新GRE写作高分技巧分析

 　　The following is a memorandum¹ from the business manager of a television station.

　　"Over the past year, our late-night news program has devoted² increased time to national news and less time to weather and local news. During this period, most of the complaints received from viewers were concerned with our station's coverage³ of weather and local news. In addition, local businesses that used to advertise during our late-night news program have canceled their advertising⁴ contracts with us. Therefore, in order to attract more viewers to our news programs and to avoid losing any further advertising revenues, we should expand our coverage of weather and local news on all our news programs."

　　Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.

　　思路解析：

　　1、 文章里面抱怨的内容是什么都没有提供，我们不能排除是说天气报告不准确和节目不真实，而不一定是说量不够;

　　2、 late-night news program和广告被撤两者之间是否有因果关系呢。广告被cancel或许是因为公司财力发生问题，或是公司的其他策略有变化;

　　3、 即使这样的改变使得夜间新闻不受观众欢迎，但也不能推广到所有的新闻节目中增加天气和地方新闻的播报。

　　以上这篇文章是天道留学考试规划师，根据GRE考生实战而发表在这里的写作高分技巧文章，相信对各位考生会有一定的帮助。

1 memorandum   

n.备忘录，便笺

参考例句：

• The memorandum was dated 23 August,2008.备忘录上注明的日期是2008年8月23日。
• The Secretary notes down the date of the meeting in her memorandum book.秘书把会议日期都写在记事本上。

2 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

3 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

4 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。