八、Argument结尾段模式训练
Example 1: 上文的最后一段
Example 2:
The following appeared in a letter from a staff member in the office of
admissions at Argent University.
“The most recent nationwide surveys show that undergraduates choose their
major field primarily based on their perception of job prospects in that
field. At our university, economics is now the most popular major, so
students must perceive this field as having the best job prospects.
Therefore, we can increase our enrollment if we focus our advertising and
recruiting on publicizing the accomplishments of our best-known economics
professors and the success of our economics graduates in finding
employment.”
Topic Sentence 1: First, the argument is based on a gratuitous assumption
that students throughout the country must perceive economics as having the
best job prospects because economics is the most popular major at Argent
University.
Topic Sentence 2: Second, the arguer overemphasizes the importance of
economics major and ignores other possible factors that may contribute to
the enrollment.
Topic Sentence 3: Another assumption in short of legitimacy is the causal
relationship claimed between publishing the accomplishments of Argent’s
best-known economics professors as well as the success of its economics
graduates in finding employment and the enrollment increase.
（to continue）
In conclusion, the argument is unconvincing because the arguer
oversimplifies both the problem and its possible solutions. To strengthen