Argument17--Thrive小组第3次作业 版主来拍拍吧，我刚入道，求指点

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The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Walnut Grove town newspaper.
"Walnut Grove's town council has advocated switching from EZ Disposal (which has had the contract for trash collection services in Walnut Grove for the past ten years) to ABC Waste, because EZ recently raised its monthly fee from $2,000 to $2,500 a month, whereas ABC's fee is still $2,000. But the town council is mistaken; we should continue using EZ. EZ collects trash twice a week, while ABC collects only once. Moreover, EZ-which, like ABC, currently has a fleet of 20 trucks-has ordered additional trucks. Finally, EZ provides exceptional service: 80 percent of respondents to last year's town survey agreed that they were 'satisfied' with EZ's performance."

提纲：
1．   攻击作者无根据认为coucil决定换公司是因为经济原因。
2．  EZ 每周收两次垃圾并不一定比 ABC每周收一次有效，如果该镇垃圾较少，则一次就更够了，多收一次是资源浪费。
3．  多余的20两卡车未必是用来回收垃圾的。质疑调查可能性。
4．  总结

正文：

In this letter, the arguer claim that Walnut Grove’s council is wrong in advocating switching from EZ Disposal to ABC Waste for the reason that EZ has raised its fee. To substantiate his point, he cites three cases: (1) The trash collecting frequency of EZ is twice of ABC. (2) While EZ and ABC has the same trucks now, EZ has ordered additional trucks. (3) EZ provides exceptional service and a survey shows that 80 percent of respondents feel satisfied with EZ’s performance. At first glance , this arguement seems to be reasonable, but futher inspection shows it has many critical flaws.

Firstly, the arguer’s falsely assume that the Walnu Grove’s council make their decision that switching from EZ Disposal to ABC Waste is only due to EZ’s increase in fee. Although the arguer’s assumption is entirely possible, the arguer provides no evidence to support this assumption.Perhaps the council has considered many aspects not only the fee but also service qualities, technical skill before it made the decision. Maybe ABC has a more advanced trash recycle system than EZ, which has little harm to the environment and high rate of energy recycle.

Secondly，the facts that trash collecting frequency of EZ is twice of ABC proves littile in itself about which company would be better choice for Walnu Grove’s council. Lacking useful information about the amount of the trash in Walnu Grove, we can not easily arrive at the conclusion that high trash colleting frequency will be more effective. It is possible that Walnu Grove is a small town with small population, so the trash amount there is small and collecting trash once a week is undoubtedly a cost-effective way other than collecting trash twice a week. Without more information about trash conditions in Walnu Grove, the facts has little use to support his view.

Thirdly, the arguer cites that EZ has ordered additional trucks for their trash collecting, in which EZ could provide better service than ABC. While the arguer don not mention the accurate amount of the trucks , it’s possible that EZ only ordered two or three new trucks to replace the badly-damaged trucks, consequently, the number of trucks EZ have remains the same. Or there may be other possilbities for the use of the ordered trucks. For example, the new trucks is used for EZ’s other business not the trash collecting. All in all, unless the arguer rule out these possibilities, the fact can not convince me that the numbers of trucks use for trash collecting rised, let alone convince me EZ performs well than ABC.

Furthermore, the result of the survey that 80 percent of respondents feel satisfied with EZ’s performance can not prove that compared with ABC people will be more satisfied with EZ’s performance. The survey is conducted under the circumstances that only EZ one company are known by residents in the town during the last ten years. Without comparison, people is easily tend to accept EZ. If ABC had the chance to perform for the residents in Walt Grove, the result of the survey would have probably changed.

To sum up, this recommendation relies on certain doubtful assumptions that render it unconvincing as it stands. To make the argument more persuasive, the arguer should provide more details of the facts he cited above. After adding these details, the recommendation would have become more thorough and logically acceptable.

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In this letter, the arguer claim(s) that Walnut Grove’s council is wrong in advocating switching from EZ Disposal to ABC Waste for the reason that EZ has raised its fee. To substantiate his point, he cites three cases: (1) The(the)似乎这种标签符号后应接小写 trash collecting frequency of EZ is twice of ABC. (2) While EZ and ABC has(have) the same trucks now, EZ has ordered additional trucks. (3) EZ provides exceptional service and a survey shows that 80 percent of respondents feel satisfied with EZ’s performance. At first glance, this argu(e)ment seems to be reasonable, but fu(r)ther inspection shows it has many critical flaws.

Firstly, the arguer (’s) falsely assume(s) that the Walnu Grove’s council make their decision that switching from EZ Disposal to ABC Waste is only due to EZ’s increase in fee. [恰恰是这一点比较怪，就是这时作者的陈述事实还是他的假设，我特意看了下题目，总觉得是假设] Although the arguer’s assumption is entirely possible, the arguer provides no evidence to support this assumption. Perhaps the council has considered many aspects not only the fee but also service qualities, technical skill before it made the decision. Maybe ABC has a more advanced trash recycle system than EZ, which has little harm to the environment and high rate of energy recycle.

Secondly，the facts that trash collecting frequency of EZ is twice of ABC proves littile(little) in itself about which company would be better choice for Walnu Grove’s council. Lacking useful information about the amount of the trash in Walnu Grove, we can not easily arrive at the conclusion[这里查了下词霸，冠词似应用a] that high trash colleting frequency will be more effective. It is possible that Walnu Grove is a small town with small population, so the trash amount there is small and collecting trash once a week is undoubtedly a cost-effective way other than collecting trash twice a week. [这个长句不错] Without more information about trash conditions in Walnu Grove, the facts has(have) little use to support his view.

Thirdly, the arguer cites that EZ has ordered additional trucks for their trash collecting, in which EZ could provide better service than ABC. While the arguer don not mention the accurate amount of the trucks , it’s possible that EZ only ordered two or three new trucks to replace the badly-damaged trucks, consequently, the number of trucks EZ have remains the same. [这一点挺好玩得] Or there may be other possilbities(possibilities) for the use of the ordered trucks. For example, the new trucks is used for EZ’s other business not the trash collecting. All in all, unless the arguer rule(s) out these possibilities, the fact can not convince me that the numbers of trucks use for trash collecting rised(raised)这里需要特别注意rise和raise的区别, let alone convince me EZ performs well than ABC.

Furthermore, the result of the survey that 80 percent of respondents feel satisfied with EZ’s performance can not prove that compared with ABC people will be more satisfied with EZ’s performance. The survey is conducted under the circumstances that only EZ one company are(is) known by residents in the town during the last ten years. Without comparison, people is easily tend to accept EZ. If ABC had the chance to perform for the residents in Walt Grove, the result of the survey would have probably changed.

To sum up, this recommendation relies on certain doubtful assumptions that render it unconvincing as it stands. To make the argument more persuasive, the arguer should provide more details of the facts he cited above. After adding these details, the recommendation would have become more thorough and logically acceptable.



看起来，lz知道不少模板，也似乎看过关于这篇argument的分析文章。关于是否驳斥价格是唯一标准这一点我不敢确定，因为它跟像一个事实陈述。另外lz的逻辑攻击条理似乎不是特别好（其实每段写完都可以改顺序的 剪切、粘贴）
比如说我是这样理作者的逻辑顺序的
通过EZ两周一次说明选择EZ更经济
通过EZ订购新车说明EZ的服务质量提高    --> EZ比ABC更好 --> EZ应成为town council的选择
通过调查说明EZ受欢迎
从而找到四个攻击点并安排顺序的。

另外一点就是想问问lz是否是限时模的，如果是就太牛了 字数500+！ 如果没有的话建议限时模一下吧
恩就这些了。