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　　Oak City’s Shopping Mall

　　本月原始原题

　　The following editorial appeared in the Elm City paper:

　　"The construction last year of a shopping mall in downtown Oak City was a mistake. Since the mall has opened, a number of local businesses have closed, and the downtown area suffers from an acute parking shortage, and arrests for crime and vagrancy have increased in the nearby Oak City Park. Elm City should pay attention to the example of the Oak City mall and deny the application to build a shopping mall in Elm City."

　　参考思路

　　1. 因果关系-错误因果：不一定是由于shopping mall open导致其他商店关闭。

　　2. 因果关系-忽略他因：(1) local businesses 关门可能是其他原因造成的，比如政府税收太高，当地商人纷纷选择移民;(2)犯罪和流浪者增多可能是其他因素造成的，比如房价太高，大学生毕业找不到工作，只好选择犯罪或者流浪。

　　3. 错误类比：Elm City与Oak City不可完全等同，两座城市的经济状况，基础设施和生活水平都是不同的。

　　4. 忽略了带来的好处，例如create new occupations，increase government revenue, etc.

　　5. 调查置疑：以上提到的几项调查数据全部来源不明，可能不够中立客观。

　　参考范文

　　In this editorial the author rebukes Oak City for allowing the construction of a new downtown shopping mall. Citing a number of problems that have occurred since the building of the mail, the author concludes that the residents of Oak City have not benefited from the mail and that Oak City exercised poor judgment in allowing the mail to be built. Among the problems cited by the author are the closure of local businesses, lack of parking in the downtown area, and increased trash and litter in a city park near the mall. Moreover, the author argues that profits derived from sales are not benefiting Oak City because the owner of the mall lives in another city. The author's argument is problematic in several respects.

　　In the first place, the author assumes that addition of the new mall is the cause of the various problems cited. The only evidence offered to support this claim is that the construction of the mall occurred before these problems manifested themselves. However, this evidence is insufficient to establish the claim in question. A chronological relationship is only one of the indicators of a causal relationship between two events.

　　In the second place, the author has focused only on negative effects the malt has had on the city. A more detailed analysis of the situation might reveal that the positive benefits for the city far outweigh the problems on which the author focuses. For example, new jobs might have been created for the residents of Oak City, and tax revenues might have been increased for the city. Lacking a more comprehensive analysis of the impact of the mail on Oak City, it is presumptuous on the part of the author to conclude that Oak City's decision to allow the mall to be built was incorrect.

　　In conclusion, the author's argument is unconvincing. To strengthen the argument the author would have to demonstrate that the construction of the mall caused the various problems mentioned. The author would also have to show that the negative effects of the project outweighed the positive effects.

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(编辑：马荟)