# 六级提高五：作者立场、语气与竞争性解释

本课为原创大学书面英语能力课程，不对应统一的人教版大学教材或固定大学年级；不含听力。练习目标只反映本站材料掌握情况，不保证实际考试分数。

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## 学习目标

1. 区分作者观点、被引用观点、讽刺或保留语气，避免混淆发言者。
2. 比较多个解释与证据局限，选择强度合适的推断。

3. 在本课主题中理解新增词块的语境用法，并把其中相关词项迁移到新的完整句子。

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## 核心讲解

作者转述某观点不代表赞同：Critics claim that…后面可能马上反驳。reported/suggested/argued/proved有不同功能；an argument与a finding不能随意互换。hedging（限定语）包括may、might、appears、under these conditions、to some extent，它们把结论限制到证据允许的范围，不等于作者“没有观点”。

### 原创阅读：The value of an empty seat
A town opened a public workspace with a simple promise: residents would be able to work near home without renting a private office. After three months, photographs of empty desks appeared in a local discussion group. Some commenters called the project a waste of money. If seats were empty, they argued, the town must have misunderstood demand.

The photographs captured a real feature of the room, but not necessarily its typical use. Most had been taken shortly after opening time, whereas the booking record showed heavier use in the afternoon. This did not make every criticism invalid. Even at busy times, several large meeting tables remained unused. Interviews suggested that many visitors wanted a single quiet desk rather than a space for group discussion. The problem might therefore concern the mix of facilities as much as the total number of seats.

The manager proposed replacing some large tables with individual desks. A local business owner objected that this would merely hide the original mistake. Yet treating any adjustment as an admission of complete failure would make it difficult to learn from a trial. A public service may need revision precisely because its users reveal needs that planners could not fully predict. That argument does not remove the obligation to examine costs; it explains why a change should be evaluated rather than dismissed automatically.

The town agreed to a small, reversible alteration and published the cost. Staff would compare use of the changed area with the remaining tables over the next month. The result would still depend on attendance patterns, so the manager avoided promising that rearrangement alone would solve the problem. Empty seats were a reason to ask better questions, not enough evidence for either a declaration of failure or an assurance of success.

作者不站在“所有批评无效”或“项目必然失败”任一极端；同时承认成本审查和试行调整的价值。

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## 例题解析

题：What is the author's attitude to the business owner's objection?

第三段Yet转入作者反驳：把调整等同于完全失败会妨碍学习。作者不是否认每项成本批评，而是拒绝这一“只要改就证明全错”的逻辑。答：The author questions the assumption that revising a trial necessarily proves total failure。

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## 本课词汇与搭配

下列为本课实际讲解的词项；词形变化及同一词的不同义项不等于新增独立词汇量。

| 词项 | 本课义项及用法 |
| --- | --- |
| capture | v. 记录／捕捉；capture one moment |
| typical | adj. 典型的；typical use |
| invalid | adj. 不成立的；an invalid claim |
| objection | n. 反对意见；raise an objection |
| admission | n. 承认；an admission of error |
| obligation | n. 义务；an obligation to explain |
| reversible | adj. 可逆的；a reversible change |
| assurance | n. 保证；an assurance of success |
| dismiss | v. 不予考虑；dismiss a criticism |



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## 词汇工坊

本表补足本课话题的读写词块，含中学承接和大学应用，不将每项都计为大学新词。先遮住中文解释推测例句，再用自己的句子替换人物、时间或对象。**理解义项、掌握搭配、能够迁移**是三项不同任务；下方两道迁移练习检验部分关键词块，不代表全部词项已自动掌握。

