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沉默的老虎

undoubtedly, debaters are all articulate polemists, not to mention
their endowments and proficiencies in english study. nevertheless
they'll get more articulate and plausible if they have a more
thorough grasp of logic. and from my narrow experience, a debater's
qualities of employing debate skills relies heavily or even primarily
on debaters' capabilities in logic reasoning and analytical reasoning,
accordingly, just offer some logic reasoning related questions in
the post, hope u can join, let's strive together and thrive together.

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bernand: for which language, and thus which frequency distribution of letters and letter sequences, was the standard typewriter keyboard designed?
cora: to ask this question, you must be making a mistaken assumption: that typing speed was to be maximized. the real danger with early typewriters was that operators would hit successive keys too quickly, thereby crashing typebars into each other, bending connecting wires and so on. so the idea was to slow the operator down by making the most common letter sequences awkward to type.
bernand: this is surely not right! these technological limitations have long since vanished, yet the keyboard is still as it was then.
which one of the following, if true, could be used by cora to counter bernard’s rejection of her explanation?

a)typewriters and word-processing equipment are typically sold to people who have learned to use the standard keyboard and who, therefore, demand it in equipment they buy.
b)typewriters have been superseded in most offices by word-processing equipment, which has inherited the standard keyboard from typewriters.
c)the standard keyboard allows skilled operators to achiever considerable typing speeds, thought it makes acquiring such skills relatively difficult.
d)a person who has learned one keyboard layout can readily learn to use a second one in place of the first, but only with difficulty learn to use a second one alongside the first.
e)it is now possible to construct typewriter and word-processing equipment in which a single keyboard can accommodate two or even more different keyboard layouts, each accessible to the operator at will.

timemachine

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haha okay. enough of my crap. I'm so sorry.. i dont quite understand the part on the different options [ie A-E].. yup its my.. my lousy english... [ahah please do not comment on this statment ] would you mind explaining the meaning of each of these statements?

thanx!! :)

沉默的老虎

弹木琴说的确实是实话，哈。头大好啊，不是有一句广告词
吗？头大才聪明。

个人意见，仅供参考：
bernand猜测打字机键盘键位的设计是为加快文字录入速度，
cora则在反驳时指出鍵盘键位设计是为降低录入速度以减少
部件的损坏可能。其后bernand反驳时提到：关于部件损坏
的技术问题早已得到解决，为何键盘键位还是与以前一样？

换言之，bernand指出：如果键位是因限速设计，那么为何
技术问题（该问题的存在使限速设计成为必要）解决以后，
人们使用的键盘还是原来打字机的键位布局？

可见bernand的反问中隐含着一个假设：如果键位是因限速
设计的，那么当限速己无必要时，人们就会使用新的布局。
这便是解题的关键所在，只要找到能指出含“即使限速己无必
要，人们也不一定使用新的布局”内容的选项便得到答案。且
A项列出了可能的原因之一：客户购买此种部局的键盘是因为
他们已经学会使用标准键盘，厂家只是应要求销售而已。故
A即答案。
B只是重述新键盘继承了老键盘的键位，故排除。
C涉及到高速度，不能被cora使用，且与bernand的推理无关，排除。
D谈到新的键盘设计，排除
E谈到一种新的设计，也排除。

timemachine

哈哈.. 我timemachine什么时候变成弹木琴了? =P

沉默的老虎

我这是纯正的伦敦腔，哈，如果用美国南部口音就是檀木琴。

another logical reasoning question:
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1.Physician: In itself, exercise does not cause heart attacks; rather, a sudden increase in an exercise regimen can be a cause. When people of any physical condition suddenly increase their amount of exercise, they also increase their risk of heart attack. As a result, there will be an increased risk of heart attack among employees of this company due to the new health program.
The conclusion drawn by the physician follows logically if which one of the flowing is assumed?
A)Employees will abruptly increase their amount of exercise as a result of the new health program.
B)The exercised involved in the new health program are more strenuous than those in the previous health program.
C)The new health program will force employees of all levels of health to exercise regularly.
D)The new health program constitutes a sudden change in the company’s policy.
E)All employees, no matter what their physical condition, will participate in the new health program.

timemachine

檀木琴 -o-|||

anyway are we suppose to answer?..
A/ employees will abruptly increase their amount of exercise as a result of the new health program.

沉默的老虎

咕嘟！如果你错了，答案就错了。

In order to determine automobile insurance premiums for a driver, insurance
companies calculate various risk factors; as the risk factors increase, so does the
premium. Certain factors, such as the driver’s age and past accident history, play an
important role in these calculations. Yet these premiums should also increase drives.
After all, a person’s chance of being involved in a mishap increases in proportion to
the number of times that person drives.

17.Which one of the following, if true, most undermines the argument?
A)People who drive in frequently are more likely to be involved accidents that occur on small roads

than in highway accidents.
B)People who drive infrequently are less likely to follow rules for safe driving than are people

who drive frequently.
C)People who drive infrequently are less likely to violate local speed limits than are people who

drive frequently.
D)People who drive frequently are more likely to make long-distance trips in the course of a year

than are people who drive infrequently.
E)People who drive frequently are more likely to become distracted while driving than are people

who drive infrequently.

18.The claim that insurance premiums should increase as the frequency with which a driver drives

increases plays which one of the following roles in the argument?
A)a premise of the argument
B)the conclusion of the argument
C)evidence offered in support of one of the premises
D)an assertion phrased to preclude an anticipated objection
E)a clarification of a key term in the argument

EE佩

糟了都看不懂啊？？
两位大虾，你们能不能附带中文翻译啊？？

timemachine

偶不是大虾..
那位老虎GG才是..
英文考试要来啦..
偶哭~~~

沉默的老虎

感动，偶发现了失踪已久的弹木琴，和ee一样，那么大的缺点还是没改，那就是太～～～谦～～～虚～～～

占米

.....

lgb102993

看不懂！！！！！

MaPowerness

拜托把这个靖康一封号

debsme

脑袋都大了，翻译下。。

寒溪沉沙

不是很赞成。

liuowen29

哪国语言啊？我是不是进错了啊 嘿嘿