“七选五”阅读——综合检测(Ⅰ)PublicSpeakingandCriticalThinkingWhatiscriticalthinking
Toacertaindegree,it'samatteroflogic(逻辑)—ofbeingabletospotweaknessesinotherpeople'sargumentsandtoavoidtheminyourown
Italsoincludesrelatedskillssuchasdistinguishingfactfromopinionandassessingthesoundnessofevidence
Inthebroadsense,criticalthinkingisfocused,organizedthinking—theabilitytoseeclearlytherelationshipsamongideas
__1__Thegreatestthinkers,scientists,andinventorshaveoftentakeninformationthatwasreadilyavailableandputittogetherdifferentlytoproducenewideas
That,too,iscriticalthinking
__2__Astheclassgoeson,forexample,youwillprobablyspendagooddealoftimeorganizingyourspeeches
Whilethismayseemlikeapurelymechanical(机械的)exercise,itiscloselyconnectedwithcriticalthinking
Ifthestructureofyourspeechislooseandconfused,