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Advertising has grown to be an industry worth many billions of dollars across the world. Almost all public space has some advert

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问题   Advertising has grown to be an industry worth many billions of dollars across the world. Almost all public space has some advertisements in sight and all forms of media, from newspapers to the Internet, are also filled with adverts. Whilst this helps companies sell their produces, and helps consumers to learn what is on offer, many believe that this huge amount of advertising can be harmful. What do you think? Write an essay of about 400 words.
  In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
  You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
  Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
  Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
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答案 Our life is so full of advertisements these days. You cannot walk down the street, ride on a bus, watch television or read your emails without seeing advertisements.In my opinion, advertisements do more harm than good. People shouldn’t have to have their lives attacked by such a huge quantity of information they might not want. The first problem advertising leads to is that many people are overwhelmed by the endless need to decide between competing demands on their attention—this is known as the tyranny of choice or choice overload.Recant research suggests that people are on average less happy than they were 30 years ago—despite being better off and having much more choices of things to spend their money on.The claims of adverts crowd in on people, raising expectations about a product and leading to inevitable disappointment after it is bought. Another plague is that many adverts do more than advertising products. Some try to make people feel inferior if they don’t have the product, or if they have something which the product would change. Perceptions of beauty and fashion in particular have been terribly distorted. Many young people have low self-esteem and unhealthy lifestyles because they feel they should be thinner and more attractive like the models they see in adverts.This leads to serious problems like eating-disorders and self-harm. Thirdly, advertising gives the impression, especially to children, that they can and should have everything they want. This makes people too interested in material things.People are becoming more selfish and obsessed with their possessions, and no longer valuing patience, hard work, moderation and non-material things like family and friends.This harms their relationships and their personal development, which has serious effects on society as a whole. Last but not least, advertisers don’t have the good of society in mind when they do their work they only care about making profit. This means that they regularly advertise unhealthy or harmful things. Fast food adverts are a large part of the reason of the fact that many children are obese. The adverts just try to make children eat as much food as possible without any concern for the health costs. In conclusion, advertising fuels materialism in society and it brings distractions to people with abundant unnecessary information.It dues more harm than good—we should be cautious about it and make sensible decisions when purchasing commodities.
解析   cannot…without…为双重否定句，加强语气；并列动词词组walk down，ride，watch， read使句子表达生动。
  do more harm than good意为“弊大于利”。
  are overwhelmed by是语言亮点，意为“压倒，使受不起”。tyranny of choice意为“选择的专制”；choice overload意为“选择超负荷”。
  crowd in on是语言亮点，意为“蜂拥而来，逼拢来”。raising与leading是现在分词短语做伴随状语，句式紧凑。
  plague是语言亮点，意为“祸患，恼人的事”，这里用来替代problem，从而避免了用词重复，实现了表达多样性。
  用in particular用来表示强调或特指。distorted意为“被扭曲”。
  eating-disorders意为“饮食紊乱”；self-harm意为“自我伤害”。
  典型的长句，becoming与losing是并列的谓语动词。(be) obsessed with是语言亮点，意为“占据……的思想，迷住”。
  This在这里起到承上启下的作用，使语篇衔接紧凑，行文简洁。as a whole意为“整体上”。
  In conclusion表总结，fuel materialism是语言亮点，意为“刺激，鼓励”。
  本句与第1段中的观点先后呼应，使文章观点更为鲜明。be cautious about意为“对……谨慎的”。
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