就狂背单词，开始做麟渡兮填空，认认真真地把每道题都找了一下对应关系，理解了一下句意。阅读每天晚上看一个小时，主要看文章的结构，首尾句，主旨句，however句，把握一下文章结构。
经验教训：1.合理安排时间，我觉得专心搞一个月应该能够顺利拿下，不要像我这样，可能还要二战；2.认真复习数学，OG一定要看，不要遗漏知识点；3.心态要好，永远不要放弃。

和你同一天考，考前一直关注你的帖子，我作文才2.5，楼主还考不

csartist 发表于 2014-5-27 19:09
和你同一天考，考前一直关注你的帖子，我作文才2.5，楼主还考不

现在准备T，看情况吧。想9月再考一次。