黄威老师

雅培英语名师

2020.12.19真题

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?

满分词汇：

net worth n. 净资产

monetary adj. 金钱的

worthiness n. 价值度

modest adj. 平庸的

material wealth n. 物质价值

moral value n. 道德价值

支持段1：

On one hand, celebrities, along with their unattainable lifestyles - snaps of designer clothes, hyper cars or even private jets - are what teenagers nowadays aspire to. This has glorified the wealthy to adolescents by tracking one’s value and worthiness to society solely on its monetary worth. On the other hand, although many of the top athletes, actors and performers deserve their multi-million-dollar pay cheques — most are incredibly talented and diligent, there are also far less paid occupations, such as childcare workers, teachers, nurses, and plenty of other workers, also bring skills and strong work ethics to their respective fields and contribute to the public good. Therefore, it will be likely for kids nowadays to deem such professions as undesirable based on their modest incomes.

支持段2：

The other very worst thing is that such phenomenon can confuse children success with material wealth, as renowned public figure, because of their massive salaries, will simply, maybe unconsciously, feel that they are worth more, not just in material terms, but in terms of moral value or contribution to society, which can easily be spotted on social media and is extremely misleading to teenagers.