●The argument
开头段的思路:
第一句指出原论证的结构或主张
第二句指出原论证的论据
第三句指出原论证的重要假设
最后指出原论证犯有逻辑错误
正文:
一段一个方面,注意句型
结尾:
结论,对如何加强提出建议。
开头段模式:
1. In this argument, the arguer recommend (conclude) that…
2. This recommendation is based on the result (evidence; fact) of the survey that…
3. In addition, the arguer assumes this…
4. A careful examination would review how groundless the argument (conclusion) is…
对于文中涉及数字的黄金句型:
1. The survey on which the argument relies lacks credibility and therefore does not lend strong support to what the arguer assumes.
2. The statistical evidence on which the argument depends is so vague (unrepresentative) that it does not validate the auger’s assumption (claim).
对于正文有用的句型:
1. The argument rests on the unfounded(unconvincing, unreasonable, gratuitous, groundless, unwarranted) assumption that…
2. The arguer fails to take Into account other possible factors that might (lend to, result in)…
3. The arguer ignores other relevant factors concerning +名词结构
4. The arguer fails to convince us that (sb of)…
5. The evidence provided in this argument is not sufficient to validate the assumption that…
黄金句型
1. The arguer fails to provide solid (any, sufficient, concrete) evidence to prove that …/to support the assumption that…/to validate the assumption that …/quarantine the conclusion that…
2. Another point worth concerning is that the arguer fails to take into account…
3. The reasoning that …is open to doubt /unreliable/problematic.