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Argument46 第1篇 吧啦吧啦吧啦拍~~~!!!
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作者:吱吱 共用时间:25分3秒 373 words/ 395 words after revised
从2005年3月7日22时42分到2005年3月7日23时25分
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Although 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.
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In this argument, the author concludes that there were probably grizzly bears in Labrador by demonstrating a nineteenth-century explorer's account of a grizzly bear and the words for two different bears of Innu people, who has lived in Labrador for thousands of years. However, based on unsubstantial evidence, this argument is not convincing.
First, thee author cites a fact that there is a account of a explorer's having startled and narrowly escaped form a grizzly bear in the woods in Labrador. However, any number of factors might explain this phenomenon. For example, it might be the case that the explorer was so scared by the bear that he could not recognize what kind of bear it was and mistook other bears for the grizzly bear. It could also be possible that the record was so immemorial that the real information was changed during its spreading and we could not confirm it. It can be entirely possible that the area of Labrador was extremely large at that time and contained some west land where grizzly bears lived. In short, since the account is too vaguer for us to verify, it could not prove the existence of grizzly bears unless the author provides us more information of the above assumptions.
Second, the author cites another fact that the language of Innu people, who has lived in Labrador for thousands of years, described two different kinds of bears. However, only this evidence is not enough for the reasoning. It might be the case that these words were brought by foreigners or these words have changed a lot during so long a time. It could also be possible that these people emigrated from other places, where grizzly bears might live. In addition, the author does not give us a verification that the "two different kinds of bears" refers to black bears and grizzly bears. Why could these two kinds of bears be black bears and white bears? Or big bears and small bears? Thus, without more detailed information to substantiate these assumptions, the author could not conclude Innu language could prove the existence of grizzly bears.
In conclusion, this argument is not persuasive because the evidence the author provides is poorly supported. Unless the author provides us more information about the discussed issues, he/she could not convince me to believe that there probably might be grizzly bears in Labrador.
鬼鬼,菠萝,龙非,jim 谁有空就过来砍一下的 没空就算了。最好龙非GG能看一眼,里面有些思路是用的你的。 :p
别人的好意谢谢的先,但是实在没时间回改了 |
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