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ANALYSISONKEEPYOURGOALSTOYOURSELF

2016-2017学年第一学期

《批判性读与写CriticalThinking》课程论文

学生姓名：

张子靖Ken

教师姓名：

PedroPastrano-Tuhao

学院：

动力工程学院

专业：

核工程与核技术

学号：

20153079

中国·重庆重庆大学外国语学院

二〇一六年十月

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ABSTRACT

Thispaperisananalysisonthevideo,KeepYourGoalstoYourself.ThispaperexaminesexactlytheargumentofDerek;then,thenpassageanalyzesDerek’sargument,plusmeanwhile,evaluatesDerek’sargument.

ThereasonforconstitutingthispassageistocomprehendaswellasapplytheknowledgeofthebookUnderstandingArguments.Inaddition,thispassage,whichdisassemblesDerek’sargument,purportstoassistreadersunderstandingDerek’sargument.

ConstitutingthispapercomprehensivelyutilizestheknowledgeinChapter1,2,3,4,5plus6ofthebook,UnderstandingArguments:

ThecloseanalysisofDerek’sargumentutilizestheknowledgeofChapter4;thedeepanalysisofDerek’sargumentisanapplicationoftheknowledgeinChapter5;determiningwhetherDerek’sargumentisvalidutilizestheknowledgeofChapter6;aboveall,analyzingaswellasevaluatingDerek’sargumentsutilizesthebasicknowledgeincludedinChapter1,2plus3.

Asaconsequenceofanalyzingaswellasevaluating,thispassageindicatesthestrategiesthatDerekutilizestopresentathesis,thereferentialmethodstoconvincetheaudienceaswellassummarizethegeneralevaluationofDerek’sargument.

AnalysisonKeepYourGoalstoYourself

INTRODUCTION

KeepYourGoalstoYourself,aTEDxvideopostedinSeptember,2010,whosespeakerisDerekSivers.Inthevideo,Derekproposesaswellasdemonstratesthethesisthatindividualshouldkeepgoalsasasecretinsteadofannouncingthegoalstopublic.

Thispassage,ananalysisonDerek’sargumentinthevideo,KeepYourGoalstoYourself,mainlycontainsfourportions:

DEREK’SPRESENTATION,ANALYSIS,EVALUATIONaswellasCONCLUSION.

BeforetheANALYSISportion,toanalyzeinaconvenientway,plusmeanwhile,toassistreaderstoacquaintDerek’spresentation,thispassagepoststheoriginalofDerek’spresentation.

TheANALYSISportion,whichconsistsofcloseanalysisplusdeepanalysis,isinhotpursuitoftheoriginalofDerek’spresentation.ThispartanalyzesDerek’sargumentsintensively;furthermore,thispartinvolvesjudgmentofwhetherDerek’sargumentisvalidornot.

TheCONCLUSIONpartisaintegrationoftheconsequenceoftheintensiveanalysis.Inthispart,thispassagesummarizespartialreferentialstrategiesthatDerekutilizestodemonstrateathesisaswellasthemethodstoconvincetheaudience.Inaddition,

DEREK’SPRESENTATION

Beforetheformalanalysis,herepostsDerek’spresentationinthevideo,KeepYourGoalstoYourself:

Everyone,pleasethinkofyourbiggestpersonalgoal.Forreal--youcantakeasecond.You'vegottofeelthistolearnit.Takeafewsecondsandthinkofyourpersonalbiggestgoal,okay?

Imaginedecidingrightnowthatyou'regoingtodoit.Imaginetellingsomeonethatyoumeettodaywhatyou'regoingtodo.Imaginetheircongratulationsandtheirhighimageofyou.Doesn'titfeelgoodtosayitoutloud?

Don'tyoufeelonestepcloseralready,likeit'salreadybecomingpartofyouridentity?

Well,badnews:

youshouldhavekeptyourmouthshut,becausethatgoodfeelingnowwillmakeyoulesslikelytodoit.Repeatedpsychologytestshaveproventhattellingsomeoneyourgoalmakesitlesslikelytohappen.Anytimeyouhaveagoal,therearesomestepsthatneedtobedone,someworkthatneedstobedoneinordertoachieveit.Ideally,youwouldnotbesatisfieduntilyouhadactuallydonethework.Butwhenyoutellsomeoneyourgoalandtheyacknowledgeit,psychologistshavefoundthatit'scalleda'socialreality.'Themindiskindoftrickedintofeelingthatit'salreadydone.Andthen,becauseyoufeltthatsatisfaction,you'relessmotivatedtodotheactualhardworknecessary.Sothisgoesagainstthe conventional wisdomthatweshouldtellourfriendsourgoals,right--sotheyholdustoit.

