▶ Your Answer : In the reading passage, there is an ample support for the author's claim that the Chinese discovered the Americas before Columbus. However, the professor in the lecture gives several reasons as a rebuttal to the author's point. First, the professor contends that an old Chinese map is actually fake. In fact, the map was made clearly later than 1418. The map contained two hemispheres, which did not exist in China before. Also, some of texts in the map were translated in Chinese in the seventeenth century. As a result, the old Chinese map is a forgery, casting doubt on the reading passage's claim that the old Chinese map proves that Chinese discovered America before Columbus.
Second, the professor insists that the presence of pre-Columbian Chinese artifacts disproves that the Chinese arrived America first. If it is true, there would have been obvious marks. For example, the Vikings left clear evidence that still survives compared to the Chinese artifacts. Ancient Chinese's coins and Native American's beads had just flimsy evidence. This refutes the reading passage's suggestion that the distinctive style of the Chinese artifacts shows that the Chinese had already explored America before Columbus arrived in 1492.
Finally, the professor argues that same lacquering technique between Mexico and China is only a coincidence. It was common that identical techniques developed independently. For instance, the ancient Pyramid was made in both Egypt and America. However, it does not mean that there were any contacts between them. This counters the reading passage's assertion that the traditional Chinese lacquering technique was used in Mexico prior to the arrival of Columbus.
Writing 0–30 score scale: Limited (1-16) / Fair (17-23) / Good (24–30)
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각 카테고리별 SCORE: LIMITED / FAIR / GOOD
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