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argument67 Spring-第五次作业


    Argument 67 The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a newspaper serving the villages of Castorville and Polluxton.
    "Both the villages of Castorville and Polluxton have experienced sharp declines in the numbers of residents who pay property taxes. To save money and improve service, the two villages recently merged their once separate garbage collection departments into a single department located in Castorville, and the new department has reported few complaints about its service. Last year the library in Polluxton had 20 percent fewer users than during the previous year. It follows that we should now further economize and improve service, as we did with garbage collection, by closing the library in Polluxton and using the library in Castorville to serve both villages."

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In the argument, the arguer recommends that closing the library in Polluxton and the one in Castroville to server both villages could be economy and improve service. This recommendation is based on the observation that Castroville and Polluxton merged their separate garbage in the account of the number of residents who pay property taxes decline, by which there were few complaints about this new department. In several aspects, however, the evidence lends little credible support for the argument.

A threshold assumption upon which the recommendation relies is that garbage collecting is similar to the library servicing. As we know different between something may help to bring about a different result, however, there are fundamentally different: compared with library servicing garbage collecting just need to word once or twice a week in routine time, and the villages are required to do nothing but put the rubbish to certain area, whereas the library servicing call for a convention as well as comfortable situation, and amiable service. One of the most important factors is that information reader can find is widely and accurately. It may be possible that the village have no sense of garbage collecting but could not indurate the long walking to the library for Polluxton villagers. Without accounting for fundament gulf assume the recommendation is unreasonable.

Secondly, the arguer conjecture the total village decline by the experience that the two town had their villagers who pay property taxes decline is unjustified, for it is entirely possible have one or more other factors the arguer overlook, though the taxes had declined, the total number of the villagers are still, perhaps the children is increasingly as well as the employees is packed into the two town who have no responsibility to pay for such taxes. Since the argument fails to rule out this and other alternative explanation, the argument conclusion is unwarranted.

Thirdly, the statistic the arguer provided worthy suspected. Once reported that few complaints exist, and last year the library in Polluxton had 20 percents fewer than during the previous year. However, the fact may be contrast to the reported. It is true that few complaints are, but it is worse than no complaints in previous years. Furthermore, the users of Polluxton library are larger than ones in Castroville in spite of its users descend by 20%.

Last but not least, even the two libraries will be merged, they could not reach the aim that further economic and improve service. Because these could only reached through scientific method of governing and running, and the service may be improved by practice of services. If ignore this facets the aim will not achieve even the two library emerge.

In sum, the argument is unpersuasive as it stands, to strengthen it the argument’s proponent must provide evidence that other factors affecting merger. What is more, before any final decision is made we should evaluate all possible alternatives and causes.

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In the argument, the arguer recommends that closing the library in Polluxton and the one in Castroville to server both villages could be economy and improve service. This recommendation is based on the observation that Castroville and Polluxton merged their separate garbage in the account of the number of residents who pay property taxes decline, by which there were few complaints about this new department. In several aspects, however, the evidence lends little credible support for the argument.

A threshold assumption upon which the recommendation relies is that garbage collecting is similar to the library servicing. As we know different(difference) between something may help to bring about a different result, however, there are fundamentally different (fundamental differences): compared with library servicing garbage collecting just need to word once or twice a week in routine time, and the villages are required to do nothing but put the rubbish to certain area, whereas the library servicing call for a convention as well as comfortable situation, and amiable service. One of the most important factors is that information reader can find is widely and accurately. It may be possible that the village have no sense of garbage collecting but could not indurate the long walking to the library for Polluxton villagers. Without accounting for fundament gulf assume the recommendation is unreasonable.

Secondly, the arguer conjecture the total village decline by the experience that the two town had their villagers who pay property taxes decline is unjustified, for it is entirely possible have one or more other factors the arguer overlooks, though the taxes had declined, the total number of the villagers are still, perhaps the children is increasingly as well as the employees is packed into the two town who have no responsibility to pay for such taxes. Since the argument fails to rule out this and other alternative explanation, the argument conclusion is unwarranted.

Thirdly, the statistic the arguer provided worthy suspected. Once reported that few complaints exist, and last year the library in Polluxton had 20 percents fewer than during the previous year. However, the fact may be contrast to the reported. It is true that few complaints are, but it is worse than no complaints in previous years. Furthermore, the users of Polluxton library are larger than ones in Castroville in spite of its users descend by 20%.

Last but not least, even the two libraries will be merged, they could not reach the aim that further economic and improve service. Because these could only reached through scientific method of governing and running, and the service may be improved by practice of services. If ignore this facets (if the facts are ignored, 否则原句没有主语，而且英语里也比较习惯用被动)the aim will not achieve even the two library emerge.

In sum, the argument is unpersuasive as it stands, to strengthen it the argument’s proponent must provide evidence that other factors affecting merger. What is more, before any final decision is made we should evaluate all possible alternatives and causes.

对于这篇文，我没话好说，写得狠狠好啊。语言流畅，结构恰当，批驳犀利，考虑全面，虽然有个别语法错误，但是还是篇好文。我什么时候能写成这样呢。

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