【MathSCU 10G小组提纲帖】

clyde630UID: 2211462

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clyde630UID: 2211462

clyde630提纲:
第一次:ARGUMENT25 - The following appeared in a memo from the mayor of the town of Hopewell.
"Two years ago, the town of Ocean View built a new municipal golf course and resort hotel. During the past two years, tourism in Ocean View has increased, new businesses have opened there, and Ocean View's tax revenues have risen by 30 percent. The best way to improve Hopewell's economy, and generate additional tax revenues, is to build a golf course and resort hotel similar to those in Ocean View."

1. the arguer fails to figure out that two towns are valid to be compared with each other, that is, the situations are almost the same.
2. he fails to prove that the increase of tourism and rising of tax are attributable to the building a new golf course.
3.As the golf course was built 2 years ago,the arguer is supposed to figure out it still works at present to build a golf course in order to increase tourism and tax.

ARGUMENT35 - The following appeared in the summary of a study on headaches suffered by the residents of Mentia.
"Salicylates are members of the same chemical family as aspirin, a medicine used to treat headaches. Although many foods are naturally rich in salicylates, for the past several decades food-processing companies have also been adding salicylates to foods as preservatives. This rise in the commercial use of salicylates has been found to correlate with a steady decline in the average number of headaches reported by participants in our twenty-year study. Recently, food-processing companies have found that salicylates can also be used as flavor additives for foods. With this new use for salicylates, we can expect a continued steady decline in the number of headaches suffered by the average citizen of Mentia."

1.although salicylates are members of aspirin, it doesn't indicat salicylates can cure headaches unless the arguer gives cogent evidences to prove that.
2.he doesn't eliminate other contents in food that might cure headaches
3.he fails to articulate that rise in use of salicylates in commerce are correlated to the steady decline of headaches.
4.the conclusion that with a new use of salicylates, the number of people suffering headaches is to decline steadily is unconvincing.

ISSUE207 - "Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are."

position: I agree with the statement
1. through some specific r and c, people can tell what culture it is. examples, chinese sping festivals, Xmase. so r and c help define a culture. r and c is one of the most significant signiture of a culture.
2.by r and c, peolple can have a sense of who they are, and from r and c, people can learn its tradition,history, and increase their sense of patriotism.
3.unluckily, as globalization, more and more r and  c are disappearing, all people are acting as the all come from they westen countries.
4.people should begin to protect their specific r and c, and of course ,their cultures, so that our descendants can learn their brillant cultures, to preserve r and c is to maintain culture diversity, which is good for the whole world and mankind to develop

ISSUE5 - "A nation should require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college rather than allow schools in different parts of the nation to determine which academic courses to offer."

position: nation should require its students to learn the same core curriculum, like, the official language, math, science,politics,etc, and allow schools in different places of the country to some paricular course about their own hometown.
1. a nation wide curriculum courses can guarantee the quality of education.
2. allow schools to set some curriculum about their own local cultures are good to conserve some particular local traditions, and students can also have a better understanding of their hometown.
3. therefore, the best way to cultivate its all students for a nation is to combine the two.
第二次:ARGUMENT51 - The following appeared in a medical newsletter.
"Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections may keep some patients from healing quickly after severe muscle strain. This hypothesis has now been proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of patients. The first group of patients, all being treated for muscle injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took antibiotics regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time was, on average, 40 percent quicker than typically expected. Patients in the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician, were given sugar pills, although the patients believed they were taking antibiotics. Their average recuperation time was not significantly reduced. Therefore, all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment."
1.the pool of samples involved in the study is too small to generalize its result to embrace a broadersituation.
2.the arguer fails to eliminate other factors that might make the first group recover sooner than the second. For eg, first groups men can be stronger or younger thant the second. sugarpills might cause side effect to postpone the 2nd group men to recover. As doctors are different, results can be different.
3.unless further study is conducted to prove the effect of antibiotics, the advice to use antibiotics to all patients are unsound.

