刘文勇GRE写作Argument题库 Day 44

Day 44 Over the past year, the Crust Copper Company (CCC)has purchased over 10,000square miles of land in the tropical nationof West Fredonia

The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a journal on environmental issues.

“Over the past year, the Crust Copper Company (CCC) has purchased over 10,000 square miles of land in the tropical nation of West Fredonia. Mining copper on this land will inevitably result in pollution and, since West Fredonia is the home of several endangered animal species, in environmental disaster. But such disasters can be prevented if consumers simply refuse to purchase products that are made with CCC's copper unless the company abandons its mining plans.”

Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.

五问：

（1）“Over the past year, the Crust Copper Company (CCC) has purchased over 10,000 square miles of land in the tropical nation of West Fredonia”和“West Fredonia is the home of several endangered animal species”是事实，“But such disasters can be prevented if consumers simply refuse to purchase products that are made with CCC's copper unless the company abandons its mining plans”是结论，值得反驳吗？

（2）原文中是否给出了足够多的证据来证明：开采铜矿将不可避免地导致污染？利用最先进的技术是否可能避免？

（3）原文提到 West Fredonia 是许多濒临灭绝动物的栖息地，这些动物一定生活在 CCC公司所购买的土地上吗？它们的生存环境一定会受到该公司的影响吗？

（4）要求消费者拒绝购买 CCC公司生产的铜制品可行吗？ CCC公司的铜制品与其他公司的铜制品容易区分吗？一个公司的产品是否有直接产品与间接产品之分？

（5）该公司一定会因为消费者拒绝购买产品而放弃自己的开采计划吗？