高階ENGL-WRIARG-005
以下哪一句屬有效的讓步(concession)?
A. Phones are useful, so schools should allow them.
B. Admittedly phones can be distracting, but a ban is hard to enforce.✓ 答案
C. Phones are bad and should be banned.
D. Everyone knows phones are useful.
解說
讓步是「先承認對方論點有部分成立,再提出自己的立場」,用 admittedly、although、while、it is true that 這一類結構。B 先承認分心問題,再提出執行困難,顯示思考立體。A 只是因果,C 是單邊斷言,D 是訴諸普遍。