Topic(题目)：
Some famous athletes and entertainers earnmillions of dollars every year. Do you thinkthese people deserve such high salaries? Usespecific reasons and examples to support youropinion.
Model Essay(范文)：
Some athletes and entertainers earn millions of dollars annually. In contrast, an elementaryschool teacher, on average, probably makes less than $35,000 a year. I think the fact that thisdifference is commonplaces is a sign of our society’s misplaced values. It shows that we putmore importance on entertaining our children than on educating them. It seems that thecareers that are the least values in our society often are those that are the most important.
Why is this so? The market determines who gets paid what. Teachers are paid by tax dollars. Sports teams make hundreds of millions of dollars every year. These teams earn fabulousprofits from radio and television rights, as well as everything sold at the concessions stands. The same is true of movies. They are produced by studios that make huge profits annually. These enterprises can afford to pay their entertainers and sports figures huge salaries, becausethose athletes and film stars draw people to the entertainment.
Why are we willing to pay so much to see a ball game or a movie, but not for a good teacher? Maybe it’s because we want distraction; we want to be entertained. Maybe it’s because we thinkof education as a right, which entertainment seems like a luxury. We expect to pay for ourluxuries.
It’s not that I begrudge the players and entertainers their huge salaries. Most of them havevery short careers. Athletes may be too old in their early 30s. Many of them gamble early intheir lives on making it big in the sports or entertainment world, and deny themselves a goodeducation. They have little chance of a stable career, so they need to earn enough money tosupport them for a long time. On the other hand, most of us aren’t going to earn $10 million ina lifetime of work. So it’s hard to sympathize with people who do.
We have to ask ourselves: who really give the most value to society?
重点单词 全部解释
deserve[di'zə:v]vi. 应该得到
vt. 应受，值得
elementary[.elə'mentəri]adj. 基本的，初级的，元素的
willing['wiliŋ]adj. 愿意的，心甘情愿的
sympathize['simpəθaiz]v. 同情，同感
luxury['lʌkʃəri]n. 奢侈，豪华，奢侈品
gamble['gæmbl]v. 赌博，投机，孤注一掷
n. 赌博，冒险
specific[spi'sifik]adj. 特殊的，明确的，具有特效的
n. 特
entertainment[.entə'teinmənt]n. 娱乐
stable['steibl]adj. 稳定的，安定的，可靠的
n. 马厩，
begrudge[bi'grʌdʒ]vt. 嫉妒，羡慕，舍不得给
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