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题目：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."
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In this report, the author claims that because of professor Thomas's demonstrated teaching and research abilities, the Elm City University should increased her salary and promote her to Department Chairperson. To support this claim the speaker points out some evidences. However, after a close scrutiny, these evidences are illogical in several respects.

First of all, the threshold problem with the argument is that the author recommends that the professor Thomas has demonstrated teaching and research abilities. The author provides evidence that her classes are among the largest. However, there is no relationship that the largest number of classes is responsible to the high teaching abilities. It is highly possible that the Elm City University arrange the largest class to her. And we have nothing about the survey of the classes. In addition, the author claims that the money she has brought to the university proved her research ability, there is no analogous information and statistics of other professor. Perhaps other professor would bring more money to university than her. Without in details analyzing these and other factors, the author can not consider the professor Thomas has demonstrated teaching and research abilities.

Furthermore, even assuming that the professor has high standard of teaching and research abilities, the author can not reason that the professor Thomas would leave Elm City University. There is no evidence that the professor Thomas would leave Elm City University. It is highly possible that the professor Thomas does favor the student this university and have a favor of still staying in the university. Lacing evidence that the professor Thomas would leave, the author's assumption is illogical.

Finally, the author commits a fallacious deduction that paid by high salary and promoted to Department Chairperson, the professor Thomas would not leave the Elm City University. If the professor Thomas wants to leave, only providing the high salary and promotion can not give up her idea. The university should survey the reason why the professor Thomas wants to leave. It is high possible that the research condition and academic situation can not satisfy the professor Thomas' requirement. If the author can not sufficiently explain the reason why the professor Thomas wants to leaver, it is impossible for us to seriously take his deduction.

In sum , the author can not convince me that only provide $10000 raise and a promotion to Eepartment Chairpeson, the professor Thomas would still stay in the Elm City University. To better this argument, I would need more convincing proof that she has high standard of teaching and research abilities. What is more, the author also provides affirmative evidence that the author would stay in the Elm City University for the salary and promotion and rule out abovementioned possibilities which undermine this argument.

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In this report, the author claims that because of professor Thomas's demonstrated teaching and research abilities, the Elm City University should increased her salary and promote her to Department Chairperson. To support this claim the speaker points out some evidences. However, after a close scrutiny, these evidences are illogical in several respects.

First of all, the threshold problem with the argument is that the author recommends that the professor Thomas has demonstrated teaching and research abilities. The author provides evidence that her classes are among the largest. However, there is no relationship that the largest number of classes is responsible for the high teaching abilities.[应该是teaching ablities导出unmber] It is highly possible that the Elm City University arrange the largest class to her. And we have nothing about the survey of the classes. In addition, the author claims that the money she has brought to the university proved her research ability, there is no analogous information and statistics of other professors. Perhaps other professor would bring more money to university than her. Without in details analyzing these and other factors, the author can not consider the professor Thomas has demonstrated teaching and research abilities.

Furthermore, even assuming that the professor has high standard of teaching and research abilities, the author can not reason that the professor Thomas would leave Elm City University. There is no evidence that the professor Thomas would leave Elm City University. It is highly possible that the professor Thomas does favor the student this university and have a favor of still staying in the university. Lacing evidence that the professor Thomas would leave, the author's assumption is illogical.

Finally, the author commits a fallacious deduction that paid by high salary and promoted to Department Chairperson, the professor Thomas would not leave the Elm City University. If the professor Thomas wants to leave, only providing the high salary and promotion can not give up her idea[give up应该是she gives up. The university should survey the reason why the professor Thomas wants to leave[nothing provided shows that the professor is about to leave the campus]. It is high possible that the research condition and academic situation can not satisfy the professor Thomas' requirement. If the author can not sufficiently explain the reason why the professor Thomas wants to leaver, it is impossible for us to seriously take his deduction.[你的意思应该如果他想走，仅仅提高薪水和提升职位也不能解决问题吧，那应该就写他可能走的原因吧 ]
In sum , the author can not convince me that only provide $10000 raise and a promotion to Eepartment Chairpeson, the professor Thomas would still stay in the Elm City University. To better assess this argument, I would need more convincing proof that she has high standard of teaching and research abilities. What is more, the author also provides affirmative evidence that the author would stay in the Elm City University for the salary and promotion and rule out abovementioned possibilities which undermine this argument.

语言运用的还是比较有利的，但是个别有点逻辑混乱