| 词项 | 义项与搭配 | 原创语境例句 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| stance | 立场；identify the author's stance | Identify the author's stance rather than the loudest quoted opinion. |
| hedge | 限定表达；use a hedge | The writer uses a hedge to avoid an unsupported certainty. |
| sceptical | 怀疑的；sceptical of a claim | The author is sceptical of the claim, not of every possible improvement. |
| qualified support | 有保留支持；express qualified support | The final paragraph expresses qualified support for testing the change. |
| reservation | 保留意见；express reservations | The reviewer expressed reservations about the sample. |
| endorse | 认可；endorse a proposal | Reporting a proposal does not necessarily endorse it. |
| refute | 反驳；refute an inference | The evidence refutes the inference, not the existence of the observation. |
| acknowledgement | 承认；an acknowledgement of limits | An acknowledgement of limits can make the argument more credible. |
| misrepresentation | 曲解；avoid misrepresentation | Quoting a phrase without its condition risks misrepresentation. |
| competing explanation | 竞争解释；consider competing explanations | Consider competing explanations before claiming a cause. |
| proponent | 支持者；a proponent of the plan | A proponent of the plan still accepted the need to review costs. |
| critic | 批评者；respond to a critic | Respond to the critic's evidence rather than attack the person. |
| implicit | 隐含的；an implicit assumption | The objection rests on an implicit assumption about failure. |
| unequivocal | 毫无保留的；unequivocal approval | The passage offers qualified support, not unequivocal approval. |

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## 练习

先独立完成，再核对答案；开放题须按要点人工评分，不以是否逐字等同范文评分。

### 1

第一段“must have misunderstood demand”是谁的观点？是作者已确认结论吗？

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照片有什么局限？A. They mainly showed a time when the room was less busy. B. They excluded the large tables that remained unused at busy times. C. They were taken before the workspace opened to residents. D. They showed afternoon use but omitted the quieter morning period.

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第二段为什么说not every criticism invalid？用具体例子说明。

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作者对调整的态度最接近：A. Supportive because empty tables already establish demand for individual desks. B. Critical because revising the plan amounts to admitting the original project failed. C. Cautiously supportive of testing it while checking costs and use. D. Supportive of rearrangement as the main explanation for future changes in attendance.

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解释as much as连接的两个可能问题。

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用英文一两句反驳“只要有空座位就证明项目失败”，不得声称空座位无意义。

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最后一段哪两个词表明改动规模和可撤回性？这种限制为何有意义？

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词汇迁移：译：作者对该主张持怀疑态度，但仍对进一步测试表达有保留支持。

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词汇迁移：译：转述支持者的观点不等于认可；删掉限定条件可能造成曲解。

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## 参考答案与解析

### 1

是some commenters的推断，they argued表明转述；作者后文限制其证据范围，没有确认must结论。

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**A**。多数在一天刚开门时拍，下午更忙，所以照片真实却代表性有限。B臆测照片取景范围；C把每天开门后误读成场所尚未启用；D颠倒了文中的时段。

### 3

忙时大会议桌仍闲置，访谈显示更多人需要个人安静桌。照片代表性有限，不意味着设施组合就一定合适。

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**C**。作者支持small, reversible alteration并比较使用，同时保留成本审查与attendance影响。A把空桌本身当作充分需求证据；B复述了作者反驳的观点；D预先指定未来变化的主要原因，超出作者保留的证据范围。

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设施种类配比mix of facilities，与总座位数total number of seats同样可能涉及；不是已经证明只有其中一个原因。

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Empty seats deserve investigation, but a photograph taken early in the day may not represent typical use. The town should examine when and how different spaces are used before judging the whole project. 8分：承认问题2、代表性限制3、合理判断2、语言1。

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**small; reversible**。小范围可撤回降低一次改错的影响，便于试验与重新评估；不能推论没有成本或一定成功。


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The author is sceptical of the claim but expresses qualified support for further testing. skept-美式拼写也接受；支持对象为testing而非保证成功。6分：信息3，搭配2，句法1。

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Reporting a proponent's view does not amount to endorsing it; removing its qualifications may cause misrepresentation. reporting/removing各作主语，分号连接。6分：信息3，词块2，句法1。