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1、EnglishRhetoricChapter2Reading3Iammorethanangry.Ididnotgivebirthtomyoneandonlysontohavehimsnatchedawayfromme18yearslater.Mychildhasbeenlovedandcaredforandtaughtrightfromwrongandwillnotbefedintoanyegomaniac’swarmachine.Our18-to25-year-oldshavenotbroughtthisworldtoitspresen
2、tsorrystate.Menovertheageof35,downthroughthecenturies,havebroughtushere,andwewomenhavebeeninsilentaccord.Well,thisisonewoman,onemother,whosaysNo.Ididnotgothroughthemagnificentagonyofchildbirthtohavethatgloriousyounglifesnuffedout.Untilthepresidents,premiers,supremerulers,
3、politburos,senatorsandcongressmenoftheworldarereadytophysically,asopposedtoverbally,leadtheworldintocombat,theycanbloodywellforgetmychild.Unitemothers！Don’tthrowyoursonsanddaughtersaway.Sometime,somewhere,womenmustsayNo.No.No.No.No.No.Nevermychild.(LouiseM.Saylor,Washingt
4、onPost,Jan.28,1980)Reading4Ininformalsituations,weoftenovergeneralizefromthefacts:“She’sneverontime”;“Advertisingisonlyapackoflies.”Alittleconsiderationshowsusthatinrealityall-or-none,black-or-whitesituationsarerare;realityismoreaccuratelydescribedintermsoffinershadingsan
5、ddegrees.Mostreadersareawareofthis,andalthoughtheywillacceptandmakestatementsliketheaboveuncriticallyenoughinconversations,theyaresuspiciousoftheminwriting.Beespeciallycautiousinusingtermslike“all”,“always”,“everybody”,“nobody”,“never”,“none”,“only”and“most”.Beforemakings
6、uchall-inclusivestatements,makesurethattheyarejustified.Ifthereareanyexceptionstosomeassertionyoumake,modifyyourlanguagetomakeitmoreaccurate.Don’tsaythatallyoungpeoplehavesuchandsuchadisadvantage:“some”or“many”mightbemoreaccurate.Beforeyousaythatalmostalltheschoolsinthata
7、reahaveverypooreducationalfacilities,3ascertainfromsomereliablesourcewhethermorethan80percentactuallydo;otherwiseyouarenotreallyjustifiedinsayingit.KeepinmindthattheEnglishvocabularyprovidesyouwithawealthofqualifyingterms(some,few,often,tonameonlyafew)andchoosethosethatmo
8、staccuratelydescribethenumber,extent,andfrequencyofthefactsyouareasserting.ExercisetwoⅠ.Identify
