issue 44 最后挣扎，求考前指点

Laurafang

44. Claim: It is no longer possible for a society to regard any living man or woman as a hero.
Reason: The reputation of anyone who is subjected to media scrutiny will eventually be diminished.


Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.

Is it possible for an individual to become the image of a society under the intensity of mass media coverage? The speaker claims so, for the reasons that under the nature of competition reporters are forced to pry ever deeper for an angle on a story that no one else has been able to uncover but usually tarnishes one’s reputation. I agree insofar as that anyone who is subject to media scrutiny, reputation will be diminished since no one is the god and make no faults. At the same time, however, since we realize that no individual is perfect, we could not deny one’s greatness for forgivable mistakes he or she makes.


Admittedly, for the sake of profits-seeking, media coverage tends to one’s affairs just to cater to the public interests even by producing some scandals. Without doubt, intense competition for the most revealing photographs and the latest information on a subject has turned even minor media events into so-called “media frenzies”. Under this atmosphere at the press, when fame and forture turn an ordinary individual into a media target, reporters will stop at almost nothing to “dig up dirt” that will sell more newspapers or entice more viewers to watch a television program. Consider Bill Clinton’s sex scandal and Kennedy’s ex-marital scandal, each of which has become the hottest topic being reported on the media coverage. If it were not for the mass media scrutiny, we would expect that people still regarded as the national hero.


The statement, nevertheless, is too much broad to embrace “Any living man or woman” which covers all people over the world. In fact, even though having been tainted by scandals, some celebrities still enjoy respect from people. For instance, Clinton
is considered to misuse his power in deceiving public about his wrongdoing as well as his undisciplined behavior. Nonetheless, he is still the model of presidents in American history who play a significant role in drawing American economy to the right track and tackling many problems rooted in the American society. Therefore, it is arbitrary to deny the possibility of any individuals to be the hero of a society even living in an era of information explosion and media frenzies.

Ultimately and perhaps the most importantly, as the propaganda of media becomes increasingly mature, people are correspondingly rational, thus treating scandals of celebrities more properly and doubting the reliability of media more critically. As a matter of fact, they will understand their peccadillo and not idolize them blindly based on the notion that hero is also the ordinary rather than gods. An apt example to illustrate this opinion is the adoration towards Steven Jobs. Steven Jobs, the biggest star in his time, is regarded as the vital one to lead Apple to success. Unequivocally, he ever suffered by the media scrutiny, but this exerted little, if any, influence on his enterprise-let alone impeded people’s favorite to Apple. In a word, people will place skepticism on coverage instead of accepting it passively.


To sum up, even under the intensive media scrutiny, individuals are still possible to become hero of a society. Indeed, as public become more rational to treat the coverage of heroes, they will are less likely blindly idolize them and accept the scandals uncritically.


提纲
1.大量的报道的确会损害名人形象
2.丑闻不会造成对他们功绩的否定
3.人们更加理性对待丑闻

这篇文章想了很久，还是不怎么会写，求指点。

Is it possible for an individual to become the image of a society under the intensity of mass media coverage? The speaker claims so, for the reasons that under the nature of competition reporters are forced to pry ever deeper for an angle on a story that no one else has been able to uncover but usually tarnishes one’s reputation. I agree insofar as that anyone who is subject to media scrutiny, reputation will be diminished since no one is the god and make no faults. At the same time, however, since we realize that no individual is perfect, we could not deny one’s greatness for forgivable mistakes he or she makes.


Admittedly, for the sake of profits-seeking, media coverage tends to one’s affairs just to cater to the public interests even by producing some scandals. Without doubt, intense competition for the most revealing photographs and the latest information on a subject has turned even minor media events into so-called “media frenzies”. Under this atmosphere at the press, when fame and forture turn an ordinary individual into a media target, reporters will stop at almost nothing to “dig up dirt” that will sell more newspapers or entice more viewers to watch a television program. Consider Bill Clinton’s sex scandal and Kennedy’s ex-marital scandal, each of which has become the hottest topic being reported on the media coverage. If it were not for the mass media scrutiny, we would expect that people still regarded as the national hero.


The statement, nevertheless, is too much broad to embrace “Any living man or woman” which covers all people over the world. In fact, even though having been tainted by scandals, some celebrities still enjoy respect from people. For instance, Clinton
is considered to misuse his power in deceiving public about his wrongdoing as well as his undisciplined behavior. Nonetheless, he is still the model of presidents in American history who play a significant role in drawing American economy to the right track and tackling many problems rooted in the American society. Therefore, it is arbitrary to deny the possibility of any individuals to be the hero of a society even living in an era of information explosion and media frenzies.

Ultimately and perhaps the most importantly, as the propaganda of media becomes increasingly mature, people are correspondingly rational, thus treating scandals of celebrities more properly and doubting the reliability of media more critically. As a matter of fact, they will understand their peccadillo and not idolize them blindly based on the notion that hero is also the ordinary rather than gods. An apt example to illustrate this opinion is the adoration towards Steven Jobs. Steven Jobs, the biggest star in his time, is regarded as the vital one to lead Apple to success. Unequivocally, he ever suffered by the media scrutiny, but this exerted little, if any, influence on his enterprise-let alone impeded people’s favorite to Apple. In a word, people will place skepticism on coverage instead of accepting it passively.


To sum up, even under the intensive media scrutiny, individuals are still possible to become hero of a society. Indeed, as public become more rational to treat the coverage of heroes, they will are less likely blindly idolize them and accept the scandals uncritically.


提纲
1.大量的报道的确会损害名人形象
2.丑闻不会造成对他们功绩的否定
3.人们更加理性对待丑闻

这篇文章想了很久，还是不怎么会写，求指点。

普渡哥

作者英文水平很高，我觉得例子挺好。

发现一些问题：

they will are less likely blindly idolize them and accept the scandals uncritically.

应该是they will be ....吧

queenie0126

这篇我也想了很久，感觉你的思路还蛮不错的，很清楚，也有逻辑
idiom用得很好，赞一下~

birdyhuang

例子确实犀利了^0^感觉我就是不怎么会用例子..都是用一些傻傻的...
还有，想问个问题哈，lz大概用了多久写完这篇的？因为我现在时间压缩不下来..