今天求助的是其中第四种,关于提出问题来回答题干中recommendation能否达到predicted result。
先上题 :
"On Balmer Island, where mopeds serve as a popular form of transportation, the population increases to 100,000 during the summer months. To reduce the number of accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians, the town council of Balmer Island should limit the number of mopeds rented by the island's moped rental companies from 50 per day to 25 per day during the summer season. By limiting the number of rentals, the town council will attain the 50 percent annual reduction in moped accidents that was achieved last year on the neighboring island of Seaville, when Seaville's town council enforced similar limits on moped rentals."
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.
我认为“the town council of Balmer Island should limit the number of mopeds rented by the island's moped rental companies from 50 per day to 25 per day"是recommendation,而"By limiting the number of rentals, the town council will attain the 50 percent annual reduction in moped accidents" 是 predicted result.
然后题干里说,让我们写一篇文章,来讨论还需要提出什么问题,才能决定recommendation和predicted result之间是否成立。(不解之处) 换句话说,是否其他不相干的逻辑错误不用在此进行讨论.
例如题中, 作者认为减少租车量 就可以reduce the number of accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians是有问题的,因为这些事故,也可能是由其他机动车造成,也可能是由于人多更密集造成,因此减少moped不一定会导致事故的减少。
然而,作者的建议虽然不一定能实现初衷(reduce the number of accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians),但能否实现初衷,和题目里要求的能否得到predicted result是没有任何关系的,所以我一直纠结在要不要证明这个建议和初衷的错误论证。
“然而,作者的建议虽然不一定能实现初衷(reduce the number of accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians),但能否实现初衷,和题目里要求的能否得到predicted result是没有任何关系的,所以我一直纠结在要不要证明这个建议和初衷的错误论证” 你这个说的啥。。。俺没看懂的说。。。作者: 扇舞丹青 时间: 2011-6-17 13:38:20
1#扇舞丹青
楼主,我认为你的问题出在"By limiting the number of rentals, the town council will attain the 50 percent annual reduction in moped accidents" 是 predicted result.
目的是To reduce the number of accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians
建议是limit the number of mopeds rented by the island's moped rental companies from 50 per day to 25 per day during the summer season
文中对建议的理由
1、question:为何during the summer season来减少?为何limit the number of mopeds ?
理由:On Balmer Island, where mopeds serve as a popular form of transportation, the population increases to 100,000 during the summer months
2、question:为何是mopeds rented by the island's moped rental companies from 50 per day to 25 per day ?
理由: Seaville's town council 去年就是这样干的,而且attain the 50 percent annual reduction in moped accidents ,所以我们也该这样做能得到同样效果