雅思寫作大作文高分范文：新聞媒體重要性及影響

　　News media are important in modern society.Why are they so important? Are their influences generally positive or negative?

　　【關鍵詞分析】

　　media

　　media來源于拉丁語，是medium的復數(shù)形式。因此這個詞在英語中大多是用作復數(shù)形式，是各種媒體的總稱。具體包括：print media(平面媒體)，如newspaper, magazine;broadcast media(電波媒體)，如radio, television, 以及new media(新媒體)，主要指the Internet. 以上這些媒體又可以稱之為mass media(大眾媒體)。

　　news media

　　本文應當圍繞新聞媒體來展開，不要提到媒體的娛樂功能。

　　【話題分類與題型】

　　本題是老題新出，與2005年6月25日、2009年3月5日、2009年8月22日的話題基本一致。屬于“媒體與廣告”類話題的“新聞與媒體”分支。媒體類話題在2011年共出現(xiàn)6次，這次是2012年首次出現(xiàn)，上一次出現(xiàn)是在2011年11月17日。

　　該題屬于混搭類題型(原因+利弊分析)，兼?zhèn)湔f明文和議論文的寫法(與09年3月5日的題型一致)。混搭題型是近期說明文考察的重點，2011年共出現(xiàn)7次，而標準的說明文(問題+原因+影響+解決方法)僅出現(xiàn)4次，因此在寫作的時候應當特別留意混搭題型。

　　雅思寫作范文

　　I think the news media mainly plays two important roles in modern society – providing information and influencing public opinion – and I think its influence is generally positive.

　　Obviously, the news media provides people with vast amounts of information in various forms. We can access it by listening to the radio, reading newspapers and magazines, watching television and by surfing the Internet. The ability to access news media is important for individuals and organizations because we make many decisions based on the news provided to us. Some of these decisions are mundane. We check the weather forecast to see whether we should take an umbrella to work. Other news, such as that about the business world, could influence whether we invest our savings in certain companies listed on the stock exchange.

　　The news is often presented to us in certain ways, using specific words to try to control our feelings and thoughts. This can be the main negative influence of the news media. Very often, the news media portrays people in simplistic ways, giving us some facts, but not the whole story. In the USA, some news media tends to support the Republicans whilst others tend towards the Democrats and the portrayal of individuals can reflect this. This is somewhat inevitable, because the editors, journalists and owners of the news media have opinions and biases. So, I think that it would be better if people checked news stories from different sources instead of only using one source.

　　Despite the fact that the news media can report events incorrectly or with bias, I think that the general influence on society is good. More factual information gives us the chance to make better decisions, both in our personal lives and in our working lives.