托福作文范文：News Media新闻媒体

 　　托福作文范文：News Media新闻媒体

　　Some people think that news reports in the media have no connections with people's lives.Therefore, it is a waste of time reading newspapers or watching TV news programs. To whatextent do you agree or disagree?Give reasons for your answer and include any relevantexamples from your own knowledge or experience.

　　范文:

　　If you think that watching television news programs or reading newspapers is a waste of time,you could be right because it is the way most people may want to digest their leisure hours. Ifyou believe that news reports have no connections with people's lives, you could not be morewrong. The media and the public can mutually influence each other through the advertisingbusinesses, although it is not at all clear how much the media can influence public opinion andhow much public opinion can influence the media.

　　The news industry connects people's minds by manipulating public opinion. In this InformationAge, whoever controls the news media controls the minds of the masses as well as consumers'pockets. In reporting news to the public, there is no denying that television is the mostinfluential medium, followed by the radio, the Internet, and printed circulations, all of whichmaking people stay connected constantly. You may say that it is connection that people areafter in most media since such relationship is based on the popular desire to be informedabout almost anything that feeds news desire--crimes, wars, drugs, diseases, and naturaldisasters, side by side with breaking news, world events, sports, businesses, weather and soon. As the mainstream² media has become increasingly dependent on advertising¹ revenues forsupport, you could not fail to realize that news is actually the bait to attract buyers.

　　Relatively³, much less is addressed regarding how much public opinion can influence the mediathrough ratings. In their daily lives, most people habitually⁴ connect themselves with thecurrent rumors⁵, speculations⁶, predictions, and especially bad news. You can see that it isexactly what the news media outlets⁷ are doing in order to please the public. For that matter, itis not entirely⁸ the media's fault that they are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news sincebad news gets higher ratings and sells more advertisements than good news, and thereforeproduces more commercial connections Trying to calculate the extent to which thisrelationship reaches is irrelevant⁹, and what is certain is that the two do have inevitable¹⁰ links.However, it is worth mentioning that about 99.99 percent of what happens on earth is not onthe news because it is not worthy¹¹ enough to motivate the audience to "waste" their money andtime.

　　Contrary views are of course understandable; nevertheless, news reporting in the mediamaintains invisible connections with people's lives. Apart from that, the question whetherwatching or reading news is a waste of time may depend on who you ask. What really mattersthen is that the media can deliver news and give the public what is wanted and desired; and thepublic can give amazing ratings in return.

1 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

2 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

3 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

4 habitually   

ad.习惯地，通常地

参考例句：

• The pain of the disease caused him habitually to furrow his brow. 病痛使他习惯性地紧皱眉头。
• Habitually obedient to John, I came up to his chair. 我已经习惯于服从约翰，我来到他的椅子跟前。

5 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 speculations   

n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 )；思考；投机活动；推断

参考例句：

• Your speculations were all quite close to the truth. 你的揣测都很接近于事实。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• This possibility gives rise to interesting speculations. 这种可能性引起了有趣的推测。 来自《用法词典》

7 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

9 irrelevant   

adj.不恰当的，无关系的，不相干的

参考例句：

• That is completely irrelevant to the subject under discussion.这跟讨论的主题完全不相关。
• A question about arithmetic is irrelevant in a music lesson.在音乐课上，一个数学的问题是风马牛不相及的。

10 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

11 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。