【you are not alone】小组提纲作业 Argument46

Luise8891UID: 2906459

46Although black bears are common in the eastern Canadian province of Labrador, grizzly bears—often similar in color, but much larger—were believed to exist only in the western provinces. Despite a nineteenth-century explorer's account of having startled and narrowly escaped from a grizzly bear deep in the woods in Labrador, modern scientists find no physical evidence that grizzly bears have ever lived in Labrador. But recent research into the language and legends of the Innu, a people who have lived in Labrador for thousands of years, reveals that their language has words for two different kinds of bears, and their ancient legends attribute different characteristics to the two kinds of bears. Therefore, there probably were grizzly bears in Labrador, and the explorer's account probably accurately identified the bear.

Luise8891UID: 2906459

1）        the research into the language and legends of Innu, that reveals the two different kinds of bears does not lend strong support to the assumption that there probably were grizzly bears in Labrador. First, perhaps the Innu immigrated from western Canada to eastern Canada, and then they kept the words and legend about grizzly bears. Then, it’s likely that there were no grizzly bears in their habitat, but they created a image of monster in their language and legend, which by accident resemble grizzly bears. Moreover, no evidence has been given to prove that one of the descriptions about the two bears match the characteristic of grizzly bears.
2）        Even if there were grizzly bears in Labrador, it’s insufficient to prove that the explorer’s account accurately identified the bear. First, perhaps thousands of yeas ago, there exited grizzly bears, which later were decimated by human beings. And now it becomes extinct. Then, even if there do exist grizzly bears now, there is no solid evidence to prove that the explorer’s account was true.

dreamerdanceUID: 2759402

1 前提是该民族的语言和传说中两种不同名称不同特征的熊有一个是G。但并没有证明是G熊。（1）该民族在东部地区生活了几千年，那么在这之前他们是否有可能生活在西部地区，而关于熊的词和传说是否是在到东部来之前就有了。(2)或者有个别人去过西部，关于灰熊的描述是他们带来回的。这些论者没有提供资料

2．即使确实有一只是G，然而作者没有说明语言和传说的可信度。（1）有可能这些传说都是很久以前的传说，或者是从别的地方流传过来的，那么传说中出现的熊并不一定出现在L地。（2）常识告诉我们，语言和传说以及对其的研究都加入了人的想象，这使得在科学性上没有保障。

3 就算是正确可信的，也不能保证探险者的记录可信。探险者当时被吓到了，因为颜色又很接近，所以他的判断是可能不真实的。或者但也有可能是他本人的炒作，为了提高自己的名声；

结论：论者要想加强说服力，还需要提供该民族传说中关于熊的特征是否与G熊相同，传说是否是在东部地区的经验上形成的，是否有过多的人为色彩。传说的可信度。探险者报告的真实性。论者还是需要提供具体的文字记载或是科学研究。