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Argument 32
32)The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of Quiot Manufacturing.
During the past year, Quiot Manufacturing had 30 percent more on-the-jobaccidents than at the nearby Panoply Industries plant, where the work shiftsare one hour shorter than ours. Experts say that significant contributingfactors in many on-the-job accidents are fatigue and sleep deprivation amongworkers. Therefore, to reduce the number of on-the-job accidents at Quiot andthereby increase productivity, we should shorten each of our three work shiftsby one hour so that employees will get adequate amounts of sleep.
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions ofthe argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptionsand what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions proveunwarranted.
2015/7/14 21:05-21:32 My response:
The vice president of Quiot Manufacturing suggests that the factory should reduce the number of on-the-job accidents and henceenhance productivity by shorting the each individual’s work time so that theycan get enough amount of sleep. However, there are some assumptions about thecause of on-the-job accident, the relationship between the amount of sleep andfatigue have to be reexamined in order to evaluate the arguments correctly.
注意单词间空格shortening 不是shorting
there be句型错误 而且只有两个方面的assumption?
To begin with, the author of the argumentsuggests that the reason why Quiot Manufacturing had more on-the-job accidentsthan Panoply Industries is that the workers in Panoply have less working hours,which is based on the assumption that the more free times the workers have, thefewer accidents they will cause. However, the president overlooked otherfactors that also might cause on-the-job accidents. To illustrate, maybe thework done by employees in the Quiot Manufacturing is much harder and moredangerous than the work in Panoply. And this might indicates that the workers inQuiot have more possibility to cause accidents. From this perspective, shortingthe work time is useless if the president of Quiot want to lower the number ofaccidents.
主题句太长了 考虑精简一下
might also
have more possibility搭配
注意hedging
shortingthe work time is useless 这话说得太绝对了
Further, the author also assumes that bydeclining the work shifts, employees will get adequate amounts of sleep, which isalso unconvincing, either. The author ignores other factors that can haveimpact on an individual’s sleeping time. For instance, the living habit mayalso play a role in determining a person’s sleeping time. Maybe workers getused to going sleep until very late, even if they have shorter work time. In addition,maybe they also have some part-time jobs to do after work, which means that eventhey have more free time in Quiot, they still have to do other works and thushave insufficient sleep. Apparently, reducing the amount of work hour can’tincrease the employees’ work time and thus becomes useless for decreasing thenumber of work accidents.
which isalso unconvincing 这个说法不对 你的任务是指出假设 然后讨论其他可能性 你并不知道假设是否成立
getused to going sleep until very late表达
Apparently, reducing the amount of work hour can’tincrease the employees’ work time 还是hedging问题
之前没有提出过这个问题么
Finally, the author points out that thenumber of accidents will be lowered after employees get enough sleep, which isbased on the assumption that the number of accidents and the amount of sleephave negative linear relationship. However, other factors might also influence theamount of accidents. For instance, maybe the workers of the Quiot don’t have enoughtraining course before they starting their job, or the machine in the Quiot istoo old to ensure the operator’s safety. Hence, if these factors do makecontribution to increasing the number of on-the-job accidents, therecommendation of the president is unjustifiable.
the number of accidents and the amount of sleephave negative linear relationship 这个说法文科出生的考官未必钟意 你单词之间不空格让我读得好费力
总的来说还可以 hedging 的问题 和否定原argument的问题要注意
写作心得: 1 注意题目的instruction 时隔三个月愈发意识到一战之前犯的错误之严重,可能很大程度上没有审题和语言表达决定了难逃3分的命运; 2 Argument套路运用的逐渐熟练,让写作变得慢慢顺手了,今天写了27分钟
2015/7/17 21:32 2nd edition
修改心得
1 重新复制文章,解决空格问题
2 写argument要注意多多使用表达可能性的情态动词,语气不能太绝对
My response:
The vice president of Quiot Manufacturing suggests that the factory should reduce the number of on-the-job accidents and hence enhance productivity by shortening the each individual’s work time so that they can get enough amount of sleep. However, some assumptions, include the cause of on-the-job accident, the relationship between the amount of sleep and fatigue and the result of making the change mentioned in the memo, have to be reexamined in order to evaluate the arguments correctly.
To begin with, the author of the argument suggests that the reason why Quiot Manufacturing had had more on-the-job accidents is that the workers in Quiot have more working hours, which is based on the assumption that the more free times the workers have, the fewer accidents they will cause. However, the president overlooked other factors that might also cause on-the-job accidents. To illustrate, maybe the work done by employees in the Quiot Manufacturing is much harder and more dangerous than the work in Panoply. And this might indicates that the workers in Quiot are more likely to cause accidents. From this perspective, shortening the work time might be useless if the president of Quiot want to lower the number of accidents.
感觉这里主旨句不太好精简啊…尽可能把能合并的都合并了
Further, the author also assumes that by declining the work shifts, employees will get adequate amounts of sleep. The author ignores other factors that can have impact on an individual’s sleeping time. For instance, the lifestyles may also play a role in determining a person’s sleeping time. Maybe workers are used to going sleep until very late, even if they have shorter work time. In addition, maybe they also have some part-time jobs to do after work, which means that even they have more free time in Quiot, they still have to do other works and thus have insufficient sleep. Accordingly, reducing the amount of work hour perhaps couldn’t increase the employees’ work time and thus might becomes useless for decreasing the number of work accidents.
Finally, the author points out that the number of accidents will be lowered after employees get enough sleep, which is based on the assumption that the number of accidents and the amount of sleep have negative linear relationship. However, other factors might also influence the amount of accidents. For instance, maybe the workers of the Quiot don’t have enough training course before they starting their job, or the machine in the Quiot is too old to ensure the operator’s safety. Hence, if these factors do make contribution to increasing the number of on-the-job accidents, the recommendation of the president is unjustifiable.
我记得之前好像在张雷东翻译的北美范文那本书里看到过所谓的“正相关”, “负相关”一类的说法。。
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