差一天考试，请教GWD27-20黑体题

gillfiese

1.          D.The
   first is a position that the reasoning contends is inadequately
   supported by the evidence; the second is evidence used to support the
   reasoning’s contention.
2.          E. The
   first is a position that the reasoning contends is inadequately
   supported by the evidence; the second is evidence that has been used to
   support that position.

前半句说，第一个划线是一个论点that论证认为不充分（就是说，这个position是论证中认为不充分的，也就是钱浪费了这个观点），E后半句说，论据支持此论点，正好反了。应该是论据支持整个论证(reasoning's contention)（用来说明先前的观点不充分）

or rewrite E, the reasoning contends that the position (1st BF) is inadequate (inadequately supported by the evidence); the second BF support that (inadequate) position.

NOTALOSER

LS分析得很对，应该是d。e是错的，刚好相反，这题实际上是在考阅读理解，The first is a position that the reasoning contends is inadequately supported by the evidence这句话理解对了这题就没问题了。

[此贴子已经被作者于2008-11-12 17:22:45编辑过]

gmat928

这个题的关键在于理解reasoning contends和reasoning’s contention

整个题目的内容就是一个reasoning，这个reasoning contends了一个contention，即Critics的观点证据不足（This evidence is far from adequate），并且给出了原因（since over the last decade a substantial number of new industrial facilities that emit these pollutants have been built）。

我们看一下正确选项D
前半部分
The first is a position that the reasoning contends is inadequately supported by the evidence
分解意思应该为：
1、The first is a position
2、the reasoning contends that the first position is inadequately supported by the evidence
后半部分
the second is evidence used to support the reasoning’s contention.
reasoning’s contention指的是整个reasoning的观点：This evidence is far from adequate

如果reasoning contends和reasoning’s contention都明确了意思，就清楚多了。

其他选项错误的地方标示如下：
A.    The first identifies a claim that the reasoning seeks to show is false; the second is evidence that has been cited by others in support of that claim.
B.    The first identifies a claim that the reasoning seeks to show is false; the secondis a position for which the reasoning seeks to provide support.
C.    The first is a position that the reasoning contends is inadequately supported by the evidence; the second is a position for which the reasoning seeks to provide support.
D.    The first is a position that the reasoning contends is inadequately supported by the evidence; the second is evidence used to support the reasoning’s contention.
E.    The first is a position that the reasoning contends is inadequately supported by the evidence; the second is evidence that has been used to support that position.

alwynzhang

第一个黑体是个把子，是作者要反对的观点。
第二个黑体是论据，支持作者本身的观点---即与第一个黑体相对应的，其实钱没有被浪费掉的观点。
D和E的区别在于。
让我们来看看E：
The first is a position that the reasoning contends is inadequately supported by the evidence; the second is evidence that has been used to support that position.
E的后半段的THAT POSITION指代的是前半段的THE FIRST IS A POSITION。但是我们来看看第二个黑体是支持第一个黑体的么？一般人的逻辑可能是减少危害气体的排放量的一个做法就是减少产生危害气体的设施。这个没错，但是注意第一个黑体里的目的毕竟是减少危害气体的排放，而不是减少产生危害气体的设施。换一个角度来讲，排烟的设施多了，但是法规已经让每个设施尽量减少排放了，那么总体数量依然可能是增加的，毕竟个体多了。但是你不能说法规的措施没有效啊。所以其实第二个黑体是驳斥第一个黑体的。所以E不对，D表现的是这个意思。
如果大家觉得我说的太抽象，我们可以具体数字化。原来每个烟囱排放量是60，法规颁布后，每个烟囱的排放量减为30，但是同时原来有10个烟囱，法规颁布后，变成了50个烟囱，那么原来的排放总量是60X10=600,现在的排放量是30X50=1500，这样一比较总量确实还是多了些，但是你不能说法规完全浪费掉了，并不是一点作用没起。其实文章的意思也只是驳斥完全没有作用，而并不是要强调非常有效。