argument37 【09GRE作文冲刺组】sreaptep 3月8日作文

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TOPIC: ARGUMENT37 - Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have
previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and
therefore were believed to have been unique to the Palean people. Recently, however,
archaeologists discovered such a "Palean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the
Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleans
could only have crossed it by boat, but there is no evidence that the Paleans had boats. And
boats capable of carrying groups of people and cargo were not developed until thousands of
years after the Palean people disappeared. Moreover, Paleans would have had no need to cross
the river-the woods around Palea are full of nuts, berries, and small game. It follows that
the so-called Palean baskets were not unique to Palea.
WORDS: 460          TIME: 00:36:12          DATE: 2009-3-8 21:27:08

A kind of basket with particular distinctive pattern was formerly considered unique to the
prehistoric people--Palean. However, by providing with us the evidence, such as: the basket
was also found in another village sit on the other side of a river which is very wide and
deep now; it was difficult for Palean to build boat used to cross the river; food and
resources are sufficient on the side of Palea, the author of this argument attempts to
convince us with the conclusion that this kind of basket is not unique during that time.
However, having been examined carefully, the evidence listed above hardly have any logic
connections with the conclusion drawn by the author. Besides, the argument suffered from
several critical fallacies due to those misleading evidence.

To begin with, the Brim River which is measured deep and wide today may not be the seme case
in the past, it is highly possible that this river is just a narrow and shallow stream at
that time, thus the Paleans were able to reach the village of Lithos and were able to
exchange the goods. Even if the Brim River was deep and wide as it currenly be, it also
possible for people to cross it in the winter, since there may be a layer of ice above the
surface of the river. Another ocassion is that there may be a drought season and the water is
shallow. All these possibilities can help Paleans  to communicate with people in Lithos.

Moreover, granted that the Brim River has been running changelessly for thousand of years,
Paleans were still possible to cross it. Boats for group of people and cargos may have
already existed at that time, yet for some reasons we did not manage to discover such remains
of them. Even there is no big boat for Paleans to utilize, the Lithos people may have some;
or perhaps Paleans are able to make canoes which requires little skill, and these canoes
served as their transportations on the river.

Finally, the author fails to consider the conditions around Palea during ancient time. It is
entirely possible that there seldom has trees with eatable fruits as well as berries at
Palea's era, games, however, may replaced by dread monsters and toxic animals. On the other
hand, even provided with such sufficient food resources, there may exist some vital elements
needed by Palean peaple which may hardly found on the side of Palean while abundant on the
Litho's side.

In sum, this argument is ill-conceived in trying to convince us with the conclusion that the
woven basket is unique. In order to be persuasive, the suthor should provide further evidence such
as the record of Brim River's condition in prehistoric times. Only in this way can this
argument be more cogent.