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argument146 第3篇 留连接24小时互改,限时后改了拼写错误
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从2005年2月16日10时32分到2005年2月16日11时30分
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The following appeared in the editorial section of a local newspaper.
'The librarians in our town's school system have reported that the number of trips that our students make to their school library on a voluntary basis has decreased significantly in recent years. For example, the average seventh-grade student visited the school library five times last year, but four of those visits were part of required classroom activities. This shows that our students are reading less than in the past. To address this problem, our town needs to improve the atmosphere of the libraries so that they will be comfortable places in which to work. If students view the libraries as uncomfortable, then they are unlikely to want to spend much time there.'
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In the editorial the arguer claims that their town needs to improve the atmosphere of the libraries so that they will be comfortable places, in order to encourage students spend much time there. To substantiate this claim, the arguer points out that the average seventh-grade student visited the school library five times, four of which were part of required classroom activities. Close inspection of evidence reveals, however, that it renders little credible support for the arguer’s conclusion.
To begin with, relying on the fact that the average seventh-grade students visiting the school library less frequently last year, the arguer unfairly assumes that students in the town are reading less than in the past. First, the seventh-grade students only account for a small proportion of the whole students in the town, thus they might not be representative of the real situation of all students. Second, there is no evidence about reading frequency of seventh-grade students in the past, thus merely condition last year cannot justifiably conclude the claim that students are reading less than in the past. Third, less reading frequency cannot indicate less amount of reading. It is highly possible that students spent more time in the library every time, or students acquire much reading materials from public libraries or the Internet. In short, lacking enough evidence, the arguer cannot convincing conclude that students in the town are reading less than in the past.
Secondly, even assuming students in the town are reading less in the school libraries than in the past, no evidence is provided to bolster the assumption that the atmosphere of the libraries is the dominant reason why students less frequency of libraries' visits. Perhaps, the number of books in the libraries is out-of-dated and cannot satisfy the students' current needs. Or perhaps, staff’s service of libraries is undesirable compared to other types of libraries. As noted above, without ruling out many other possible reasons, the arguer's recommendation about improving atmosphere is undermined.
Thirdly, the author assumes that if the atmosphere of school libraries is improved, students would like to spend much time there. However, the arguer offers no evidence to substantiate this assumption. Perhaps, the number of computers should increase to satisfy the needs of increasing prevalent long-range education. In short, even assuming atmosphere of libraries is one of the important factors upon which students depend to choose whether reading in libraries or not, many other factors, such the quantity and quality of books, the device and service related and the like, should not be overlooked.
In conclusion, the recommendation of arguer is logically flawed. To better strengthen the argument the arguer must provide clear evidence that less reading frequency of seventh-grade students last year strongly indicate that students in the town read less than in the past. The arguer much also provide supportive evidence that improving atmosphere of libraries would be necessary and suffice to attract students to spend much time there. |
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