托福寫(xiě)作：托�？荚嚫叻肿魑男蕾p（二十一）

　　How do movies or television influence people’s behavior？ Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.

　　范文

　　The Influence of Television and Movies

　　There is no doubt that watching television and movies can influence the way that people behave. Moreover， it seems that people are spending more and more time watching some sort of visual entertainment， whether it is television， a video tape or a DVD. Therefore， the effects of visual media cannot be ignored.

　　One obvious effect of these media is that watching them induces people to buy certain products. Television advertising is widespread and， nowadays， even movie theaters permit advertisements. Another way TV and the movies affect people is that they give people either a broader view of the world or a distorted one， depending on what type of program they watch. Those who watch news and educational program can learn many new things while those who watch primarily entertainment shows may come to believe that most people in the world possess great wealth and good looks. It may make them become dissatisfied with their own lives. Finally， perhaps the most susceptible viewers are children， who may be unable to tell fact from fiction and may try to imitate acts that they see on TV or in the movies.

　　With the ever-increasing popularity of video entertainment， society must pay attention to these effects. Television and movies， while entertaining and informative， cannot take the place of real experience.

　　譯文

　　電視電影對公眾的影響

　　電視和電影無(wú)疑會(huì )影響人們的行為舉止。此外，人們似乎在花越來(lái)越多的時(shí)間去觀(guān)看一些視覺(jué)娛樂(lè )節目，無(wú)論是電視、錄像帶，或是DVD。因此，視覺(jué)媒體的影響是不容忽視的。

　　這些媒體所造成的最明顯的影響是，人們在觀(guān)看之后會(huì )被誘使去購買(mǎi)某些產(chǎn)品�，F在電視廣告非常普遍，即使是電影院，也允許播放廣告。另外一個(gè)電視及電影會(huì )影響人們的方式是，它們能使人們對世界有更廣闊的見(jiàn)解或是扭曲的看法，而這取決于人們所觀(guān)看的是什么樣的節目。凡是觀(guān)看新聞性及教育性節目的人可以學(xué)習許多新事物，而主要觀(guān)看娛樂(lè )節目的觀(guān)眾可能就會(huì )認為，世界上大多數的人都很有錢(qián)，而且長(cháng)得都很好看，這可能會(huì )使他們對自己的生活感到不滿(mǎn)意。最后，兒童可能是最容易受影響的觀(guān)眾。他們可能無(wú)法分辨真實(shí)與虛構，而且可能會(huì )試著(zhù)模仿在電視或電影中所看到的行為。

　　由于視覺(jué)娛樂(lè )越來(lái)越普遍，所以社會(huì )大眾必須注意其可能造成的影響。盡管電視及電影兼具娛樂(lè )性和知識性，但還是無(wú)法取代實(shí)際的經(jīng)驗。

　　注釋

　　behave v.行為舉止visual adj.視覺(jué)的

　　R>DVD數碼影音光碟

　　media n. 媒體take the place of取代

　　tell A from B分辨A與B fiction n.虛構的事

　　imitate v.模仿 ever-increasing adj.不斷增加的

　　video adj.電視影像的 informative adj.能增進(jìn)知識的