Nowadays celebrities are mainly famous for their glamour and wealth than for their achievements, and this sets a bad example to young people. To what extent do you agree and disagree?

Celebrities are highly influential peoplewhose actions and decisions are watched and emulated
by wide audiences, especially young ones. It is said that famous people are known for
their charm and huge earnings, so to those impressionable young minds, they act as bad examples. I totally agree with the aforementioned statement due to several reasons.

The icons idolizedby teens present an unattainable imageand this can have negative repercussions. By comparing those images with themselves, they are very likely to look down on themselves and feel dissatisfied with the way they look. Young girls who aspire to have a celebrity’s figure probably will be mislead to eat unhealthy products to suppress appetite. Besides, young people who are bombarded bysuch images are very likely to have a belief that physical appearance defines a person’s worth. In other words, looking good is above other inner qualities such as hard work, perseverance, which lead celebrities’ way to success and are overlooked by many fans.

To make things worse, their wealth displayed by their fancy dresses, huge houses and lavish lifestyles makes teens believe that money is everything. Young minds living in this hyper-connected worldhave easy access to know what celebrities’ life look like. It helps young people form an “ ideal life” that most people can never achieve. They may believe that the success of a person is only judged byhow much material possessions, and physical comforts he has, and may never appreciate what he has and keep wanting more.

A good example is Kim Kardashian, who spends millions of dollars on buying mansions, luxurious cars and products. The message to young people is that life’s success is nothing but having billions of dollar.

To conclude, with celebrities’ images and coverage about their rich lifestyle hitting headlines frequently, idols generally exert negative influence on young people, despite the fact thatthere are some good idols who deserve to be followed.

Vocabulary and collocations:

1、highly influential people  有高度影响力的人
2、emulate=mimic    模仿,效仿
3、their charm and huge earnings  替换  glamour and wealth

4、the aforementioned statement  前面提到的观点

(aforementioned 上述的,前 面提到的)
5、icons  偶像
6、idolize  崇拜,热爱

7、an unattainable image  无法企及的形象
8、repercussions    影响;反响
9、look down on themselves  看不起自己(自卑)

10、feel dissatisfied with the way they look    对自己的外貌不满意
11、suppress appetite    抑制⻝欲
12、be bombarded by    被..持续轰炸;(指某事物频繁出现)

13、physical appearance defines a person’s worth  外表决定了一个人的价值

inner qualities  内在品质
14、be overlooked  被忽视
15、lavish lifestyles  奢华的生活

16、young minds=young people=teens=adolescents  年轻人
17、impressionable  容易受到影响的
18、hyper-connected world  高度互联的世界

19、have easy access to  容易获取..
20、material possessions  物质财富
21、despite  尽管

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