GMAT考试写作指导：Argument范文四

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62.        In this argument the author concludes that the new community fitness center
should be equipped with the state-of-the-art exercise machines featured in Powerflex
magazine. In support of this recommendation two reasons are offered: (1) Powerflex
' ]" m4 s4 P" C. Xcontains pictures of bodybuilders using such machines, and (2) Powerflex is a popular
magazine, as evidenced by the fact that it frequently sells out at the local newsstand.
: ]" Q6 Y* r4 bThis argument is questionable on two counts.
      First, a major implication of the argument is that the bodybuilders pictured using
the machines in Powerflex magazine reached their state of fitness as a result of using
; B$ x0 l" ?8 c* ]. othese machines. The only evidence offered to support this contention, however, is the
; g( \8 X8 L# q7 P8 X$ [pictures in the magazine. It is possible that the bodybuilders pictured use different
equipment for their workouts and are merely posing with the machines for advertising
  M- p! ?0 Y3 \. h/ ^purposes.
& \) w- e8 _" {, D# t9 f; P      Second, the author assumes that machines that are suitable for bodybuilding will
also be suitable to help maximize the fitness levels of the town's residents. This
assumption is highly questionable. Machines designed to increase muscle development
0 j6 L2 v5 l- D) H$ Q2 |are significantly different from those designed to increase cardiovascular fitness.
- t3 f* ?" x8 H0 W' m4 g3 MConsequently, it is unlikely that the machines pictured in the magazine will be of much
% W7 W* I! g5 |' ?' C. ~( Yuse to help maximize the fitness levels of the town's residents.
      In conclusion, this argument is unconvincing. To strengthen the argument the
0 l0 E: d. v# X& kauthor would have to show that the bodybuilders pictured using the exercise machines
6 p! Q% U8 E" \( ]actually used the machines to reach their level of muscle development. Additionally, the
7 u) }6 w9 }, q( [2 ^. aauthor would have to show that the machines were suitable for increasing the fitness
levels of the persons using them.