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本帖最后由 tesolchina 于 2015-5-28 22:14 编辑
Argument 71
The following is a letter to the editor of the Waymarsh Times.
"Traffic here in Waymarsh is becoming a problem. Although just three years ago a state traffic survey showed that the typical driving commuter took 20 minutes to get to work, the commute now takes closer to 40 minutes, according to the survey just completed. Members of the town council already have suggested more road building to address the problem, but as well as being expensive, the new construction will surely disrupt some of our residential neighborhoods. It would be better to follow the example of the nearby city of Garville. Last year Garville implemented a policy that rewards people who share rides to work, giving them coupons for free gas. Pollution levels in Garville have dropped since the policy was implemented, and people from Garville tell me that commuting times have fallen considerably. There is no reason why a policy like Garville's shouldn't work equally well in Waymarsh."
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
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自我总结:感觉其实还是有很多点可以挖的。文章经历2改。。。
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In the letter, the author points out that the policy implemented by Garville is suitable for Waymarsh to adopt in addressing terrible traffic issues. In fact, we need more evidence about survey, giving free coupon and real cause of air pollution and commuting time in Graville to decide whether it is worth and useful for Waymarsh to adopt the policy.
evidence about giving free coupon是什么意思
it is worth?
To begin with, we need more evidence to confirm the authenticity of the survey in the letter. For one thing, we do not know who is the organizer of this survey. If the environmental protecters organize this survey, there is possibility that these people exaggerate, even make up, the result of survey in order to let government concern environmental issues, such as air pollution. Also, we do not know whether condition of road three years ago is similar to present. If the condition of road three years ago is better, but has turned into worse now, it is more likely that people take more time on the driving to work place nowadays.
authenticity 这个词不对
这个质疑survey的作者的背景 我觉得不太合适
environmental protecters ?
In addition, more informations are needed to evaluate argument that giving coupon for free gas is more economical and is able to prevent people from inconvenience in life. In the letter, the editor thought giving coupon is an ideal way to replace building road due to the implementing policy in Garville. However, we are not assured about economy of giving gas coupon, unless we know the exact expire date of the policy. If there is no expire date for the policy, the cost of giving free coupon may exceed the cost of building roads. Moreover, even to argument that giving gas coupon can bring convenience, we should consider carefully. For example, if more cars appear on the road due to this coupon, bringing noisy and air pollution, we cannot agree that giving free coupon is effective in bringing convenience.
prevent people from inconvenience表达
due to the implementing policy in Garville. 表达
economy of giving gas coupon?
没法往下看了
可能这道题有点难写
Finally, the editor thinks that according to implementing the policy in Waymarsh, the air pollution will drop and time for commuting will reduce, because Garville who is the designer of the policy has already received reduction of air pollution and commuting time. Still, we need more evidence to decide whether the implement of policy in Garville is the real cause of reduction of air pollution and commuting time, so that we are able to agree with editor thought. For example, if the reduction of air pollution is due to the closure of power station using coal as resource and less time for commuting is because of construction of new road in Garville, implementing the policy in Waymarsh will play no role in bringing reduction of air pollution and commuting time.
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此段留作纪念,完全是个错误的写法,而且是非常严重的!!!错误在于引用了argument中的general idea而不是specific;
(The editor thinks that policy implemented in Garville is suitable for Waymarsh to adopt. Still, we need more information about situation in Garville and Waymarsh in order to decide whether this thought is reasonable. As we all know, whether a policy in a city is suitable for another city to apply is mainly depended on whether the situation in two cities is similar. However, in the letter, we only know little about situation in both Waymarsh and Garville. If Financial situation in Garville is better than in Waymarsh, the policy may only be suitable for former one since offering free gas coupon is a costly reward. )
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In conclusion, before we decide whether the policy in Garville is suitable for Waymarsh to adopt, more evidence about survey, giving free coupon and situation in both cities are needed. |
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