▶ Your Answer :
In the lecture, the speaker maintains that the reading’s point is not
groundless.
This counters the reading passage’s claim that the discovery of America
was discovered by the Chinese.
To begin with, the lecturer said that a stone road is not clue that the Chinese
landed on American shores before Columbus. This is because the road was formed naturally, not by
human.
This contradicts the reading’s claim that the stone platforms are very
similar to those used in medieval Chinese architecture.
On top of that, the speaker contends that the anchors was not made by the
Chinese before the arrival of Columbus. The reason is that the Chinese continued to use
similar anchor until the late 1800s. This opposes the reading’s point that these anchors are a convincing discovery.
Finally, he argues that Newport Tower is not evidence. This is because that
was built by European sailors. That is more similar to wind mill of Europe, not
a lighthouse in southern China.
This casts doubt on the reading passage’s point that Newport Tower closely
resembles a lighthouse in southern China.
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