RGUMENT52 - The following appeared in a memo to the human resources manager at Baobob Inc., a large architectural firm.
"Several well-known, retired architects were interviewed in Architecture Today about changes in the field. Only one had earned a college degree in architecture. All others had come into the field at an early age by serving apprenticeships that required them to work under the direct supervision of an experienced architect. Several of the colleges that we recruit from report that many promising architecture students leave school early in their undergraduate career. Therefore, because finding talented architecture graduates is becoming more difficult, Baobob Inc. should start an aggressive apprenticeship program and hire students who express an interest in architecture directly out of high school rather than wait for them to get out of college."
1.retired archetects are out of date, situations fit for them might be totaly different as time passed by.
2.only several retired archtects AND several colleges don't make sense for the common situation.
3.no proofs to indicate apprenticeship is superior to college education.
4.arguer fails to prove that Baobob company is troublesome to rescruit enough qualified graduates from college,therefore, there is a need for them to start apprenticeship program.

ISSUE34 - "Instead of requiring students to take courses in a variety of disciplines-that is, courses ranging from the arts and the humanities to the physical and biological sciences-colleges and universities should allow students to enroll only in those courses that will help prepare them for jobs in their chosen fields. Such concentration is necessary in today's increasingly work-oriented society."
1.虽然针对就业来进行课程设置可以帮助学生更容易的适应毕业后的职业生涯,但以减少课程多样性来答到为学生就业服务是得不偿失的,因为这样回使学生目光短浅,知识面狭窄,知识结构不合理,不利于他们未来的发展.
2.而另一方面,光考虑到课程多样性和培养学生宽广的视野但忽视掉了针对学生就业的专项辅导,会使学校培养的人才不能适应企业的环境,使学生不能很快,很好的容入企业和工作中,并学以直用.严重的会造成企业找不到理想的员工,是企业人员不足,而另一方面学生又早不到工作,形成恶性循环影响社会的和谐.
3.为了减少上诉矛盾,学校应该尽可能的考虑到学生的视野和知识面的拓展问题,又考虑到企业所需要的人才问题,因此学校在课程设置上应尽可能的既兼顾课程的多样又兼顾就业知道性.

ISSUE35 - "No matter what the situation, it is more harmful to compromise one's beliefs than to adhere to them."
position: 采取灵活的态度,该坚持时坚持,该妥协时妥协
1.有些信仰是必须坚持的,如民主,言论自由,人权问题,反对恐怖注意,
2.但在有些时候我们的一些信仰就应该随时间或环境来妥协,如不要在禁止吃猪肉的国家和地区或民族那里吃猪肉,如不要在民风保守的地方穿着暴露或与该地区人民的道德观念想抵触.
3.灵活多变的态度会使一个人处处受到尊敬和爱戴,一个既能坚持自己信仰,又能在情况需要时为了不与别人的信仰发生矛盾和冲突而妥协自己的一些信仰的人更能在当今这个多元文化交融的社会中得到更好的生存和发展.

[ 本帖最后由 clyde630 于 2007-7-13 03:43 编辑 ]

shrek8081UID: 2339983

shrek8081提纲:
第一次作业:

破釜沉舟UID: 2113052

破釜沉舟 提纲:
第一次:
ARGUMENT25 - The following appeared in a memo from the mayor of the town of Hopewell.
"Two years ago, the town of Ocean View built a new municipal golf course and resort hotel. During the past two years, tourism in Ocean View has increased, new businesses have opened there, and Ocean View's tax revenues have risen by 30 percent. The best way to improve Hopewell's economy, and generate additional tax revenues, is to build a golf course and resort hotel similar to those in Ocean View."

1. There is no direct relationship between the building of the new golf course and resort hotel.
2. Hopewell's condition is different from Ocean View.
3. If after rising by 30 percent, Ocean View's tax revenues is still smaller than Hopewell's, it is not
   worthwhile to use Ocean View's model.
4. If Hopewell already has a golf course and resort hotel, it may be a waste for them to build more.

ISSUE207 - "Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are."

1. 仪式和典礼有助于定义一种文化。仪式常给人留下深刻的印象，凝结了许多民族的传统和习俗。可以增强民族自豪感和凝聚力。
   我们还可以通过仪式和典礼来了解别的文化。
2. 仪式和典礼并不是文化的全部，如果没有这些，人们也不一定就会迷失自我。一种文化真正的精髓是渗透在人们的日常生活中的。
3. 现代社会的快节奏和全球人民生活工作习惯的逐步合流，具有民族特色的仪式活动越来越少。但是人们可以有其他的方式来维持
   自己民族的精神和文化。

第二次：
Argument35 --The following appeared in the summary of a study on headaches suffered by the residents of Mentia.

