chunjuwu \$m[1]:Aroca City currently funds its public schools through taxes on property. In place of this system, the city plans to introduce a sales tax of three percent on all retail sales in the city.
Critics protest that three percent of current retail sales falls short of the amount raised for schools by property taxes. The critics are correct on this point. Nevertheless, implementing the plan will probably not reduce the money going to Aroca’s schools.
Several large retailers have selected Aroca City as the site for huge new stores, and these are certain to draw large numbers of shoppers from neighboring municipalities, where sales are taxed at rates of six percent and more. In consequence, retail sales in Aroca City are bound to increase substantially.
In the argument given, the two potions in boldface play which of the following roles?
A. The first is an objection that has been raised against a certain plan; the second is a prediction that, if accurate, undermines the force of that objection.
D. The first is a claim that the argument seeks to refute; the second is the main point used by the argument to show that the claim is false.
這題CD也有激烈的討論,不過最後好像比較偏向A,
我也是支持A
我想表達一下我的想法,順便試著練習思路,
文中有幾個重點:
第一個BF,是評論家提出來protest(抗議、反對)的內容及理由
接著作者表示他同意評論家說會發生的情形在目前這個時候是對的,
可是,他認為因為
未來"可能"會有很多retailers要來這個城市發展,
而且會將隔壁城的消費者吸引過來,因為隔壁城收的稅更高,
結果(在作者的假設成真之下)
第二個BF,retail sales are bound to (必然)大量增加
針對第一個BF
選項A說,是一個objection 這個objection已經產生去對抗一個計畫,
我覺得並沒有錯,因為critics protest,這一個名詞及動詞是有反對的意
思,而且既然評論家已經提出他的論點,"has been raised"在時態上也沒
有錯誤。
選項D說,是一個claim,這個claim作者希望去refute,claim 有要求、主
張的意思,當要求來看似乎不符合文中敘述,因為這段話不是評論家的要
求,當主張看也不太對,因為評論家沒有提出他覺得應該用什麼方法比較好
。而用refute這個詞,感覺太過強烈,不太像作者的語調,因為作者畢竟
有同意一部份,只是他覺得評論家忽略了未來性。
針對第二個BF
選項A說,是一個prediction(預測),而且如果這個預測正確的話,可以
undermine(削弱,語氣沒有refute強)評論家反對的力量。
我認為作者說的話確實是預測沒錯,因為retailers增加的情形還沒發生,
這些都只是作者依情勢做的預測判斷而已。
選項D說,是一個main point(重點)用來指出評論家的claim是錯的,
首先,作者已經同意評論家所說的觀點了,他不同意的是未來的發展性,
所以不可能會要推翻,然後讓現在評論家的觀點變成是
錯的,然
後,main point也是一個問題,因為第二個BF是接著in conquesence,
我們可以說這是作者對實施這個政策下的未來作的結論,而不是重點
,最後claim我在第一個BF那就有說明。
綜合以上,我認為A比較好
