argument46 <米国有米寒假作业 1.29 第三天〉

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46Although 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.
提纲：
   1 在innu的语言中有关于两种熊的文字， 并没有证据证明另外一种熊就是grizzly baar.
  2 即使 在Innu语言和 传说中说提到的 熊就是grizzly bear, 也不一定表明在 Labrador 有熊的存在 。
3 探险者是否真的看到的就是grizzly bear也是值得怀疑的。
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In this argument, the arguer asserts that grizzly bears may exist  in Labrabor and explorer’s account probably accurately identified the bear based on the research of language and legends of the Innu, a people who lived in Labrador for thousands of years. However, this argument contains several logical flaws, which render it unconvincing. 22:03
First of all , the arguer fails to show that the two kinds of bears which was recorded in the language and legend of the Innu are black bear and grizzly bear. Although the arguer mentions that ancient legends of Innu attribute different characteristics to the two kinds of bears, he/she does not inform us whether the characteristics of the bear described in legends are the same as that of grizzly bear. It is entire possible that the bear depicted in Legends is another kind of bear which is similar with grizzly bear in shape but different in habits. Therefore, to convince me that the bear recorded in language and legends of Innu is just the grizzly bear, the arguer must provide more information about these records of grizzly bear, such as their habits, their color ,their shape , their main food , and so on .
Secondly, even if the bear in the Legends and Language is indeed the grizzly bear, only the records of grizzly bear in Innu cannot substantiate that this kind of bear ever lived in Labrador. Because the arguer fails to inform us that the reasons for this kind of bear to appear in the language and Legends. Perhaps many Innu lived in western province before they moved into Labrobor, and these words of bears in their language and legends were based on their former experience about grizzly bear in western province. Perhaps these records were written by a man who witness the grizzly bear in other places.  In short, the appearance of the words of grizzly bear in language of Innu does not equate with that grizzly bear ever lived in Labrabor.
       In the final analysis, the arguer unfairly asserts that the explorer’s account probably    accurately identified the bear. Yet, the arguer provides no evidence to support it . In fact, It is highly possible that the explorer’s account was based on his/her illusion or incorrect judgement given that the arguer was  so  startled that he/she did not see the bear clearly . Perhaps the bear the explorer encountered was only the same cruel as grizzly bear but not grizzly bear.
In sum, the assertion of the arguer is not cogent . In order to support his/her conclude effectively, the arguer must provide more information about the research for the language and legends or put forward more scientific data and analysis about the relationship between grizzly bear and Labaror.