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do you agree or disagree with the following statement？television,
newspapers,
magazines, and other media pay too much attention to the personal lives of
famous people such as public figures and celebrities. use specific reasons
and details to explain your opinion.
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i think the media pay too much attention to the private lives of famous
people.
television, newspapers, magazines and web sites dip up all kinds of past
badactions. they say that these are true reflections of a person’s
character.
this may be true if they occurred only a few years before, but some of
these are things people did as teenagers. people in their forties are
expected to explain something they did when they were fifteen. if they
killed someone,obviously that’s more than a youthful mistake. usually,
though, these incidents involve experiments with drugs or being reckless in
a car. they're not something that the public needs to know.
the media love to say that the public has a right to know. that’s not
true.
we don’t need to know if a movie star or politician has had an
extramaritalaffair. that is something of concern only to the people
involved. we do need to know if someone we’re electing to public office
has been involved in shady business deals, but we don’t need to know if he
or she defaulted on aloan twenty years ago.
it seems the media dig up these facts without giving thoughtful
consideration to what might happen. it has an effect on the celebrity’s
family, especially the children. a celebrity’s good name and credibility
may be ruined before he or she can prove that rumors are false. if a case
goes to court, paying alawyer can use up all their money. even if it
doesn't come to that, they may find their career ruined.
when are we, the public, going to make it clear to the media that we are
tired of having to watch this kind of thing on the news？wouldn’t it be
better if they would concentrate on more important issues？
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some people believe that the earth is being harmed（damaged）by human
activity.
others feel that human activity makes the earth a better place to live.
what is your opinion？use specific reasons and examples to support your
answer.
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the quality of human life has improved greatly over the past few centuries,
but earth is being harmed more and more by human activity. as we develop
our technology, we demand more from our planet. eventually, this will harm
people as well.
our planet gives us everything we need, but natural resources are not
endless.
strip mining devastates whole regions, leaving bare and useless ground.
deforestation removes old growth trees that can’t be replaced. too much
fishing may harm fish population to the point where they can’t recover. we
are too careless in taking what we want without giving anything back.
there are more people than ever, living longer than ever. so is it any
surprise that many areas suffer from too much development? anyone living in
or near a city has experienced “urban sprawl.” there is a new shopping
area on every corner and new houses, townhouse and apartments everywhere.
traffic gets worse and worse because planners can’t keep up with growth.
keeping up with human demand is hard enough. environmental concerns come in
last.
with growth comes pollution. companies and communities dump waste into
water.
landfills are full of trash. emissions from factories pollute the air.
barrels of industrial waste and worse, radioactive waste, have no safe
place to go. if we’re not careful, we can harm our planet beyond repair.
people need to respect the earth and try to preserve it if we don't, what
kind of future will we have？