issue185 0806G加速度小组 by lilumilu

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185"Scandals—whether in politics, academia, or other areas—can be useful. They focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could."
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With the development of technology and civilization, more and more exposure of scandals is reported by media. So are these scandals beneficial for our society as the argument asserts? I agree that scandals can be useful in many cases to reveal the inner problem of community or society. Nevertheless, some scandals schemed to attract public attentions are always insignificant and meaningless and scandals even could distract too many attentions and energy from public so that some more important issues are ignored.

On the one hand, it is undisputable that scandals could call public attentions to some political and academic problems which are easily ignored or concealed from public. The problems will come out with the exposure of scandals, therefore we can make efforts to solve them in order to make progress. The persuasive modern example is the Watergate scandal, which the Nixon government spares no effort to conceal from public at first. Since the scandal has caused wide public concern, the illegal activities are exposed leading to the retirement of the former president. Ultimately, this affair enhances the scrutiny of government behavior by public, which benefits the society. Another example is falsity by a famous professor in Shanghai JiaoTong University in china. This kind of academic falsity, which is so professional that only a few experts can figure out, always would be omitted by public. But, when it was revealed as a scandal, the public concern will result in the thorough examination of the false behavior. It is useful for scandal to function of surveillance on many areas of society, in which way the reformer or speaker could not do.

On the other hand, no one can deny the fact that some scandals are schemed to attract public attention on purpose, which is useless or even harmful for society. As I know, in entertainment industry, it is even considered to be a shortcut to enhance one's popularity. Just like the superstar Britney Spears, she has divorced twice. It is ridiculous that one of her marriages maintained only 51 hours. And the singer Janet Jackson bared her breast in nationwide performance. These behaviors call public attention only for utilizing people's curiosity. Nothing they are about the society. Furthermore, it is expressing a false idea that people can pay any moral price in order to obtain wealth and popularity, which is no worse. Therefore, we should refuse to pay attention to those useless or even harmful scandals.  

In addition, in some cases, scandals can call too many attentions from public, which causes less public energy on other urgent or significant aspects. For example, not long ago, there was a school shooting in Virginia Tech University, which shocked the whole America and even the universities in other nations. All new development of this matter causes wild public concern. Many preventive methods are provided by various people. But, when comforting those families of death, we think less about the shooter and his family, who are also victims in this affaire.

In sum, scandal is like a two-blade sword, which can not only contribute to perfecting the social system and supervising the social and political behavior, but also is of no use, even do harm to society. However, all of these lies on how we treat scandals.



[ 本帖最后由 lilumilu 于 2008-1-17 20:16 编辑 ]

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With the development of technology and civilization, more and more exposure of scandals is reported by media. So are these scandals beneficial for our society as the argument asserts? I agree that scandals can be useful in many cases to reveal the inner problem of community or society. Nevertheless, some scandals schemed to attract public attentions(查了一下。字典上attention都是单数形式出现的，强烈怀疑它是不可数名词) are always insignificant and meaningless and scandals even could distract too many attentions and energy（energies） from (the)public so that some more important issues are ignored.

On the one hand, it is undisputable that scandals could call public attentions to some political and academic problems which (最好加上on the other hand)are easily ignored or concealed from (the)public. The problems will come out with the exposure of scandals, therefore we can make efforts to solve them in order to make progress. The persuasive modern example is the Watergate scandal, which the Nixon government spares no effort to conceal from public at first. Since the scandal has caused wide public concern, the illegal activities are exposed leading to the retirement（辞职应该是resign） of the former president. Ultimately, this affair enhances the scrutiny of government behavior by public, which benefits the society. Another example is falsity by a famous professor in Shanghai JiaoTong University in china(China). This kind of academic falsity, which is so professional that only a few experts can figure out, always would be (建议改为is always) omitted by （the）public. But,(一般是however放在开头，加逗号引导句子) when it was revealed as a scandal, the public concern will result in the thorough examination of the false behavior. It is useful for scandal to function of（改为function as更好吧） surveillance on many areas of society, in which way the reformer or speaker could not do.

On the other hand, no one can deny the fact that some scandals are schemed to attract public attention on purpose, which is useless or (让步一下，加一个sometimes吧)even harmful for society. As I know, in entertainment industry, it is even considered to be a shortcut to enhance one's popularity. Just like the superstar Britney Spears, she has divorced twice. It is ridiculous that one of her marriages maintained only 51 hours. And the singer Janet Jackson bared her breast in (a)nationwide performance. These behaviors call public attention only for utilizing people's curiosity. Nothing they are about the society.(这句话很别扭，建议改为nothing more do they tell about the society) Furthermore, it is expressing a false idea that people can pay（个人觉得改为牺牲sacrifice会更好些） any moral price in order to obtain wealth and popularity, which is no worse（？no worth? 还是even worth？）. Therefore, we should refuse to pay attention to those useless or even harmful scandals.  

In addition, in some cases, scandals can call too many attentions from public, which causes less public energy on other urgent or significant aspects. For example, not long ago, there was a school shooting in Virginia Tech University, which shocked the whole America and even the universities in other nations. All new development of this matter causes wild public concern. Many preventive methods are provided by various people. But, when comforting those families of death, we think less about the shooter and his family, who are also victims in this affaire.（我觉得这个例子比较敏感，应该不是那种吸引了很多注意力而能够被放在其他地方的坏的例子吧）

In sum, scandal is like a two-blade sword, which can not only contribute to perfecting the social system and supervising the social and political behavior, （逗号去掉吧）but also is of no use, even do harm to society（这句话没读懂，是不是想写 but also sometimes even do harm to society?）. However, all of these lies（lie） on how we treat scandals.