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感觉写的恶烂啊
TOPIC: ARGUMENT51 - The following appeared in a medical newsletter.
"Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections may keep some patients from healing quickly after severe muscle strain. This hypothesis has now been proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of patients. The first group of patients, all being treated for muscle injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took antibiotics regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time was, on average, 40 percent quicker than typically expected. Patients in the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician, were given sugar pills, although the patients believed they were taking antibiotics. Their average recuperation time was not significantly reduced. Therefore, all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment."
WORDS: 448 TIME: 01:12:48 DATE: 2010/6/5 12:59:49
In the argument, the speaker recommends that all patients suffering muscle strain should be advised to take antibiotics during the part of their treatment. In order to support his recommend the speaker provides the suspect from doctors that secondary infection may keep some patient from healing quickly, which supported by the results of a study of two groups. It may tempting to agree with the speaker's conclusion, however, taking a second thought, we could find flaws in the process of speaker's support.
Firstly, the speaker makes assumption that all people may get secondary infections. Yet, for different status of patients' body healthy, we could not make such an absolutely assertion. It is perhaps that children or the old are highly likely to get secondary infections because their immunity is lower, but the young are less getting secondary infections for their strong immunity. So the assumption for all people taking antibiotics is unreasonable without statistics, which is no mentioned in the argument, about the percentage of people suffering secondary infections.
Secondly, the result of study about the comparison of two groups of patients treated by two doctors lacks to consider other possible alternatives. It is mentioned in the argument that the first group is treated by Dr.Newland who specializes in sports medicine, but the other group is treated by Dr.Alton, a general physician. So the increase of the first group's recuperation may possibly owing to more experienced Dr.Newland who knows how to help patient recover quickly by physical treat. Besides, patients are likely taking some medicines which may help treat muscle strains, but the second group do not take any extra pills. This may influent the speed of recuperation. Furthermore, we also take the body healthy of different people into consideration. It is perhaps that in the first group, most patients are young who have the strong recuperation, but in the second, most patients are old whose recover process is slower.
Thirdly, recommending all patients who suffer muscle strain to take antibiotics is quiet unreasonable. For there are no exactly same two situations, various symptoms exist among patients. Some patients may pregnant, who have pay attention to take pills and she maybe could not take antibiotics. Some patients probably are sensitive to antibiotics, who should not be recommended to take. So without such consideration, speaker should not suggest to take antibiotics during the part of all patients' treatment.
In order to strengthen the persuasion about speaker's recommendation, speaker should provide the percentage of people who may suffer secondary infections, and offer a scientific research, to prove that taking antibiotics can improve the speed of recuperation under the same treats, the same symptoms of patients treated by the same doctors. |
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