arguement140【米国有米】第四次作业

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Argu140 [米国有米]第四次作业
[作者]：bluecathy

[题目]：The following appeared in a report of the Committee on Faculty Promotions and Salaries at Elm City University.

"During her seventeen years as a professor of botany, Professor Thomas has proved herself to be well worth her annual salary of $50,000. Her classes are among the largest at the university, demonstrating her popularity among students. Moreover, the money she has brought to the university in research grants has exceeded her salary in each of the last two years. Therefore, in consideration of Professor Thomas' demonstrated teaching and research abilities, we recommend that she receive a $10,000 raise and a promotion to Department Chairperson; without such a raise and promotion, we fear that Professor Thomas will leave Elm City University for another college."

[提纲]：
1.作者并未给提供升职和加薪的前提——恐怕Thomas教授去别的学校任职这方面的信息。
2.Thomas教授目前成绩并不能说明她的教学能力（1）也许她的课是系内必修课，所以上她的课的人最多（2）也许她倾向给学生高分，所以上课的人多。
3.Thomas教授研究经费的最多并不等于研究能力的最强。也许她的研究课题需要比较多的经费，也许她社交能力强更易取得经费。
4.即使Thomas的科研能力和教学能力强，但并不代表具有很强的领导能力和领导意愿。
5.Thomas教授的离职并不仅仅限于更好的物质条件，一个好的教授也许更在乎的是，学校的科研名声、科研条件和学生的配合努力。

[正文]：
Before accepting the recommendation that Professor Thomas should receive a $10000 raise of her annual salary and a promotion to Department Chairperson, this report needs to be reexamined, for it is doubtful whether Professor Thomas will leave Elm City University or not, and whether Professor Thomas has incontestable ability as a Department Chairperson.

To begin with, the arguer fails to provide any evidence that Professor Thomas will leave or have any will to leave Elm City University for another college, on which and the raise of annual salary and the promotion to Chairperson both base. So if she doesn't have the will of leaving, it is unnecessary to give all these salary raise and promotion.

Secondly, even Professor Thomas deserves the salary raise and promotion as the reasons as the arguer says; however, it is still unclear that her achievement means her ability absolutely. As mentioned in the report that Professor Thomas's class are among the largest at the university, but there is few indication that Professor Thomas is and popular and outstanding teacher, for two reasons below: (1) May most of her classes are compulsory courses in the faculty, which requires all the students to attend. (2) It is also possible that she is the kind of teacher who tends to give relative higher marks to students. Therefore, the size of her classes does have nothing to do with Professor Thomas's teaching ability; students may choose her classes only for a better grade rather than a better guidance. Unless the arguer gives the detailed state, it is doubtful for Professor Thomas's teaching ability.

Thirdly, the evidence cited in the recommendation about Professor Thomas's research grants is also questionable to have anything to do with her teaching ability. May the studies on botany generally need a large number of money, and she is not exceptional. Or may Professor Thomas have a good sociable ability which could make her get more research grants always. Given that the research grants could be a effective evidence of her research ability, we only know the instance of last two years, how about the previous fifteen years? Who knows, the arguer also fails to illuminate.

moreover, even if we presume that Professor Thomas has outstanding teaching and research ability, it is still doubtful that whether she is competent for the promotion to Department Chairperson. firstly, the arguer fails to provide anything about the other teachers in the department, so we couldn't know whether there are some teacher who is as good as her or better than her, so when it comes to the conclusion mentioned in the report, it may be unequal to the other teachers. Secondly, a good professor doesn't mean a good leader, Professor Thomas might be a excellent at teaching and researching, but it doesn't necessarily indicate that she would also be extraordinary with leading a department. After all, department chairperson is a managerial position, and there are too many examples that a good teacher could not do well in management. Unless the arguer provide the evidence about the condition of other professors in the department and managerial ability of Professor Thomas, the conclusion couldn't convince us.

In addition, a professor's leaving his post may not just because of better material condition. What a good professor cares more may be his students' effort, research fame and research condition of the university. Granted that other colleges give better material condition to Professor Thomas, but the research condition of this college couldn't satisfy her research will, she may not leave for the college either.

To sum up, a good professor may be not a good chairperson, and a excellent researcher may not be a extraordinary leader. Moreover, a professor who is truehearted for his research would not determine to stay or leave just because of material condition. If the faculty considers that Professor Thomas should be given more recognition, perhaps more attention should be paid on her research condition.

