这题该怎么写。。没思路

cannahere

The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a regional newspaper:
“In response to petitions from the many farmers and rural landowners throughout our region, the legislature has spent
valuable time and effort enacting severe laws to deter motorists from picking fruit off the trees, trampling through the
fields, and stealing samples of foliage. But how can our local lawmakers occupy themselves with such petty
vandalism when crime and violence plague the nation’s cities? The fate of apples and leaves is simply too trivial to
merit their attention.”
Discuss how well reasoned . . . etc.

cannahere

gratuitous assumption
the author commits a fallacy of gratuitous assumption in assuming that the local lawmakers have spent so much time and effort on
rural crimes so that they didn't have enough time to treat the city crimes.  however there is no evidence to support the assumption.

关于all things are equal
maybe the rural crime seems trivial now and before. however it doesn't mean the rural crime is not important in future. for example, the law which protects the fields is closely related to the fields productivity. and spending time on these crimes, in the long-term, is necessary.

不知道能不能这么理解

-- by 会员 0225xj (2010/2/28 19:58:53)

。。。感觉有点牵强

0225xj

gratuitous assumption
the author commits a fallacy of gratuitous assumption in assuming that the local lawmakers have spent so much time and effort on
rural crimes so that they didn't have enough time to treat the city crimes.  however there is no evidence to support the assumption.

关于all things are equal
maybe the rural crime seems trivial now and before. however it doesn't mean the rural crime is not important in future. for example, the law which protects the fields is closely related to the fields productivity. and spending time on these crimes, in the long-term, is necessary.

不知道能不能这么理解

cannahere

hasty, city crime in our region versus nationwide
false dilemma, rural crime and city crime
all things are equal, before versus future

-- by 会员 wugeyun (2010/2/27 15:11:36)

all things are equal, before versus future 这一点具体写什么

wugeyun

hasty, city crime in our region versus nationwide
false dilemma, rural crime and city crime
all things are equal, before versus future