In 2012, Jeremy Lin led an unexpected winning streak by the New York Knicks, becoming the first Asian-American player to rise to prominence in the National Basketball Association. The writer Gish Jen published the following op-ed reflecting on the significance of Lin’s success. Read the passage carefully, then complete the following tasks:

Identify a claim made by Jen and explain the reasoning underlying this claim.
List at least two pieces of supporting evidence from the passage and briefly explain how they support the claim you have identified in (1

In 2012, Jeremy Lin led an unexpected winning streak by the New York Knicks, becoming the first Asian-American player to rise to prominence in the National Basketball Association. The writer Gish Jen published the following op-ed reflecting on the significance of Lin’s success.

Read the passage carefully, then complete the following tasks:

Identify a claim made by Jen and explain the reasoning underlying this claim.

List at least two pieces of supporting evidence from the passage and briefly explain how they support the claim you have identified

Answer:

Jen claims that her brother, Bob, could be "the fittest 58-year-old on the planet." Of course, this is not a claim to be taken literally. It means that his health and physical state is incredibly good for his age.

Explanation:

The evidence she provides is that her brother´s doctor has estimated Bob´s biological age at 35. She further supports her claim saying that "he´s still climbing big mountains in the Himalayas," which is a monumental physical effort.

annyksl annyksl · Answer 2 · 2021-09-28T02:07:19+02:00

One of the statements made by the author of the article is that her brother was a great athlete and that he is in very good health.

You didn't show the article this question refers to, but you can tell from similar questions to her that she refers to "Asian Men Can Jump" written by Gish Jen.

In this article we have access to the following information:

Jen shows how her brother is a great athlete, even at 58 years old.
To confirm this, she shows evidence that the biological age of his organism is 35 years old and that even with old age he can climb mountains with admirable ease.
She claims that her parents never supported her brother's talent for athletics, as they wanted him to be a doctor, but he was never interested in that kind of career.
She claims that her parents never celebrated her brother's athletic victories and she wonders how he would be an even better athlete if he had had family support.

With this, we can conclude that the author's brother did not waste the potential he had for athletics, as he continued training, even without the help of his parents, and achieved very beneficial results for his health.

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