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以下是引用困难是弹簧在2003-10-9 11:00:00的发言：
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以下是引用wch2001_akuan在2003-10-9 19:25:00的发言：
topic 145: Some people say that advertising encourages us to buy things that we really do not need. Others say that advertisements tell us about new products that may improve our lives. Which viewpoint do you agree with? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Nowadays, every time when we watch TV or read magazines, we will see a lot of adverstisements.  Some people say that advertising encourages us to buy things that we really do not need. Others say that advertisements tell us about new products that may improve our lives. Different people have different opinions. As far as I am concerned, under most circumstances , I would follow the former. There are no less than three reasons to account for the viewpoint.

No issue is more important than the one that the main goal about advertisement is to attract customers to buy or consume products because business must make profit. Maybe those products is  （are）not good for customers. For example, my nephew, a boy with two-year-old（a two-year-old boy）, always want （wants）to eat fried chicken wings in  KFC or McDonalds. As we all know, it is not benetifial to our health if we eat a lot （加 of those）, but he likes it since he always see （sees）the advertisement in the TV （on TV）or （加 in the）magazines or newspaper. So, clearly, advertising stimulates people to consume products that is not good for them.

Secondly, advertisements sometimes mislead people. For instance, there are many advertisements about the weigh（没太明白，是想说减肥产品么？diet products，这一句表达的不大清楚，建议修改）, that （which）is claimed to measure health. The advertisements always encouraged people to become slim in order to sale （sell）their products, that （which）confuses a lot of people. Nowadays, some people, especially young girls, go on a diet even though they are very slim.

Finally, advertisements makes use of people’s nature（human nature）, that everyone want （wants）to obtain everything that other people have.  It encourage （encourages）people to buy products that their neighbors or friends have bought, and maybe they would not use those things（整句语气不够强，没有表达出你想表达的意思，建议改为： which they yet probably won't use at all）.

Of course, advertisements have advantages. They can tell products （give infomation of those products）that people are not familar with. And people can know  where they can buy   those products.

All in all, take （taking）what I have expored in the above discussion, the conclusion is obvious: advertisement encourages people to buy things that people do not need.