Topic(题目)：
Do you agree or disagree with the followingstatement? Television, newspapers, magazines, and other media pay too much attention to thepersonal lives of famous people such as publicfigures and celebrities. Use specific reasonsand details to explain your opinion.
Model Essay(范文)：
I think the media pay too much attention to theprivate lives of famous people. Television, newspaper magazines and web sites dig up all kindsof past bad actions. They say that these are true reflections of a person's character. This maybe true if they occurred only a few years before, but some of these are things people did asteenagers. People in their forties are expected to explain something they did when they werefifteen. If they killed someone, obviously that's more than a youthful mistake. Usually, though, these incidents involve experiments with drugs or being reckless in a car. They're notsomething that the public needs to know.
The media love to say that the public has a right to know. That's not true. We don't need toknow if a movie star or politician has had an extramarital affair. That is something of concernonly to the people involved. We do need to know if someone we're electing to public office hasbeen involved in shady business deals, but we don't need to know if he or she defaulted on aloan twenty years ago.
It seems the media dig up these facts without giving thoughtful consideration to whatmight happen. It has an effect on the celebrity's family, especially the children. A celebrity'sgood name and credibility may be ruined before he or she can prove that rumors are false. Ifa case goes to court, paying a lawyer can use up all their money. Even if it doesn't come tothat, they may find their career ruined.
When are we, the public, going to make it clear to the media that we're tired of having towatch this kind of thing on the news? Wouldn't it be better if they would concentrate on moreimportant issues?
重点单词 全部解释
thoughtful['θɔ:tful]adj. 深思的，体贴的
involve[in'vɔlv]vt. 包含，使陷入，使忙于，使卷入，牵涉
reckless['reklis]adj. 不计后果的，大意的，鲁莽的
disagree[.disə'gri:]v. 不一致，有分歧，不适应，不适宜
statement['steitmənt]n. 声明，陈述
specific[spi'sifik]adj. 特殊的，明确的，具有特效的
n. 特
credibility[.kredi'biliti]n. 可信，确实性，可靠
concentrate['kɔnsntreit]v. 集中，专心，浓缩
n. 浓缩物
politician[.pɔli'tiʃən]n. 政治家，政客
consideration[kənsidə'reiʃən]n. 考虑，体贴，考虑因素，敬重，意见
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