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TPO8 综写 耗时:15分30秒 字数:274
The reading passage doubted the accuracy of Chevalier's memoir and gave 3 details to support its statement, the loan from a Swiss merchant, the conversation between himself and Voltaire and his escape from Venice prison. However, this statement is strongly questioned by the lecture which provides drastically different evidences and argues that the overall memoir is accurate and it is definetely reliable historical sourse.
At the very beginning, the professor casts doubt on the fact that Chevalier borrowed money from a Swiss merchant because he was not as rich as he said. He had spent a great amount of money and maybe just use it up. So he needed some money to survive when he was waiting for transfering his assets into a sum of money. That was why he asked for a loan.
Then, the professor states that he could remember the exact words of the conversation with the famous writer Voltaire because he kept notes each night after talking and he always attempted to remember everything about the communication. What's more, some vitnesses who lived with him confirmed the fact that Chevalier did be accustomed to making notes.
In the final analysis, the statement that Chevalier escaping from prison was not credible is doubted by the professor again. The professor gives an evidence that old Venice document noted that the ceiling of that prison had been repaired after the escaping of Chevalier. Taking into consideration that if nobody had escaped from prison, why did the prison need to repair its ceiling? So the memoir can be believed in not only because of those evidences but also because of the rational inference.
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