Fig. 4: The topos of threat in the reported speech concerning “place”.

The possible perception process of the readers when they comprehend the news report in the logic of “threat” topos in example (4). The premise denoted in the news report is general knowledge that CFC-11 is a chemical material harmful to the ozone layer. The conclusion rules that if a country uses hazardous chemical material, it should take action to delimitate it connects the premise and the claim. The argumentative rules implied that the production mode of factories in China now increases the climate crisis of the whole world and China’s environmental policy is not all-encompassing and is still something to be remedied. The implicit argument that China is responsible for the damage to the climate suggested by the newspaper can be inferred from the claim.