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Read a claim and its qualification
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- Your goal: Distinguish the writer’s claim, evidence, and limits.
- Before you start, recall qualification, contrast and reason-result expressions. Treat the short trial accounts here as fictional language evidence; scope, current barriers and effectiveness are separate claims.
这项办法暂时没有推广。暂时 means for now and 没有推广 has not been rolled out. Which conclusion preserves the qualification?
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暂时 limits the current status. It does not establish permanent rejection or universal effectiveness. Preserve the time limit before drawing a conclusion.
Words you will use
- for the time being暂时 zànshí — for the time being. for the time being暂时not have / haven't没有extend adoption / promote推广。
- extend adoption / promote推广 tuīguǎng — extend adoption / promote. extend adoption / promote推广this这个means办法。
- cost成本 chéngběn — cost. cost成本to compare较high高。
- not necessarily未必 wèibì — not necessarily. cheap便宜(modifier / structural particle)的not necessarily未必to fit适合。
- evidence证据 zhèngjù — evidence. to need需要more更many多evidence证据。
Match each word with its meaning in this unit.
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Use the example sentences to check each word’s meaning in context.
Build the meaning
- for the time being暂时 limits a claim to the present situation; not necessarily未必 means not necessarily. Neither supports forever永远 or definitely一定.
- despite尽管……still仍然…… expresses concession. therefore因此 expresses a consequence. A connector must fit the complete relationship.
Work through a decision: A fictional report says new新means办法at / in在两所school学校to try sth out试用back后，part部分student学生to express / indicate表示to read阅读more更convenient方便，but但other其他school学校(modifier / structural particle)的circumstances情况not yet尚未investigation调查 — after a trial in two schools, some students reported easier reading access, but other schools had not been studied. Identify the setting, the subgroup and the reported outcome. This supports a limited account of participants’ reports, not a finding about every school or measured learning gains.
Compare a plausible mistake: for the time being暂时not have / haven't没有extend adoption / promote推广 concerns present rollout status; not necessarily未必to fit适合all所有local地区 says it is not necessarily suitable everywhere. Neither means the method never works. Conversely, lower cost or favourable reports alone do not establish effectiveness in a new setting. Name which claim the evidence actually addresses.
A barrier today does not establish permanent impossibility. Conversely, removing the cost barrier does not by itself prove effectiveness.
Complete the time qualifier: 因为成本较高，____没有全面推广。
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暂时 limits the non-rollout to the present period.
A fictional account says 尽管设备价格下降了，使用效果仍然需要进一步调查。价格下降 means prices fell and 使用效果仍然需要进一步调查 effectiveness still needs further study. First separate cost from effectiveness. Which conclusion fits?
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尽管…仍然 preserves the contrast between a price change and an unresolved evidence need. Cheaper equipment is not itself an effectiveness result. Do not discard the remaining study requirement.
Listen for a fresh detail
- Listen before revealing the script.
- Replay if you need to. This is practice: if playback is unavailable, use the script as reading and return to listening on a device with Mandarin playback.
Show the listening script and meaning
this这个means办法cost成本already已经to decline下降，but但result效果still仍然to need需要more更many多experiment试验to come来to confirm确认。cheap便宜并不等于definitely一定effective有效。
Its cost has fallen, but effectiveness still needs trials. Being cheaper does not guarantee effectiveness.
Which issue remains unresolved in the recording?
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效果仍然需要更多试验 says effectiveness still needs evidence.
Read a different account
这项to save water节水means办法at / in在small小range范围experiment试验to hit (the mark)中to acquire取得(completed / change)了result效果，but但equipment设备cost成本to compare较high高，therefore因此for the time being暂时not have / haven't没有all-around全面extend adoption / promote推广。person in charge负责人to think / believe认为，hereafter今后cost成本下降时，can / may可以one more time再次to evaluate评估。experiment试验outcome结果to be worth值得to pay attention to关注，but却不足以proof证明it它to fit适合all所有local地区。
- The reading and listening have different details. Use the material for the question you are answering.
- Read once for the situation, then again for the relevant detail. Reveal help when needed.
Show the reading meaning
A water-saving method worked in a small trial, but high equipment costs prevent full rollout for now. It can be reassessed if costs fall. The trial is promising but does not prove suitability everywhere.
Which claim is supported by the reading?
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小范围试验中的效果 is limited evidence; the final sentence rejects universal certainty.
Read this fictional account: 某社区试用了新的预约办法。十位使用者表示更方便，但未调查没有使用该办法的人。预约 means booking and 使用者 users. Which statement is warranted by this account?
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The account concerns ten users’ convenience reports; nonusers were not investigated. Keep the groups and the reported outcome attached to the correct evidence. Neither extending the result to nonusers nor swapping the groups preserves the source.
Speak, write, and review
- Explain the method’s promise and limitation to a partner. They ask whether the trial proves universal success.
- Record yourself privately or work with a partner. First try without the model, then compare the meaning and structure; a text checker cannot assess your pronunciation.
small小range范围experiment试验effective有效，but但cost成本to compare较high高，for the time being暂时not have / haven't没有all-around全面extend adoption / promote推广。cannot不能variant of 说说to fit适合all所有local地区。
- Write a cautious recommendation based only on the reading.
- Tomorrow, recall a limited claim and its missing evidence without the model. Later, change the setting, people or outcome and explain why the earlier evidence cannot automatically support the new claim.
Distinguish the writer’s claim, evidence, and limits. Use the examples as support, then try a fresh version. Completing these exercises records practice, not a guarantee of mastery.
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Write a cautious recommendation based only on the reading.
Compare the meaning and structure with the checklist. Your own response may differ from the model.
Use Mandarin for your written or spoken response. Invent a clearly fictional short trial report. State who was studied, what was observed or reported, one limitation and a proportionate next investigation. Give a short conclusion that neither dismisses the result nor overgeneralises it. Read it aloud or discuss it with a partner.
If your conclusion says everyone from a small group’s reports, narrow the scope. If it claims learning gains from convenience alone, restore the actual outcome. Keep the example explicitly fictional rather than presenting invented findings as real research.