The following argument was abstracted from newspaper articles, editorials, and letters to the editor. Use the method presented in this section to construct argument patterns. If a statement is redundant or plays no role in the argument, do not include it in the pattern.
1. The rain forest of Brazil produces oxygen for the whole world, yet
2. it yields no monetary return to that country.
Given that
3. the industrialized nations consume the most oxygen,
4. those nations ought to pay Brazil an annual fee for the use of its rain forest.