3. The following
appeared as a letter to the editor from a Central Plaza store owner.
"Over the past two years, the number of shoppers in Central Plaza has
been steadily decreasing while the popularity of skateboarding has increased
dramatically. Many Central Plaza store owners believe that the decrease in
their business is due to the number of skateboard users in the plaza. There
has also been a dramatic increase in the amount of litter and vandalism
throughout the plaza. Thus, we recommend that the city prohibit skateboarding
in Central Plaza. If skateboarding is prohibited here, we predict that
business in Central Plaza will return to its previously high levels. |
351단어 썼구요,, 아이구 계속 똑같은 말만 되풀이 한것 같아서 ㅠㅠ 바보같다는 생각도 들지만 이제부터 시험때까지 차곡차곡 달려보겠습니다. 잘 부탁드립니다.!!!
According to the statement, the city should ban skateboarding in Central plaza for it is believed that skateboarder users adversely affected the business in plaza and also they are suspected to raise the amount of garbage and vandalism behavior in plaza. However, this argument of prohibiting skateboarding in plaza is not valid because the author failed to come up with proper reasons and proves.
To begin with, the author did not provide if there is any correlation between the number of skateboarders and revenue of the stores in plaza. There could be many other reasons why the commercial shops in plaza have collapsed steadily. For example, even the plaza used to be located ‘hot spot’ at the first time, there could have been changes in people’s preference to choose the place for shopping as time goes by. And also, there is possibility that the origin of current problem is not from skateboarding users or other external factors, rather it could be due to lagged stores in plaza, unfavourable service, and bad quality of the articles in shops. This reason can also be applied to the another statement about the idea that banning skateboarding in the plaza would make the business in plaza proliferate again, for there could be various causes which brought current situation. Therefore, for making the argument convincing, the author should find clear linkage between economic activity and number of skateboarders in plaza.
Furthermore, author did not suggest proper proof to the statement that rising anti-social behavior and the amount of litter in Central plaza is due to increasing skateboarders. This point can be rebutted with the statement that this situation could be due to other reasons like general social disorder simulated by computer games or family collapse. Therefore, the author had better find if there is any proof that skateboarders are the main cause of such anti-social behaviours in plaza.
To sum up, the author has to find unambiguous proof and reason of the statement for convincing others that the city should forbid skateboarding in plaza for bringing fortunes to the shops in plaza and reducing anti-social behaviours.