Topic：Media and celebrities
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Television, newspapers, magazines, and other media pay too much attention to the personal lives of famous people such as public figures and celebrities. Use specific reasons and details to explain your opinion.
参考分析：
不能同意这个观点——因为这样的说法过于片面。有些媒体(大众传媒mass media)表现得过于关注名人。但是真正的起因(the real cause)却是大众(the public; the broad masses of the people)本身——大众过于关注名人以及名人的私生活。媒体不过是在迎合大众(cater to the needs of customers;过去几年里,电视一直迎合大众的口味。In the past several years, television has been playing to the gallery.)，因为媒体也是商业机构(commercial organization)，也要盈利(profit-driving)。不是所有媒体都在一味迎合大众，也不是所有的television program, newspaper column都在关注名人。
范文：
同意电视等媒体过分注重公众人物的报道：
（1）媒体为了满足大众的好奇心（SATISFY THE CURIOSITY），所以过分注重公众人物的报道。比如说，名人的食品和生活方式等等。
（2）媒体为了赚钱的需要，集中在公共人物的报道。
（3）媒体为了监督公众人物。所以经常报道他们的私生活。
In this global information age where newspapers or magazines are always handy and TV has already turned so many people into couch tomatoes, few people concern about what these mass media has brought to us; we just accept it anyway. While I think the current focus on personal lives of famous people by these media requires further consideration.
Admittedly, it is reasonable for those media to continuously pay great attention to celebrities, the present fierce competition of the various media, the hard-to-pleased audiences' taste, the bombastic effect of coverage of these shining figures. No surprise sometimes that we feel we just know more than those famous people than themselves.
However, the consequence of such intense coverage on public figures' personal lives not only violate those being focused on a certain level, but also do harm to us being informed in some ways. Firstly, the privacy of those celebrities is ineluctably encroached from time to time. Sometimes the result is sad - do not forget the tragedy of Princess Diana. Secondly, our attention is certainly being diverted by such tide of craziness about celebrities. What about those viewers who want to see something about ordinary people' lives? How can mass media not concern more about those people suffering from pain and poverty?
Furthermore, one of the significant results of the current fad on famous figures is that their behavior is so influential while at the same time the media have little guarantee to ensure what the say and do will not mislead the mass public and even cause more problems. For example, if a famous figure is being asked about his or her point of view in a field he or she is not quite acquainted, the words presented to the audience may be misleading. This is especially harmful to those young people who are more likely to watch those programs of their idols, and also are mostly vulnerable to influential but harmful sayings.
In a sense, I do not quite appreciate the coverage of people in the center of spotlight; maybe once the mass media turn a little bit from their current focus to other aspects of the society, they may find out that the world is wonderful all the same.
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