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"During her seventeen years as a professor of botany, Professor Thomas has proved herself to be well worth her annual salary of $50,000. Her classes are among the largest at the university, demonstrating her popularity among students. Moreover, the money she has brought to the university in research grants has exceeded her salary in each of the last two years. Therefore, in consideration of Professor Thomas' demonstrated teaching and research abilities, we recommend that she receive a $10,000 raise and a promotion to Department Chairperson; without such a raise and promotion, we fear that Professor Thomas will leave Elm City University for another college."

[提纲]：
1.作者并未给提供升职和加薪的前提——恐怕Thomas教授去别的学校任职这方面的信息。
2.Thomas教授目前成绩并不能说明她的教学能力（1）也许她的课是系内必修课，所以上她的课的人最多（2）也许她倾向给学生高分，所以上课的人多。
3.Thomas教授研究经费的最多并不等于研究能力的最强。也许她的研究课题需要比较多的经费，也许她社交能力强更易取得经费。
4.即使Thomas的科研能力和教学能力强，但并不代表具有很强的领导能力和领导意愿。
5.Thomas教授的离职并不仅仅限于更好的物质条件，一个好的教授也许更在乎的是，学校的科研名声、科研条件和学生的配合努力。

[正文]：
Before accepting the recommendation that Professor Thomas should receive a $10000 raise of her annual salary and a promotion to Department Chairperson, this report needs to be reexamined, for it is doubtful whether Professor Thomas will leave Elm City University or not, and whether Professor Thomas has incontestable ability as a Department Chairperson.

To begin with, the arguer fails to provide any evidence that Professor Thomas will leave or have any will to leave Elm City University for another college, on which and the raise of annual salary and the promotion to Chairperson both base. So if she doesn't have the will of leaving, it is unnecessary to give all these salary raise and promotion.

Secondly, even Professor Thomas deserves the salary raise and promotion as the reasons as the arguer says; however, it is still unclear that her achievement means her ability absolutely.[我觉得换个别的副词可能好些吧] As mentioned in the report that Professor Thomas's class are among the largest at the university, but there is few indication that Professor Thomas is and [a?] popular and outstanding teacher, for two reasons below: (1) May most of her classes are compulsory courses [去掉course 直接用形容词做表语显得简洁些] in the faculty, which requires all the students to attend. [这一点不知道符不符合别人的国情？可能不吧 不过我也不清楚] (2) It is also possible that she is the kind of teacher who tends to give relative higher marks to students. Therefore, the size of her classes does have nothing to do with Professor Thomas's teaching ability; students may choose her classes only for a better grade rather than a better guidance. Unless the arguer gives the detailed state, it is doubtful for Professor Thomas's teaching ability.

Thirdly, the evidence cited in the recommendation about Professor Thomas's research grants is also questionable to have anything to do with her teaching ability. May the studies on botany generally need a large number of money, and she is not exceptional. Or may Professor Thomas have a good sociable ability which could make her get more research grants always. Given that the research grants could be a effective evidence of her research ability, we only know the instance of last two years, how about the previous fifteen years? Who knows, the arguer also fails to illuminate.

[Moreover], even if we presume that Professor Thomas has outstanding teaching and research ability, it is still doubtful that whether she is competent for the promotion to Department Chairperson. firstly, the arguer fails to provide anything about the other teachers in the department, so we couldn't know whether there are some teacher who is as good as her or better than her, so when it comes to the conclusion mentioned in the report, it may be unequal to the other teachers. Secondly, a good professor doesn't mean a good leader, Professor Thomas might be a [a/去掉] excellent at teaching and researching, but it doesn't necessarily indicate that she would also be extraordinary with leading a department. After all, department chairperson is a managerial position, and there are too many examples that a good teacher could not do well in management. Unless the arguer provide the evidence about the condition of other professors in the department and managerial ability of Professor Thomas, the conclusion couldn't convince us.

In addition, a professor's leaving his post may not just because of better material condition. What a good professor cares more may be his students' effort, research fame and research condition of the university. Granted that other colleges give better material condition to Professor Thomas, but the research condition of this college couldn't satisfy her research will, she may not leave for the college either.

To sum up, a good professor may be not a good chairperson, and a excellent researcher may not be a extraordinary leader. Moreover, a professor who is truehearted for his research would not determine to stay or leave just because of material condition. If the faculty considers that Professor Thomas should be given more recognition, perhaps more attention should be paid on her research condition.

觉得你写得很不错了，就有些搭配上似乎有点问题，但我也没把握肯定说你的不对。可能是我自己对那个不熟悉。我觉得结构和逻辑都抓得挺好的。
加油加油啊
:) :)