劉文勇GRE寫作Argument題庫 Day 1

Day 1 Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously beenfound only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea

Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made only by the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a “Palean” basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleans could have crossed it only by boat, and no Palean boats have been found. Thus it follows that the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean.

Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.

五問：

（1）“Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made only by the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a ‘Palean’ basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad”是事實；“Thus it follows that the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean”是結(jié)論。事實的真實性和結(jié)論需要質(zhì)疑嗎？事實的真實性和結(jié)論并不需要我們質(zhì)疑，我們應(yīng)該把更多的精力放在推理論述的過程上。

（2）渡過 Brim River的方式有哪些？坐船是唯一的方式嗎？大家能否想出別的方式渡河？比如，這個民族特別擅長游泳，或者可以利用木桶、木板、修建橋梁、借助繩索等方式過河。

（3）未找到 Palean擁有船只的證據(jù)，就必定意味著不存在嗎？未被證實的事情，就一定是錯的嗎？

（4）能夠運載大量貨物和人的船只在很久之后才出現(xiàn)，那小船呢？獨木舟總可以吧？

（5）除了 Paleans，其他人就不可能將籃子帶到 Lithos嗎？ Palea沒有船，那其他地方也一定沒有船嗎？其他地方的船是不是可能將籃子帶到 Lithos？籃子是否有可能通過貿(mào)易方式被賣到 Lithos？

*因為文中并沒有對Brim River的存在時期進行限定，所以不需要對此進行反駁；如果有具體限定，則可以進行反駁。