"Salicylates are members of the same chemical family as aspirin, a medicine used to treat headaches. Although many foods are naturally rich in salicylates, for the past several decades food-processing companies have also been adding salicylates to foods as preservatives. This rise in the commercial use of salicylates has been found to correlate with a steady decline in the average number of headaches reported by participants in our twenty-year study. Recently, food-processing companies have found that salicylates can also be used as flavor additives for foods. With this new use for salicylates, we can expect a continued steady decline in the number of headaches suffered by the average citizen of Mentia."

1. The fact that salicylates and aspirin are in the same chemical family does not necessarily mean that S can be used
to treat headaches.
2. The author fails to convince us that adding S to foods has a causual relationship with the decline in the average
number of headaches
3. There are many factors which can result in headache.
4. Even if S has the ability to treat headache, is it true that the more one take in, the less headache he feels?

Issue34--"Instead of requiring students to take courses in a variety of disciplines—that is, courses ranging from the arts and the humanities to the physical and biological sciences—colleges and universities should allow students to enroll only in those courses that will help prepare them for jobs in their chosen fields. Such concentration is necessary in today's increasingly work-oriented society."
1. 工作并不是生活的全部，要想生活的有意义，需要各方面的知识和素养。
2. 了解多方面的知识有利于选择适合自己并且喜爱的工作
3. 要想在工作上有所建树也需要全面拓展自己的知识面
4. 学校可以将通识课程与专业课程适当搭配



[ 本帖最后由 破釜沉舟 于 2007-7-13 00:11 编辑 ]

qawsedUID: 2359935

qawsed第4次提纲：
issue1-We can usually learn much more from people whose views we share than from
people whose views contradict our own;disagreement can cause stress and inhibit learning.
1.        the contradicting views may turn to be the obstacle of learning
2.        However listen to the contradicting view and discussed it with those dissidents will provide more knowledge and a boarder spectrum of perspective.
3.        get along with the people whose views are contradicting with us, improve our understanding

issue2- Competition is ultimately more beneficial than detrimental to society
1.        competition is the absolute production of the development of the society. Without competition, we could not stands on the crest of the mountain
2.        advantages of competition to the society : promote the diathesis of the competitor
accelerate the progress of the company and the country
3  disadvantages: bring the stress to individuals , the high rate of crime , the declining selling of the native products after China has joined WTO
4  advantages outweigh the disadvantages

argument1- 1.The following appeared in a memorandum written by the vice president of Nature's Way, a chain of stores selling health food and other health-related products.
"revious experience has shown that our stores are most profitable in areas where residents are highly concerned with leading healthy lives. We should therefore build our next new store in Plainsville, which has many such residents. Plainsville merchants report that sales of running shoes and exercise clothing are at all-time highs. The local health club, which nearly closed five years ago due to lack of business, has more members than ever, and the weight training and aerobics classes are always full. We can even anticipate a new generation of customers: Plainsville's schoolchildren are required to participate in a 'fitness for life' program, which emphasizes the benefits of regular exercise at an early age."
1.people who concern with healthy live is possibly do not concern about healthy food the store sells They believe what food cooked by themselves are safe and clean
2.they consider doing exercises are the most efficient method to promote health condition
3.schoolchildren participate in a 'fitness for life' program do not mean they will buy the products of P

argument2.The following appeared in a letter sent by a committee of homeowners from the Deerhaven Acres to all homeowners in Deerhaven Acres."Seven years ago, homeowners in nearby Brookville community adopted a set of restrictions on how the community's yards should be landscaped and what colors the exteriors of homes should be painted. Since then, average property values have tripled in Brookville. In order to raise property values in Deerhaven Acres, we should adopt our own set of restrictions on landscaping and housepainting."
1   the geographical position of the Brookville community is of more advantages than the position of Deer haven Acres.
2.  the restrictions the Brookville homeowners have implemented is not the exclusive factor for the increase. : supply and demand of the market
3  The committee ignores a relevant factor concerning the taste of the mass. It is over dated to paint exteriors of homes colors nowadays, which could provide no efforts to the increase.