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ARGUMENT140 - The following appeared in a report of the Committee on Faculty Promotions and Salaries at Elm City University. "During her seventeen years as a professor of botany, Professor Thomas has proved herself to be well worth her annual salary of $50,000. Her classes are among the largest at the university, demonstrating her popularity among students. Moreover, the money she has brought to the university in research grants has exceeded her salary in each of the last two years. Therefore, in consideration of Professor Thomas' demonstrated teaching and research abilities, we recommend that she receive a $10,000 raise and a promotion to Department Chairperson; without such a raise and promotion, we fear that Professor Thomas will leave Elm City University for another college." 1. 50000 独立数字 hasty generalization 2.推测影响 3.超过工资不能说明问题 4.$10,000 独立数字 5.raise / leave correlation to causal relation 反例举其他原因 1和4 首先批驳 让步以后批驳 5 2和3 批驳 正文批驳步骤：让步，直陈错误，反例，再踩一脚 11：04- 11:57 In this analysis, the author attempts to convince us that by making a $10000 raise on Professor Thomas's salary, she would not leave us after all. To substantiate this conclusion, the arguer lists a series of evidence that she takes among the largest classes at the university and her grants has exceeded her salary in each of the last two years. Although it seems that, at the first glance, this argument has some merits, several conspicuous flaws seriously undermine the line of reasoning. In the first place，the arguer makes the assumption that Professor Thomas is worth her annual salary of $50,000 and, moreover, recommends that a $10,000 raise is a positive element preventing her leaving. Obviously, the arguer makes a hasty generalization and these numbers are lack of certificating power without any evidence to support them. With a seven-year experience as a professor, Professor Thomas's fame and achievement may be widely acknowledged in the field of botany in our nation and a annual salary of $50,000 can not be parallel to her great feat and is far from her satisfaction. Even we suppose that a $10000 raise is permitted by the college council, this ascending in annual salary can give little help in the situation of her leaving. In a word, without illustrating the detailed status and achievement of Professor Thomas, these two numbers are groundless elements to avoid her leaving. Even assuming that a $10,000 can be raised in her annual salary, we can not draw a causal result that she would not leave in the reason of this scale of improvement. Apart from every year's income, a bunch of other important elements can not be ignored in the evaluation of a successful job. Psychological fulfillment is a vital one among these elements. The president of government in the United States is the most glorious position in society not only for the great fame on the top of every days' newspaper admired by citizens, but also the inner satisfaction as a representative of a nation and a dedicator devoting all his energy to his country. These exclude the only raise in the salary. The arguer makes a assumption and draw a decisive conclusion that she would not leave in the reason of the raise, which is unconvincing. There are other groundless implications which may undermine the line of reasoning. Her classes are her task assigned by college, no matter they are the largest or not, which can not indicate her popularity among students. Moreover, the money she has brought to the university in research, though, has exceeded her salary, however, may greatly fall behind that of other professors, which can not present her great fame and become a cause for her salary raise. In summary, this argument is not persuasive as it stands. To make it logically acceptable, the arguer must give more illustration on the raising scale of her salary, the reasons of her leaving and her achievement in botany. Additionally, he must provide evidence to rule out all the above-mentioned possibilities that might weaken this argument. | 
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