Some say that news has no connection with most people’s life and it is waste of time for most of us to read newspapers and watch television news programs. Do you agree or disagree?
OUTLINE: Almost balanced
INTRODUCTION
- Background: Hourly updated news, unrelated, time-consuming
- Thesis: some invalid sources, worth getting news from newspapers or on television
BODY 1
- Topic sentence: Getting news is time-consuming
- Example 1: 2sao.vn: gossip magazine
- Explanation 1: Ridiculous information and comical images
- Example 2: dantri.vn: An unreliable source of information
- Explanation 2: Articles full of toxiv adulation or white lies published in exchange for money
BODY 2
- Topic sentence: Worth reading news because of its close connection with daily life
- Explanation 1: News gathered and made based on the certain target audience
- Example 1: Important news on VTV1
- Exaplanation 2: Valuable lessons on BBC
- Explanation 3: Must-have warnings for kids on social media
CONCLUSION
Restate the introduction
FULL ESSAY
It’s sometimes said that the latest news has been hourly updated in various platforms and that it seems to be unrelated with the real life and time-consuming. While I am in favor of the fact that some sources may be invalid, I disagree that getting news from newspapers or on television is a waste of time.
On the one hand, time spent on paper-based or online news is wasted to a certain extent due to its doubted authenticity. In Vietnam, 2sao.vn is an outstanding example of a gossip magazine about celebrities on the internet. A majority of teenagers catch up on all the ridiculous information as well as comical images on that website. A similar status quo can be seen from an unreliable source of information, namely dantri.vn. Many articles full of toxic adulation or white lies there have been published in exchange for black money.
On the other hand, I am against the idea that reading news in both traditional and modern ways is unavailable because of its social access to life on the daily basis. There is a fact that news is gathered and made based on the certain target audience in order to provide widely concerned practical cases in life. For instance, the official news on VTV1 has been highly appreciated by many viewers for ages because the channel spreads important domestic and international news or events properly. The same is true for BBC at which everyone from all over the world can find numerous valuable lessons in a wide range of fields. Furthermore, it is evident to suggest that young children are becoming more alert to possible dangers such as kidnappers and getting more understanding of appropriate ways to protect themselves after being let to watch some relevant warning videos on social media.
All in all, despite some negatively influential sources which are irrelevant to the daily life, I firmly believe that it is worth enriching knowledge from newspapers or televivion programs.
By Hapi Huyen
326 words
(Band: 9.0)
USEFUL VOCABULARY
- Be hourly updated: Được cập nhật hàng giờ
- in various platforms: ở đa dạng nền tảng khác nhau
- Be unrelated with the real life and time-consuming: Không liên quan đến cuộc sống thực tế và gây lãng phí thời gian
- gossip magazine (n.phr) báo lá cải
- some sources may be invalid.: một vài nguồn tin có lẽ không có giá trị.
- To get news: nhận tin
- To read news: đọc tin tức
- a waste of time (n.phr) một sự lãng phí thời gian
- waste (v) lãng phí
- paper-based or online news (n.phr) tin tức trên báo giấy hoặc online
- doubted authenticity (n.phr) tính xác thực bị nghi ngờ
- catch up on (v) bắt kịp
- ridiculous information (n.phr) thông tin ngớ ngẩn
- comical images (n.phr) những hình ảnh lố bịch
- A similar status quo (n.phr) hiện trạng tương tự
- an unreliable source of information (n.phr) nguồn thông tin không đáng tin cậy
- articles full of toxic adulation or white lies: những bài báo chứa đầy sự nịnh bợ độc hại hay những lời nói dối trắng trợn
- Be published in exchange for black money: Được xuất bản để đổi lấy tiền đen
- social access to life on the daily basis: kết nối về mặt xã hội với cuộc sống hàng ngày
- news is gathered and made based on the certain target audience: tin tức được thu thập và sản xuất dựa trên nhóm khán giả tiềm năng nhất định
- the official news: tin tức chính thông, thời sự chính thống
- highly appreciated (adj) được đánh giá cao
- To spread important domestic and international news or events properly: lan truyền tin tức hoặc sự kiện cả trong và ngoài nước quan trọng một cách chính xác
- To find numerous valuable lessons in a wide range of fields: tìm thấy vô vàn bài học tại nhiều lĩnh vực giá trị
- To become more alert to possible dangers: Trở nên tỉnh táo hơn với những mối nguy hiểm tiềm năng
- To get more understanding of appropriate ways to protect themselves: Hiểu hơn về những cách bảo vệ bản thân khác nhau
- irrelevant to the daily life (adj) không liên quan đến cuộc sống hàng ngày
- it is worth enriching knowledge.: thật đáng để mở rộng kiến thức