So,let'slookattheproof.1926,KurtLewin,founderofsocialpsychology,calledthis“substitution.”1933,VeraMahlerfound,whenitwasacknowledgedbyothers,itfeltrealinthemind.1982,PeterGollwitzerwroteawholebookaboutthisandin2009,hedidsomenewteststhatwerepublished.

Itgoeslikethis:

163peopleacrossfourseparatetests--everyonewrotedowntheirpersonalgoal.Thenhalfofthemannouncedtheircommitmenttothisgoaltotheroom,andhalfdidn't.Theneveryonewasgiven45minutesofworkthatwoulddirectlyleadthemtowardstheirgoal,buttheyweretoldthattheycouldstopatanytime.Now,thosewhokepttheirmouthsshutworkedtheentire45minutes,onaverage,andwhenaskedafterwards,saidthattheyfeltthattheyhadalongwaytogostilltoachievetheirgoal.Butthosewhohadannounceditquitafteronly33minutes,onaverage,andwhenaskedafterwards,saidthattheyfeltmuchclosertoachievingtheirgoal.

So,ifthisistrue,whatcanwedo?

Well,youcouldresistthe temptationtoannounceyourgoal.Youcandelaythe gratificationthatthesocialacknowledgmentbrings,andyoucanunderstandthatyourmindmistakesthetalkingforthedoing.Butifyoudoneedtotalkaboutsomething,youcanstateitinawaythatgivesyounosatisfaction,suchas,“Ireallywanttorunthismarathon,soIneedtotrainfivetimesaweekandkickmyassifIdon't,okay?

”

Soaudience,nexttimeyou'retemptedtotellsomeoneyourgoal,whatwillyousay?

Exactly,welldone.（Derek,KeepYourGoalstoYourself）

1.CloseAnalysis

Sinnott-ArmstrongandFogelinsuggestinUnderstandingArgumentsthatthefirststepinthecloseanalysisistolabelthevariousargumentativedevices（80）.Tobeconvenient,herelistsabbreviationsforargumentativedevices:

ARGUMENTATIVEDEVICES

ABBREVIATIONS

argumentmarker

M

assuringterm

A

guardingterm

G

discountingterm

D

argumentativeperformative

AP

evaluativeterm

E（+or–）

rhetoricaldevice

R

ThefollowingisthebeginningofDerek’spresentation:

R

Everyone,pleasethinkofyourbiggestpersonalgoal.Forreal--youcantakeasecond.You'vegottofeelthistolearnit.Takeafewsecondsandthinkofyourpersonalbiggestgoal,okay?

Imaginedecidingrightnowthatyou'regoingtodoit.Imaginetellingsomeonethatyoumeettodaywhatyou'regoingtodo.Imaginetheircongratulationsandtheirhighimageofyou.Doesn'titfeelgoodto

sayitoutloud?

Don'tyoufeelonestepcloseralready,likeit'salreadybecomingpartofyouridentity?

A

E-,D

D

M

Well,badnews:

youshouldhavekeptyourmouthshut,becausethatgoodfeelingnowwillmakeyoulesslikelytodoit.Repeatedpsychologytestshaveproventhattellingsomeoneyourgoalmakesitlesslikelytohappen.Anytimeyouhaveagoal,therearesomestepsthatneedtobedone,someworkthatneedstobedoneinordertoachieveit.Ideally,youwouldnotbesatisfieduntilyouhadactuallydonethework.Butwhenyoutellsomeoneyourgoalandtheyacknowledgeit,psychologistshavefoundthatit'scalleda“socialreality.”Themindiskindoftrickedintofeelingthatit'salreadydone.Andthen,becauseyoufeltthatsatisfaction,you'relessmotivatedtodotheactualhardworknecessary.Sothisgoesagainstthe conventional wisdomthatweshouldtellourfriendsourgoals,right--sotheyholdustoit.（Derek,KeepYourGoalstoYourself）

A.“Doesn'titfeelgoodtosayitoutloud?

Don'tyoufeelonestepcloseralready,likeit'salreadybecomingpartofyouridentity?

”Thosequestionsarerhetoricalquestions.Utilizingthoserhetoricalquestionspurportstodrawtheattentionoftheaudience.

B.Theshortphrase“well,badnews”functionsasanevaluativeterm.“Bad”,thewordDerekutilizestoevaluatethenews--“good