英语语法：233 What Is a Straw Man Argument?

by Mignon Fogarty Political ads and analysis are reaching a fever pitch, so it seems like a good time to talk about the phrase straw man. What does it mean when two people are debating and one accuses the other of putting forth a straw man argument?

英语情景对话：An Argument(2)

A: John, I was looking through some magazines for ideas about where we might go on vacation this year. B: I've already told my buddy, Mark, that I am going hunting with him in Alaska. A: You can't be serious! B: Hey, I've always gone hunting or fishi

英语情景对话：An Argument(3)

A: Brian and Christina were mentioning that maybe it would be fun to go on vacation together this year, John. B: I thought that I already told you that I am going with Mark to Alaska. A: Are you kidding me? B: You know what? You and I had no plans, s

英语情景对话：An Argument(1)

A: John, I was talking to the travel agent about where we might be taking our vacation this year. B: I am going fishing in Alaska with my friend, Mark. A: What are you talking about? B: What's wrong with heading out with Mark for vacation? A: You and

BEP 17 (Redux) – Presenting an Argument (Part 2)

This is the second of a two-part Business English Pod series on presenting an argument. This podcast is one of the most popular as voted by you, the listeners. And to celebrate our 4th anniversary, were giving it another go by updating the examples a

365个英语简短小故事-147. The Argument (2)

Walt finally called Lulu at 6:55 p.m. You were right, honey, he said. The music is not very good. So lets not go to the play, if thats all right with you. That was great, she said. So, lets go to a movie, she suggested. A movie? When? Right now! she

365个英语简短小故事-146. The Argument (1)

Lulu didnt want to go to the play. This Wednesday was going to be very busy. She had realty meetings and clients to drive around. Called Narnia, the play was based on the novel by C.S. Lewis. It was a musical. You know that I dont like musicals, she

英语听力：2013-05-15 完美捕食 Perfect Predators —6

Thats what it wants to hear, because that sound is gonna mean thats where lunch is. A battle with Triceratops is more often than not a fight to the death. This herbivore has evolved into a tank. Now, as a Tyrannosaur specialist, I dont like to admit

英语听力：2013-05-05 完美捕食 Perfect Predators —2

The jaws of T-Rex are infamous and lethal, housing sixty teeth with some as long as 30 centimeters. Its skull is constructed of 64 bones designed to be light but strong. Its 16 times stronger than the jaws of an alligator. The front teeth are dagger-

英语听力：2013-05-08 完美捕食 Perfect Predators —3

Triceratops protects itself with a bony shield called a frill. They can fend off an attacker with a pair of one-meter-long swords. Youve got to crush it. The only way to deal with this huge, curved, cantilevered, composite armor is a crushing blow wi

英语听力：2013-05-10 完美捕食 Perfect Predators —4

Its unlike any other creature that has walked the planet. T-Rex is different. Something about Tyrannosaurs and Tyrannosaurus Rex itself is different than other predatory dinosaurs. But for such a celebrated killer able to take on the toughest creatur

英语听力：2013-05-12 完美捕食 Perfect Predators —5

Hearing, smell and sight are all well refined. We can look at the sense of vision and see the attributes of a predator. T-Rexs eyes are 40 centimetres apart providing exceptional binocular vision, the ability to perceive depth. An eye is essentially

英语听力：2013-05-19 完美捕食 Perfect Predators —8

Sauroposeidon towers over Deinonychus. In fact, its mammoth size is its primary defense. But this giant begins life very small. For Deinonychus, Sauroposeiden would be a great meal, at least the juveniles, because there wouldve been lots of them and

英语听力：2013-05-22 完美捕食 Perfect Predators —9

And Sauroposeidon like most plant eaters are smelly. Unlike a meat eater, they produce huge amounts of waste, feces that form a trail marking everywhere theyve been. For Deinonychus, that odor is a dead giveaway. And this carnivores eyes can clearly

英语听力：2013-05-26 完美捕食 Perfect Predators —11

They are actually increasing their chance of getting a meal. Its a strategy still used today. Working together, lions will take on prey as big as a four-ton elephant, and they only have teeth and claws. Deinonychus employs an array of weaponry more p

英语听力：2013-05-29 完美捕食 Perfect Predators —12

Deinonychus instinctively knows to go for this giants weak spot, its neck. Youve got the windpipe there. Youve got the jugular vein, which if opened up will mean that that Sauroposeidon is dead meat. But death does not come quickly or pleasantly. For

英语听力：2013-05-17 完美捕食 Perfect Predators —7

Attacking another T-Rex may seem like suicide, but a creature with such a voracious appetite has to find food by any means. Cannibalism is the rule. Its not the exception. If youre a carnivore and theres meat there, you take advantage of it. In fact,

英语听力：2013-06-05 完美捕食 Perfect Predators —15

Nothing this large would achieve powered flight until the 20th century, 65 million years later. And Quetzalcoatlus still may hold the record for flight duration. Probably stay aloft for a week. Probably it could have gone for 25, 26,000 miles in a si

VOA常速英语2008年-Aid Workers Withdrawn From Eastern Chad Followi

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 February 2008 The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 40 staff and aid workers from private organizations have been withdrawn from the Eastern Chad town of Guereda following a series of armed attacks in the area. The aid w

Argument写作必备词汇

因果（后接原因）： =〉因为：owing to; in respect that; on account of; due to; for the reason that; since; for; may account for; =〉由导致：as a consequence / result of; is the result of; derive from; result from; be a response to; 因