argument143 【米国有米】第十一次作业

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143.The following appeared as a letter to the editor of a national newspaper.

"Your recent article on corporate downsizing in the United States is misleading. The article gives the mistaken impression that many competent workers who lost jobs as a result of downsizing face serious economic hardship, often for years, before finding other suitable employment. But this impression is contradicted by a recent report on the United States economy, which found that since 1992 far more jobs have been created than have been eliminated. The report also demonstrates that many of those who lost their jobs have found new employment. Two-thirds of the newly created jobs have been in industries that tend to pay above-average wages, and the vast majority of these jobs are full-time." Downsizing is the process in which corporations deliberately reduce the number of their employees.

·推论完全建立在这篇报道，但报道没有提供任何数字与证据，无法判断它的真实与准确。先以它真实为前提，论者的推理中有问题。
·新设的岗位多，不一定被裁的工人上，人口在增多，有更多的人要找工作。
·被裁员的工人可能无法得到那三分之二的工高资和全职岗位。因为岗位工种限制、技术限制、年龄限制。

In this letter, the arguer deny the conclusion that many competent workers who lose job because of corporate downsizing often couldn't find suitable jobs for several years, due to a recent report on the United States economy. However, when the arguer says that the article on newspaper is misleading, the arguer's argument is also misleading and has some logical flaws.

To begin with, the main problem with this argument is that it is unclear that United States economy report is authoritative and representative. As what we have seen, all the author's arguments are all based on the very report. But there is not any evidence that the report is statistically correct, and the arguer fails to demonstrate that the report could reveal true and actual circumstance of American job market now. So we couldn't judge whether this report is right and suitable for being a base of reasoning. Given that this report is true and statistically reliable, there are still two logical flaws in his argument.

Firstly, although there are far more jobs created than eliminated, it does not mean that these newly created jobs are all be obtained by those who lost their jobs as a result of cooperate downsizing. May the unemployed men be not at the same work positions as newly created jobs. For example, with the development of technology, more and more computer operators are needed, and chances of mechanics are still very few. Moreover, because an increasing number of people who had lost their jobs would find jobs over again, the speed of newly created jobs may never be quick enough to catch up with the speed of continually lost jobs. Therefore, many of those who lost their jobs may not find new employment.

Secondly, it is still uncertain that those who lost their jobs could obtain the newly created jobs, two-thirds of which are with above-average wages and full-time. Because of the restriction of technique, age and type of work, many people who lost their jobs still have no chance to find new employment.

To sum up, from what has been discussed above, the arguer could not safely draw that the article on the newspaper is trustless. At the same time, the arguer's conclusion is also misleading and gives a mistaken impression. In order to make it more convincing, the arguer should provide more evidence that United States economy report which was referred to as an important data is indeed authoritative and reliable.

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143.The following appeared as a letter to the editor of a national newspaper.

"Your recent article on corporate downsizing in the United States is misleading. The article gives the mistaken impression that many competent workers who lost jobs as a result of downsizing face serious economic hardship, often for years, before finding other suitable employment. But this impression is contradicted by a recent report on the United States economy, which found that since 1992 far more jobs have been created than have been eliminated. The report also demonstrates that many of those who lost their jobs have found new employment. Two-thirds of the newly created jobs have been in industries that tend to pay above-average wages, and the vast majority of these jobs are full-time." Downsizing is the process in which corporations deliberately reduce the number of their employees.

·推论完全建立在这篇报道，但报道没有提供任何数字与证据，无法判断它的真实与准确。先以它真实为前提，论者的推理中有问题。
·新设的岗位多，不一定被裁的工人上，人口在增多，有更多的人要找工作。
·被裁员的工人可能无法得到那三分之二的工高资和全职岗位。因为岗位工种限制、技术限制、年龄限制。

In this letter, the arguer deny the conclusion that many competent workers who lose job because of corporate downsizing often couldn't find suitable jobs for several years, due to a recent report on the United States economy. However, when the arguer says that the article on newspaper is misleading, the arguer's argument is also misleading and has some logical flaws.

To begin with, the main problem with this argument is that it is unclear that (whether)United States economy report is authoritative and representative. As what we have seen, all the author's arguments are all based on the very report. But there is not any evidence that the report is statistically correct, and the arguer fails to demonstrate that the report could reveal true and actual circumstance of American job market now. So we couldn't judge whether this report is right and suitable for being a base of reasoning. Given that this report is true and statistically reliable, there are still two logical flaws in his argument.
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Firstly, although there are far more jobs created than eliminated, it does not mean that these newly created jobs are all be obtained by those who lost their jobs as a result of cooperate downsizing. May the unemployed men be not at the same work positions as newly created jobs. For example, with the development of technology, more and more computer operators are needed, and chances of mechanics are still very few. Moreover, because an increasing number of people who had lost their jobs would find jobs over again, the speed of newly created jobs may never be quick enough to catch up with the speed of continually lost jobs. Therefore, many of those who lost their jobs may not find new employment.

Secondly, it is still uncertain that those who lost their jobs could obtain the newly created jobs, two-thirds of which are with above-average wages and full-time. Because of the restriction of technique, age and type of work, many people who lost their jobs still have no chance to find new employment.

To sum up, from what has been discussed above, the arguer could not safely draw that the article on the newspaper is trustless. At the same time, the arguer's conclusion is also misleading and gives a mistaken impression. In order to make it more convincing, the arguer should provide more evidence that United States economy report which was referred to as an important data is indeed authoritative and reliable.
各个攻击点都找到了，语言也没有问题。若能丰富一下常用句式则更好
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