Nowadays young people are admiring media and sports stars, even though they do not set a good example. Do you think this is a positive or negative development? 当今的年轻人特别崇拜影剧，音乐与体育界的明星。此现象造成的发展是正面的还是负面的？

海外大学教师投稿 谢振礼范文 essay3663@hotmail.com

回答雅思独立作文试题不要忘记适当的运用抽象比喻来支持你的立场。为了弥补知识与经验的不足，除了应用抽象的比喻则无法提出理由，例子，细节。经过破题，发现连试题都有抽象的用语，如关键字——明星stars就是抽象比喻。试题：
凭个人的想法做抽象比喻。崇拜遥远不可及的明星犹若盲目的单恋。年轻人避免不了恋爱的盲目，自然也无需避免盲目的崇拜明星。媒体报导明星的专业成就，也报导明星的花边新闻。年轻人自能取舍榜样，社会各界大可不必操心负面的发展。全文如此这般，都是吹牛，但不跑题。

读者是看你的英文使用的程度和学术作文的纪律，并不在乎你答题的立场是同意或不同意。不过一旦你确定立场，考官就看你如何能够创造内容来支持你既定的立场。主题的焦点在于赞美明星的才华，还是寻找道德的示范。

考生被逼迫选择二者之一：（1）是好的现象。（2）是坏的现象。作者选择（1）的立场。（注意：不是标准答案，只是千百可行的回答之一）。

大纲：逻辑心图，四段定位，18句装配。

起——好现象，因为对年轻人来说，既是心态正常又是反应社会发展，与道德考虑无关。
承——理由例子细节。年轻人崇拜明星是极其正常的心里历程，无关道德榜样。
转——理由例子细节。年轻人崇拜明星是反应媒体社会的影响，无关道德榜样。
合——整体而言是好现象，到底青年人免不了崇拜明星，所以道德的联想应该摆在一边。

There is no need to be overly preoccupied with the fantasy images of stars standing out from the rest on the screen, the stage and the playing field because celebrity worship is part of everyday life, particularly among adolescents. That young people are admiring media and sports celebrities is socially normal outside the academic and behavioral context. Accepting that it is good and natural to be young, then it is inevitable for young people to be obsessed with certain personalities as their ideal examples.

Psychologically speaking, a certain amount of star admiration is normal. When young, becoming fans of favorite stars is a form of escapism and a way to dull emotional pain and stress; so, emulating celebrities is a natural part of development to identify themselves with their icons. Even in adulthood, people rank successful individuals highly and model themselves after them. In a global media culture, the lifestyle promoted by stars is often unattainable to the average person, regardless of whether it is realistic or ideal. Hence, the point is that young people choose their models for reasons based on renowned excellence in a specific field rather than on scandals that happen sometimes. That is, it is to admire what is shining in famous people's career successes and not what happen to shadow their real lives.

Not unlike fashion, "star worship syndrome" is simply a social development, although there could be an unhealthy interest in the private lives of actors, actresses, pop singers, and sports players. Admiring celebrities may be as blind as falling in love, and just as normal. When it comes to immature and confused minds, love cannot be avoided, nor can admiration for heroes and heroines. Such star obsession has proliferated since the creation of the mass media and therefore it had better not be regarded as a moral issue. To believe that celebrity worship is a negative development only makes out-of-date moral sense, leading to nowhere. In this gossip world, to criticize celebrities for failing to deliver good examples all the time beyond their specialized fields calls for the need to stop, in the first place, the media outlets from reporting what gossip is made of.

Admiration for favorite stars does no harm to people, young or old; besides, star admiration cannot be avoided in this information age. Fortunately, most fans are able to learn to tell a realistic world from an ideal world during this period between no-longer children and not-yet adults, without having to refer to moral examples. Indeed, there is nothing wrong about young people seeking their idols by looking up at the shining stars in the fantasy world to which many young people naturally belong.