[u'r not alone小组]提纲作业 Argument60

Luise8891UID: 2906459

Argument60：:p The following appeared in the health section of Glenntown's local newspaper.

"Several national medical studies suggest that older people who have pets tend to enjoy better health than those who do not have pets: those who have pets have lower rates of high blood pressure and arthritis. It seems clear that having to care for an animal promotes good health for the older person. Therefore, Glenntown should establish a program to give a small pet such as a dog or cat to all of its citizens who are over the age of 65. This will help to insure that our senior citizens enjoy good health and have fewer medical bills."

dreamerdanceUID: 2759402

1.•论断的前提不一定成立。前提是养宠物对老人的身体有好处，但是没有资料证明宠物能促进老人身体健康。(1)养宠物的老人比不养的人健康。但是研究没提供两种老人的特征，比如是否养宠物的人年龄比较小，而不养的人年龄大。(2)其次研究是说少高血压和关节炎，那么本地老人是否这两种病多。(3)或许这个结论并没有得到证实，还是处在研究阶段，同时作者也没有给养宠物的危害，比如过敏（be sensitive to），动物咬伤（bite）。疾病，呼吸道疾病

2．即使这个实验已经得到了证明，但是另外其他国家的经验不一定对本地适合，如果其他国家环境适合养，而本地没有。但是作者并没有给出该城市老年人的身体状况，可能该城市的老年人高血压和关节炎的发病率就比较低，这样养宠物也不可以达到预期的效果。

3．不是所有老人都喜欢养宠物或是没有条件养。他们可能有自己的健康方式。

4．作者也没有给其它可以健康身体的办法，比如(1)参加锻炼，合理饮食，保持愉快的心情(2) 提高社会福利、医疗设施建设、治理污染。另外老人用的药也是多种多样不一定会因为健康了药帐单就会下降，比如心脏病，就需要靠药物维持正常水平。而且买狗粮等的钱也会增加负担。

结论：论者要加强说服力，还需要提供有关养宠物对促进身体健康的详细资料。另外还需要了解有多少老人愿意养宠物。

tingsnowyUID: 2739192

1. not every one like pets. An allocated pet might not be able to insure an senior citizen enjoy good health, instead, he/she might feel vexed.
2. pets may also cause breath problem to those who have trouble with their breathing system.
3. the relationship of raising pets and good health might have been reversed. Actually, it is also possible that those who are of good health have got energy to raise pets