issue 110
Critical judgment of work in any given field has little value unless it comes from someone who is an expert in that field.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.
argument 173
The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Balmer Island Gazette.
The population on Balmer Island doubles during the summer months. During the summer, then, the town council of Balmer Island should decrease the maximum number of moped rentals allowed at each of the island's six moped and bicycle rental companies from 50 per day to 30 per day. This will significantly reduce the number of summertime accidents involving mopeds and pedestrians. The neighboring island of Torseau actually saw a 50 percent reduction in moped accidents last year when Torseau's town council enforced similar limits on moped rentals. To help reduce moped accidents, therefore, we should also enforce these limitations during the summer months.
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.
关于这个instruction我讲几点自己的理解:
1.首先说的是假设,每一段的攻击点都找assumption
2.然后接着要讲how the argument depends on,这边讲一个约束条件,比如说当如何如何的时候这个assumption可以推出这个argument。
(这两点建议写1到2句即可)
3.接着就是implication了,其实就是imagination,想象如果上面的assumption没有被保证会发生怎样的事。可以直接用一个however表明一下态度,然后用排比句列出几点可能的推测即可。(这个instruction并没有要求进一步展开。所以到这里就可以了。)
4.最后再总结一下照应段首。
以上纯属个人看法,仅供参考。