"为我所用"小组第十八次作业argument145(快考了求拍啊,各位大大)

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TOPIC: ARGUMENT145 - 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.

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    The arguer suggests that those people who snore in sleep should eat less than average people and exercise more to lose weight. The reason is that he thinks people who snore are more likely to gain weight. To support this conclusion, he quotes the result of a new study and explains the phenomenon. But through careful scrutiny of his specious discussion, it is not difficult to pick out some fatal fallacies in it.
    Firstly, the study which has been quoted by the arguer fails to support the conclusion that people who snore are more likely to gain weight. There is not any detail about the study. How many people have participated in the survey and how many of them responded rightly? Both of these two questions have not been answered by the arguer. Extremely, we can imagine that the surveyor have took a few people in the survey. In this case, the result of the study will mean nothing. More details should be given to convince us that the result of the survey is reasonable.
    Secondly, the arguer's explanation of the phenomenon can not convince readers either. He alleges that it is weariness, which is caused by sleep apnea of people who snore, that leads to the deficiency of exercise in the daytime among those people and makes them gain weight. It is obviously and ridiculous reason. If it is the fact, those people who snore will certainly feel tired during the day and they will do anything with lower efficiency besides exercise. Then the people with snore in night will definitely be inferior to other people in study and work. But no sign has shown that those people with snore is weaker than normal people. And the lack of exercise can not automatically lead to fat. Those who do much exercise in the daytime can be fat easily either.
    Thirdly, the suggestion by the arguer to persuade people who snore to eat less and exercise more is unreasonable. If the that sleep apnea can cause weariness is true. People should certainly eat more to gain energy. And more exercise of a weak people will definitely cause more weariness. So the suggestion is not proper.
    Given the discussion above, the arguer's suggestion and conclusion are both reasonable. More factors should be concerned and more survey should be made to support them or make the arguer discard them.