Directions: Write an English composition in 120–150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
对于崇拜偶像人们意见不一。有人认为偶像崇拜很无聊，很荒唐；但有人认为这很有意思。请你谈谈自己的看法。
Nowadays, it seems to be a common phenomenon that some people have their preference and passion for adoring an idol. Actually, people’s opinions towards it vary from individual to individual: Some regard it as an interesting thing while others argue that it is boring to spend time on the idol. Just as the saying goes, “Each coins has its two sides.” I think it has both advantages and disadvantages.
Since spending too much time or money usually distract people from their study or work, worshiping idols brings us a lot of negative effects, especially on teenagers, which may give rise to their pursuing fame and wealth ignoring what we should do now.
Despite the disadvantages, we should not deny the fact that adoring idols also benefits us a lot, because some stars and actors or actresses use their influence to make the society better: setting up a hardworking figure, doing charities…Undoubtedly, it is a great example not only for every one of us, but for the whole society. That idols achieve success through their continuous hard work, diligence and devotion inspires us young people to be after our dreams and never give up even when we meet tough problems.
Anyway, adoring idols might not be a bad phenomenon as long as we don’t admire them blindly. Do remember not to spend too much money and time, or you will lose yourself in something meaningless.
高三2班 顾静雯
The phenomenon that many people adore idols has aroused heated discussion among the public. Some people think it boring while others don’t think so. From my point of view, adoring idols can be accepted while blindly adoring idols isn’t a wise choice.
First of all, idols are hardworking, which can set a god example for people, Take Yang Mi as an example, her perseverance and hard work contributed to her success Those who love her want to be the person like her so that they will strive for what are doing, too. In this way, idols lead to a kind of motivating power.
Second, to become idols, stars need to get through hardships one after another, which will have a positive impact on fans. When fans feel frustrated in trouble, idols can be the person who inspires them to fight again.
Last but not least, idols can make use of their influence to do some charities. They have ability to donate a large amount of money to charity organizations while most common people don’t. But idols can appeal common people to be volunteers and join in other kinds of charity activities, which still can benefit those who need help.
Every coin has two sides, blindly adoring idols will cause many problems, such as fans spending too much time or money on idols, being distracted from their jobs and pursuing fame and wealth while neglecting what they should do now.
To conclude, properly adoring idols will have many benefits, so we’d better adore idols in moderation.
高三(3) 李嘉璐
Admiring stars is a common phenomenon in our society. Opinions toward it vary from person to person. As far as I’m concerned, it is a double-edged sword.
On the one hand, admiring stars does have positive effects. Stars can inspire their fans to work harder in order to keep pace with their idols. Stars will also donate money to the charity and use their influence to call on people to make contributions to benefit our society.
On the other hand, admiring stars will negatively affect our normal lives. A typical example is that people will be distracted from their work and study. For instance, fans will stop what they are doing when they hear something new about their idols. What’s more, some people are so crazy that they spend endless money and time on them. The most extreme ones even commit suicide. Those actions can actually have severe effects on people’s lives. Obviously, the waste of time and money due to craziness about stars does reflect that admiring stars has its negative sides. While we enjoy the happiness it brings us, we should not lose ourselves in the unrealistic fantasy.
In conclusion, what we should bear in mind is that everyone has the right to admire stars and to pursue things they love, but we should learn to remind ourselves to be rational and not to cross the bottom line.
高三（4）江文迪
Recently, there is a heated discussion over the idols. Some people hold the opinion that admiring idols is so boring that it’s a waste of time, while others argue that it’s meaningful and interesting. As far as I am concerned, it’s worthy of admiring idols.
People against admiring idols do have sufficient reasons: Spending too much time and money on it may lead to losing ourselves. Fans, especially the young and students will pay too much attention to pursuing fame and wealth, hoping to become famous overnight as well while neglecting what they should do now, However, no one can deny the positive role that idols have played in our life, According to the recent research, people have a better quality of life, and work harder while they have idols. Obviously, idols can be help us to relieve our pressure when we feel depressed, On the other hand, some famous people, such as Hawking, Steven Jobs, etc, are considered as idols by some people too because of their great achievement in their field. Idols like them can set good examples for teenagers, encouraging us to work hard and persevere in getting through hardships one after another to follow their pace and shorten the distance between idols and us. Whats more, a growing number of stars such as Angelababy have taken part in charity and volunteering very often, which can bring positive energy to our society and advocate more and more people to get concerned about the sick and the poor.
From what has been discussed above, we have every reason to believe that idols are a part of the society. However, we should admire stars rationally in case of distracting ourselves from work and study and spending too much money on it as well. So next time you see someone admiring idols, support him and remember that it doos more good than harm actually.
高三（5）班 邓亦晗
Recently, the problem has aroused wide concern whether admiring an idol is interesting or not. In my opinion, I think it’s not that interesting.
Admiring an idol exhausts people’s energy. Everyone wants his or her idol to become famous and that lead to the waste of time and money. People spare no effort to support their idols so that their idols can be considered as a valuable one. Another problem is that some idols may have a negative impact on the teenagers. Some of them break laws like driving a car after drinking, using drugs or getting involved in gambling. If teenagers don’t have the correct value, they may imitate their idols bad behaviors and will do harm to their growth and future. Last but not least, admiring an idol may let people get involved in the arguments between one idol’s fans and another’s. People attack each other by dirty words or phrases just because a looking or a comment, which will probably cause network violence.
To reduce the disadvantages to the minimum, measures should be taken. We can set up laws to constrain the behavior of idols and fans. Nevertheless, I think the most important thing is that everyone should have a sane view of admiring an idol.
高三（6）陈砚诒
With the entertainment industry rising in popularity, people are always holding different views on whether they should chase stars. From my perspective, star worship is never the best choice to amuse us, senior high students.
Several reasons account for my opinion. Above all, chasing stars is a money and effort consuming activity, especially for those enthusiastic fans of a singer who spend a large sum of money each year, purchasing his newly released albums as well as pursuing annually concert tour.
With the equal importance is that chasing stars may have negative influence on our work or school learning because it will distract our attention. Being absent-minded links to lower learning efficiency and worse school performance. Take my classmates as an example, I can always see my peers sharing news about their idols’ moments of Wechat or blogs in the late night, which causes invisible trouble that prevents them from studying with adequate concentration on next day’s tight school work.
What’s more, having star worship as our hobby will result in smaller friends circles, and those who chase stars all the time tend to stay at home in most of their spare time without going outdoors for physical exercise, thus leading to gradually isolated heart and worse health condition.
Since the end of our senior high life is drawing near, if we still neglect our duty to pursue these so-called stars, our promising career will be likely to fall through. Therefore, chasing stars is always the side dish of our colourful life.
高三（7）凌怿辰