[经验思考] 【紧急】有关Central Plaza（Argument第三题） [复制链接]

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.

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.

（1）不知各位有没有注意到，这篇Argu的大前提是Central Plaza有相当数量的skateboard users
（2）但是里面根本就没提这一点

（4）再看另一个证据”Many Central Plaza store owners believe that the decrease in their business is due to the number of skateboard users in the plaza.“
（5）注意！这里提到的是"number of skateboard users"，而不是直接的”due to skateboard users“
（6）有没有可能这些users实际上是能吸引顾客，而最近来的少了，所以顾客变少了？

这篇Argu感觉上好像是故意诽谤skateboard users，就是看他们不爽，所以随便找了个借口(decline in business)，想借政府之手把他们赶出去。

额。。。是说玩滑板的人能吸引顾客去商店吗？。。。如果你想说因为玩滑板的人少了，所以来这个广场的顾客也少了，那也是符合题目中给的the decrease in their business is due to the number of skateboard users in the plaza -。-

Dr_JohnDoe 发表于 2012-11-7 18:47
对，我就是这个意思。如果是这样的话，虽然符合题目中的说法，但是就不能支持"prohibit skateboarding in ...

Enolate 发表于 2012-11-7 20:43
soga~  那你纠结啥捏？

Dr_JohnDoe 发表于 2012-11-7 20:50
我在想这么写会不会有风险，可能挑的错误太偏了

Dr_JohnDoe 发表于 2012-11-7 20:50
我在想这么写会不会有风险，可能挑的错误太偏了