GMAT考试写作指导：Argument范文四

　　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: Powerflex

　　contains pictures of bodybuilders using such machines, and Powerflex is a popular

　　magazine, as evidenced by the fact that it frequently sells out at the local newsstand.

　　This 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

　　these machines. The only evidence offered to support this contention, however, is the

　　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

　　purposes.

　　Second, the author assumes that machines that are suitable for bodybuilding will

　　also be suitable to help maximize the fitness levels of the towns residents. This

　　assumption is highly questionable. Machines designed to increase muscle development

　　are significantly different from those designed to increase cardiovascular fitness.

　　Consequently, it is unlikely that the machines pictured in the magazine will be of much

　　use to help maximize the fitness levels of the towns residents.

　　In conclusion, this argument is unconvincing. To strengthen the argument the

　　author would have to show that the bodybuilders pictured using the exercise machines

　　actually used the machines to reach their level of muscle development. Additionally, the

　　author would have to show that the machines were suitable for increasing the fitness

　　levels of the persons using them.