Argument145 【LOVEAW小组】第3次作业

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145.A new study collected data that shows that people who snore are more likely to gain weight than are people who do not snore. It is well known that many people who snore also stop breathing frequently during the night for a few seconds, a condition called sleep apnea. The interruption of breathing wakes the person-often so briefly that the waking goes unnoticed-and can leave the person too tired during the day to exercise. Anyone who snores, therefore, should try to eat less than the average person and to exercise more.

提纲：
1、  调查有效性
2、  呼吸的停顿是否是因为打呼噜引起
3、  少吃多锻炼是否有效

To draw to the conclusion that snorers should eat less than the average person and exercise more, the arguer cites a new study whose data shows the greater possibility for snorers, compared with the non-snorers, to gain weight and the fact that many snores stop breathing frequently, which leaves them too tired to exercise during the daytime. A close scrutiny over them reveals the argument unconvincing.

In the first place, the arguer provides no detailed information about the validity of the study. We can not draw to any practicable conclusion without that. Is the size of the sample large enough to make sense at the statistical level? Are the responders representative of the whole population of snorers? Is the process measured up to the statistical regulation? If not, the study does no help to bolster the conclusion.

In the second place, the argument is on basis of the assumption that the so-called sleep apnea results from snoring, while it is probably not the case. The arguer simply cites the fact that many snorers suffer from this sleep apnea to get the conclusion, which is apparently lacking in evidence. It is fairly possible that many snorers not opening their windows during the night coincidentally, because of which dreggy air jams the bedroom and leads to their sleep apnea. Or there is other unclear reasons left to investigation resulting in the sleep apnea. Anyhow, it is completely unfair to base the argument on the unsubstantiated assumption when lacking the reasonable and scientific illation.

Last but not least, the suggestion given by the arguer that people who snores should try to eat less and to exercise more does not quite sound helpful. If one lacks sleep and thus gets too tired to exercise during the daytime, common sense tells that he should supplement sleeping and try to keep mettlesome during working, while eating less and exercising more, apparently, does no help but get him much more effete during the day. Even if they need more exercise to lose weight, the suggestion is still not appropriate for them, perhaps even deleterious for them, because the overcharge of the physical force may get their resistibility descending and ultimately drives them down with an illness. The most urgent need for them should be changing the posture during sleep or seeing a doctor to avoid snoring during night, instead of eating less and exercising more as the arguer suggests.

To sum up, the arguer’s suggestion based on the dubious study and unsubstantiated assumption does not make sense to convince me. To better bolster the suggestion, more detailed information about the study and the reasoning for the suggestion are requisite.

[ 本帖最后由 小猫儿 于 2007-2-13 09:31 编辑 ]