boldface题到底该怎么做？总是没法理解！求教！

Sofiaxy · 发表于 2012-7-10 08:36:47

没办法加粗，就用引号代替。我总是理解不了这种题目，不知道加粗部分从哪个角度看有答案的这种作用。。。
Economist: Tropicorp, which constantly seeks profitable investment opportunities, has been buying and clearing sections of tropical forest for cattle ranching, although pastures newly created there become useless for grazing after just a few years. The company has not gone into rubber tapping, even though “greater profits can be made from rubber tapping” , which leaves the forest intact. Thus, some environmentalists conclude that “Tropicorp has not acted wholly out of economic self-interest.” However, these environmentalists are probably wrong. The initial investment required for a successful rubber-tapping operation is larger than that needed for a cattle ranch. Furthermore, there is a shortage of workers employable in rubber-tapping operations, and finally, taxes are higher on profits from rubber tapping than on profits from cattle ranching.

In the economist’s argument, the two boldfaced portions play which of the following roles?

A.   The first supports the conclusion of the economist’s argument; the second calls that conclusion into question.
B.   The first states the conclusion of the economist’s argument; the second supports that conclusion.
C.   The first supports the environmentalists’ conclusion; the second states that conclusion.
D.   The first states the environmentalists’ conclusion; the second states the conclusion of the economist’s argument.
E.   Each supports the conclusion of the economist’s argument.

sheryter · 发表于 2012-7-10 11:22:53

我也就刚做完一遍OG，boldface没错过，来讲一下自己初步的见解：

首先还是要读懂题目，关键要知道题干最核心的argument是什么，不管逻辑链怎么样，肯定是有一个结论的。然后boldfaced的句子的作用一般都是围绕这个argument来的。

比较常见的比如，提出一个现象，用来反对;或者就是这个结论本身;或者是support结论的claim;

总之要找到逻辑的核心结论

Sofiaxy · 发表于 2012-7-10 22:16:58

所以依您所言，题目其实问的是这些bold的句子对于整个arguement所起的作用是什么对吗？这就是我要找到的核心问题啊。一直没办法理解题目所谓play which role的意思

sheryter · 发表于 2012-7-10 23:43:19

恩，所以一般肯定选项里有argument或者conclusion，这就是整段话的核心。然后中间的一些句子，可能是claim啦，support啦，objection啦，content啦，反正就是围着argument在转。也有可能是support 中间的某一个claim啦，总之就是以argument作为基础，往前反推

boldface题到底该怎么做？总是没法理解！求教！

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