作文題目:

The following appeared in a letter from a homeowner to a friend.

"Of the two leading real estate firms in our town—Adams Realty and Fitch Realty—Adams Realty is clearly superior. Adams has 40 real estate agents; in contrast, Fitch has 25, many of whom work only part-time. Moreover, Adams' revenue last year was twice as high as that of Fitch and included home sales that averaged $168,000, compared to Fitch's $144,000. Homes listed with Adams sell faster as well: ten years ago I listed my home with Fitch, and it took more than four months to sell; last year, when I sold another home, I listed it with Adams, and it took only one month. Thus, if you want to sell your home quickly and at a good price, you should use Adams Realty."

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.

題目講解:

【翻譯】

在本市的兩家最大的房地產經紀公司--Adams Realty和Fitch Realty--之中，Adams顯然更優秀一些。Adams有40名房地產經紀人，而Fitch只有25個，且很多是兼職工作。而且，Adams去年的收入是Fitch的兩倍，其平均房價為$168000，而Fitch僅為$144000。在Adams銷售的房屋賣得也更快：十年前，我把我的房產交給Fitch，它用了四個多月才賣出去;去年，我在Adams賣了另一處房產，僅用一個月就售出了。因此，要想讓你的房產賣的更快更好，你應該選擇Adams。

【分析】

1.作者沒有說明Adams的詳細情況。他雖然有40名房地產經紀人，但是否都是兼職，此外，Adams是否經營的房子和Fitch一樣，可能經營的是豪華的房子，可能168,000算便宜的好房子，而144,000是貴的差房子

2.作者沒有足夠的信息說明Adams買房子比Fitch慢，可能是季節不同

3.其他因素：收入是兩倍不一定利潤高，可能Fitch的經營情況更好;沒有考慮費用是否相同