12-19 利弊类 – 社会类话题
Young people increasingly admire media and sports stars, even though they often do not set a good example. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?
题目大意：
年轻人日益崇拜媒体和体育明星，而这些偶像往往树立负面形象。这种追星的潮流利弊如何？
思路：
利弊类文章，同样强调在论证上要体现合理性，即在具体的分析中，明确能体现出一边的论述的确是大于另一边，或是利弊均等，而利弊是否有说服力并不取决于观点的数量，而是内容是否有说服力。
在具体利弊的切入点，可以从题目的关键词中寻找线索，这题的关键词包括 young people，media and sports stars，这几个词强调了在利弊分析时必须要涉及到这些内容之间的关联。
在对比利弊时，可以加入抽象逻辑思维的表达，体现批判性思维。
提纲梳理如下：
范文：
Today, there is an increasing frenzy over celebrities among younger generations regardless what their idols do. While this faddism is usually frowned upon by many educationalists, I would say any social phenomenon should be considered from both positive and negative perspective.
Indeed, the populace tend to focus on the detrimental side of youngsters’ preoccupation with idols. It is true that adolescents are at their impressionable age that are susceptible to the influence of their public figures. Unfortunately, lots of media are prone to hunt for negative coverage of stars of various fields, whether it be drug abuse of a famous athlete, or rebellion of a rock musician. Both facts give rise to prevalent apprehension about the celebrity faddism among the youth.
While such a misgiving about idolatry does have its justification, I have to say it is simplistic to focus exclusively on its detriment to young minds while taking positive implications for granted. The apprehension mentioned above is based on a gross simplification of the connections between public figures and their impacts on young minds – those critics are oblivious to other determining factors that are relevant to the social impacts of the fad. Among other determinants, of particular importance is the role of media – oftentimes, the public response to a social outcome is subject to the lens from which media publicize it. Back to the aforementioned negative news of stars, if written from an instructive angle, the same story may be used as a deterrent to adolescents.
From what has been discussed, it is my conclusion therefore, youth fascination for celebrities can be recognized both as negative and positive, depending on how we view this tendency.
相关词汇：
Frenzy 狂热
Faddism 潮流
Susceptible/impressionable 易受影响的
Rebellion 叛逆行为
Misgiving/apprehension 担忧
Simplification 简单化
Critic 批评者
Deterrent 遏制因素
