与住在城市相比，我更喜欢住在乡村。
Comparing with living in the cities, I prefer living in the countryside.
反对：
(1) 电视对个人的家庭和社会造成严重威胁。
Television has posed a serious threat to one’s family and social life.
Pose threats to造句：
吸烟对健康造成严重威胁。
家庭暴力（Domestic violence）对儿童造成严重威胁。
(2) 观众从电视中接受的只是别人的经验，而他们完全脱离真实的世界。
What the audience receive from television is nothing but second-hand experience. They are completely cut off from the real world.
观众：audience（更多的与听有关）；spectator（主要指比赛观众）。 脱离：be cut off from, be isolated from, separate from, have no access to
(3) 电视占用我们的时间太多。我们不再有充足的时间满足自己的嗜好、从事娱乐活动
以及享受户外运动。
Television takes up too much of our time. We no longer have enough time to afford hobbies, take part in entertaining activities, and enjoy outdoor sports.
占据：take up, account for, occupy, constitute, consist of。 在图表作文，特别是饼状图中的重点。
例句：军事开支占据了美国国家预算的最大一部反。 Military expense takes up the largest share of the U.S. national budget.
三个以上并列时逗号的用法。
2．电子书籍取代传统书籍 (E-books or books) 赞成：
(1) 一些大的电子公司，如微软，亚马逊等指出：使用电子书可以非常便宜地获得
新的阅读材料。
Some big electronic companies such as Microsoft and Amazon have pointed out that it is very cheap to access new reading material using an e-book.
获得: acquire, get access to, access, obtain, gain, earn, make sth. accessible to (用下一句做练习)
(2) 互联网的流行使得几乎每一个人都可以获得电子书籍。
The prevalence of Internet makes everyone be able to acquire e-books/ make e-books accessible to everyone. 流行: Popularization/ popularity
反对：
(1) 没有书籍，人类将变成一套一文不值的电子系统。
Without books, human beings will become nothing but a valueless set of electronic system.
(2) 传统书籍能拿在手里，看得见，感觉得到。这些感觉不会被电子书籍取代。
Traditional books can be held, seen, and touched. These feelings cannot be replaced by e-books.
被…取代：be substituted by 把两句话变成定语从句练习。
(3) 一项最新调查显示，没有人愿意花费大量的时间在一个电子图书馆里逛。
A latest survey shows that no one is willing to spend a lot of time wandering in an electronic library for a long time.
(4) 电子书籍只占图书市场的很小份额，因为一些电子数只能从电脑上下载。
E-books merely occupy a small proportion of the book market because they can only be downloaded via computers.
Merely 的替换词：solely, purely, simply,
3.信息监督 （censorship） 赞成：
(1). 现在许多年轻人通过书籍、电视、电影，特别是互联网，接触到大量的暴力的内容。这些内容给年轻一代带来极坏的影响。
Nowadays young people are exposed to a huge amount of violent information through books, TV, movies and esp. the Internet. The information exerts extremely bad influence on the young generation.
接触到: be exposed to, get access to, be accessible to, engage in, get contact with
(2). 孩子没有能力区别好与坏。信息监督制度能阻止他们接触有害的信息。
Children have no ability to distinguish good from bad. Information censorship prevents them from getting contact with harmful information.
(3). 过度的暴力内容为孩子树立了坏的榜样，对他们的发展很有害。
Excessive violent contents set up bad examples for children and do harm to their development.
(5) 宣扬种族主义、暴力、迷信和恐怖主义的信息危害社会的安全，政府应该禁止
这些信息，以净化社会环境。
Information that encourages racialism, violence, superstition, and terrorism threatens social security. It should be banned by the government to purify the social environment. Threaten的替换词: endanger, pose threats to, jeopardize
(6) 信息完全自由很危险，因为它间接支持了电子“红灯区”的发展。
Complete information freedom is dangerous, because it directly boosts the growth of electronic “red light district”.
反对：
(1) 人们有权力自由表达自己的观点。如果他们知道有信息监督，他们就不会这么
做了。 People have the right to express their opinions freely. They will not do so if they know there is information censorship. (2) 信息监督违背了言论自由。
Information censorship goes against the freedom of speech.
(3) 许多的措施，例如父母的指导，过滤软件和电子身份认证，能保护人们远离不
受欢迎的信息。 Many measures like parental guidance, filter software and digital ID identifications can protect people from undesirable messages.
Many: numerous, a great many, many a, a multitude of, a variety of, various, countless
(4) 政客可能利用信息监督来攻击他们的对手。
Politicians may make use of information censorship to attack their opponents.
Make use of : utilize, employ, take advantage of
4． 广告利弊 (Advantages and disadvantages of advertisement) 赞成：
(1) 广告业本身是一个可以提供很多工作的行业。
Advertising itself is a business that has provided a great number of jobs. (2) 如果没有广告，报纸，电台和电视将无法生存。
Without advertisement, newspapers, radios, and television cannot survive. Can: be able to, be capable to, be competent to, be qualified to
(3) 广告帮助稳定工业和就业，改进质量，并通过竞争把价格保持在一定限度之
内。
Advertising helps stabilize industry and employment, improves quality, and, by competition, helps keep prices within certain bounds.
反对：
(1) 广告被强加在被控制的观众身上。
Advertisements are imposed upon the captive audience.
(2) 因为广告费用，消费者必须为商品支付更多钱。高价被这样人为的方法维持
着。
Consumers have to pay more for the goods owing to the advertising expenses. High prices are maintained by such artificial means.
因为：due to, owing to, thanks to, as a result of, given that, providing that
(3) 广告只是误导和欺骗，其中充满花哨的词语和空洞的承诺。
Advertisements are simply misleading and cheating, which are filled with flowery phrases and empty promises.
Simply: only, just, merely, solely, purely
(4) 广告人不会考虑民众，他们所关心的只是赚钱。
Advertisers are inconsiderate to the public. What they care about is just about making money.
媒体类模拟真题：
1． TV is an integral part of people’s entertainment life. Some people, however, blame TV
for bringing many social problems. Discuss the opinion and give your own opinion.
电视是人们娱乐生活不可缺少的部分，然而一些人责怪电视带来许多社会问题。讨论这个观点并给出你自己的观点。
2． Some people claim that censorship is necessary because there are too many undesirable
contents in the mass media while others argue that it will hinder information freedom. Which side are you with?
有些人说审查制度很必要，因为大众媒体又太多不良内容；有些人则说这样妨碍了信息自由。你站在哪一边？
3． Advertising is having a bigger influence on our daily lives. Some people believe the
negative effects of advertising outweigh the positive effects. What’s your opinion? 广告在我们日常生活中的作用越来越大。有些人认为广告的避免效果大于正面效果。你的观点是什么？