一道Boldface题，求助。

juan

Since it has become known that several of a bank's top executives have been buying shares in their own bank, the bank's depositors, who had been worried by rumors that the bank faced impending financial collapse, have been greatly relieved. They reason that since top executives evidently have faith in the bank's financial soundness, those worrisome rumors must be false. They might well be overoptimistic, however, since corporate eexecutives have sometimes bought shares in their own company in a calculated attemtp to dispel negative rumors about the company's health.

答案是：

The first is an intermediate conclusion that forms part of the reasoning called into question by the argument; the second is the main conclusion of the argument.

the second的作用我明白；可是the first is an intermediate conclusion我不太理解。什么叫intermediate conclusion?中间结论是吗？可是the first如果是中间结论的话，这个结论又是从哪里推出来的呢？

求助。谢谢先了。

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-6-2 0:53:25编辑过]

dashasha

Could you please post the entire problem?

tianwan

Please post the complete question. Thanks.

juan

不好意思，第一次在逻辑区问问题。请原谅。重新录入完整的题目。

Since it has become known that several of a bank's top executives have been buying shares in their own bank, the bank's depositors, who had been worried by rumors that the bank faced impending financial collapse, have been greatly relieved. They reason that since top executives evidently have faith in the bank's financial soundness, those worrisome rumors must be false. They might well be overoptimistic, however, since corporate eexecutives have sometimes bought shares in their own company in a calculated attemtp to dispel negative rumors about the company's health.

A. The first summarizes the evidene used in the reasoning called into question by the argument; the second states the counterevidence on which the argument relies.

B.  The first summarizes the evidene used in the reasoning called into question by the argument; the second is an intermediate conclusion supported by that evidence.

C. The first is an intermediate conclusion that forms part of the reasoning called into question by the argument; the second is evidence that undermines the support for this intermediate conclusion.

D. The first is an intermediate conclusion that forms part of the reasoning called into question by the argument; the second is the main conclusion of the argument.

E. The first is an intermediate conclusion that forms part of the reasoning called into question by the argument; the second states a further conclusion supported by this intermediate conclusion.

请指教。谢谢。

juan

up一下。谢谢了。

tianwan

试着解释：

top executives evidently have faith in the bank's financial soundness应该不是fact，evidence，而是they想当然的一个结论。这个结论是第一部分结论的一个前提，所以是intermediate conclusion。

请指正。

日本王八

TIANWAN IS RIGHT, I THINK.

juan

我也觉得the first part不是什么fact,evidence. 就这题而言，正确答案很好选。根据the second part is the main conclusion就可以选出D了。

我就是对intermediate conclusion这个术语的理解有点模糊。我也觉得the first part应该是第一部分结论的前提，可它怎么就成了（intermediate）conclusion了？有人能解说一下这个词的意思吗？

谢谢了。

dashasha

juan, I think tianwan's explanation about intermediate conclusion is correct.

juan

以下是引用tianwan在2004-5-26 14:50:00的发言：

试着解释：

top executives evidently have faith in the bank's financial soundness应该不是fact，evidence，而是they想当然的一个结论。这个结论是第一部分结论的一个前提，所以是intermediate conclusion。

请指正。

我一直觉得conclusion应该是有evidence,而由evidence推出来的. ...有前提才能推结论,不是吗? 那么这里这个intermediate conclusion的evidence又是什么呢? 我的坚持是不是有点牵强了? 惭愧惭愧......