Publications Should Be Censored .What's Your Opinion?

你對出版物應(yīng)該審查持什么態(tài)度?

Suppose you are in the position of a parent. Would you allow your children to read any book or see any film they wanted to without first checking its content or finding out whether it is suitable for them? If your answer to the question is" yes," then you are either extremely permissive or just plain irresponsible. If your answer is" no ," then you are exercising your right as a parent to protect your children from what you consider to be undesirable influences. In other words, by acting as a censor yourself, you are admitting that there is a strong case for censorship.

Perhaps you will say that children need protection and it is the parents' responsibility to provide it. But with adults, it is another thing. Of course many adults can decide what is good and what is bad, but not all of them can do so. Censorship is for the good of society as a whole. Just imagine what chaos there would be if we lived in a society without laws! Like the law, censorship contributes to the common good.

Moreover, when discussing censorship, we should not confine our attention to great masterpieces of genuine art, but should consider the vast numbers of publications and films which make up the bulk of the entertainment industry. When censorship laws are relaxed, unscrupulous people are given a licence to produce virtually anything in the name of" art", but actually are very far from being works of art. There is a tendency to equate" artistic" with" pornographic". The vast market for pornography would rapidly be exploited. One of the great things that censorship does is to prevent certain people from making fat profits by corrupting the minds of others.

作文結(jié)構(gòu)分析：

Publications should be censored

1. Should children read books or see films without censoring?

(1) Yes: you are a permissive, even irresponsible parent

(2) No: you exercise your right as a parent

2. Censorship is good for society

(1) Censorship - Law

(2) Not all adults are mature enough to tell good from bad

3. Is the work artistic or pornographic?

(1) Unscrupulous people will produce works far from being art

(2) Censorship can prevent certain people from making fat profits by corrupting minds of others.

作文內(nèi)容分析：

本文是一篇議論文。作者從多方面、多角度主張出版物應(yīng)受審查, 第一段從兒童的角度辯論, 第二段從成人和全社會角度辯論, 第三段從區(qū)分真假藝術(shù)作品角度辯論。全文議論文體表現(xiàn)強(qiáng)烈, 書面語氣息很濃。

單詞詞組：

censor (ship) v .( n .) 審查

in the position of 設(shè)身處地

plain/completely irresponsible 極不負(fù)責(zé)

exercise right 行使權(quán)利

undesirable influences 不良影響

It is another thing with adults 對成年人來說則是另一回事

get a licence 得到通行證

in the name of" art" 以“藝術(shù)”的名義

corrupt the minds of others 腐蝕別人的思想

for the good of 為了萢利益

confine our attention to 注意力局限于

masterpieces of genuine art 真正的藝術(shù)杰作

the bulk of publications 大量出版物

unscrupulous people 不法之徒

pornography( ic ) 黃色(的)

laws relaxed 法律松弛

chaos 混亂