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Argument163 第10篇 让砖头来得更猛烈些吧!
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作者:Francine 共用时间:42分8秒 630words
从2005年7月9日16时59分到2005年7月9日17时36分
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The following is taken from the editorial section of the local newspaper in Rockingham.
'In order to save a considerable amount of money, Rockingham's century-old town hall should be torn down and replaced by the larger and more energy-efficient building that some citizens have proposed. The old town hall is too small to comfortably accommodate the number of people who are employed by the town. In addition, it is very costly to heat the old hall in winter and cool it in summer. The new, larger building would be more energy efficient, costing less per square foot to heat and cool than the old hall. Furthermore, it would be possible to rent out some of the space in the new building, thereby generating income for the town of Rockingham.'
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The author deduced that the a more energy-efficient building should replaced the R's century-old town hall to benefit from the generating income by the new building with the purpose of saving money. In order to bolster his assertion, he cited the evidences that the old is too small to accommodate enough persons, and it is very costly to heat in winter and cool in summer. Moreover, all the shortages of the old building could be compensated by the new one, and further, it may bring some rent income to increase the income. Although the assertion appeared convincing, there are some flaws which render the proposal as unpersuasive.
A threshold matter with the argument is that the author fails to provide the evidence that the money spent on building the new hall will be less than the money now spent on the energy. Although, the old hall is energy-wasting, it is always running to make enough money for the development of the town, and the government keeps receiving the revenues by the tax offered by the town. Apparently, it is one of the most important way for the government to increase money. On the other hand, tearing down one of the building and building another one is not easy task as we imagine, because it needs quite a lot of money and labor forces. Thus, without the evidence to prove the demand of the new hall, the assertion is out of hands.
Second problem matter concerning the argument is that even assuming the cost expend on the new building will be less than the cost of energy, the author failed to provide us to convince the new hall will keep earn profit rather than be debt. Although the hall could not satisfy the demand of the persons who would like to live in, while after the building of the new hall, the demand of accommodate is not as large as used to be. Possibly, the building cost too much time to build, while the persons who are ever eager to live in have already find certain places to live in. Another possibility is that the persons could not afford such a high of cost for living. Even more possibility is that the people do not like the new atmosphere of the hall, but prefer to the old one.
Third problem with the argument is that the no evidences supplied by the author to justify the new building will be effective of reducing energy. As is known to all, the less energy equipment require quite a amount of the money, while, at this time, the government attempts to save money, so they will not like to spend money on improve the energy handling system. Probably, there are no energy saving equipments in the new building, and the cost will be as high as it used to.
Last problem concerning the argument is that the author failed to provide evidences to convince that some of the space could be rent to increase the income for the government. Nor was we informed that there would be the demand of renting the space after the building of the new hall. Without evidences, this deduction seemed to be unsubstantial.
In sum, the argument appeared unconvincing to us. To strengthen the conclusion of the author, he should provide evidence that the new building will be earn money as soon as possible and could be able to compensate the cost of building. Then, the author should convince us that people remain prefer to live in the new hall and the demand will not decline. Then, the new hall will save energy as it actually install the energy-saving equipment. Finally, the evidence that there are demands of renting the space actually exist in the town should be provided also.
[ Last edited by staralways on 2005-8-9 at 23:42 ] |
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