托福作文：广告对购物的影响

　　Topic145：你是否同意广告让我们买一些我们真正不需要的东西？

　　Topic145 Some people say that advertising encourages us tobuythings that we really do not need. Others say thatadvertisementstell us about new products that may improve ourlives. Whichviewpoint do you agree with? Use specific reasons andexamples tosupportyouranswer.

〔参考提纲〕145、同意广告让我们买一些我们真正不需要的东西。 （1）广告利用降价来引诱顾客买些自己不需要的东西（2）广告利用名人来让顾客买些自己不需要的东西（3）广告利用说明（WORDINGANDDETION）来吸引顾客买些自己不需要的东西。

〔托福参看范文〕Topic: 145The whole pointofadvertising is to encourage us to buy things we dontneed.Advertisers are in the business of making money for themselvesandtheir clients. If they manage to sell us something thats goodforus too, thats fine. But their primary goal is profit.Itbeginswhen were children. Saturday morning childrens televisionis fullof commercials. Over and over again, children see images oftoysand games. They see other children who are having the time oftheirlives. They watch these children and get the message that iftheywant to have that much fun, they need to buy those things.Thus, ata very early age, were introduced to two ideas: that wewant to belike everyone else, and we want to have what everyoneelse has.Thiscontinues throughout our lives. We spend a lot of ourmoney tryingto keep up with our neighbors. We buy the latest modelcars, haveall the latest gadgets in our homes, and live a lifestylebeyondour budgets. Advertising encourages us to define ourselves bywhatwe own rather than by who we are. It encourages a competitionoffalse values and shallow measurements of what mattersinour-lives.Advertising can be damaging. However, it is also oneofthe ways in which our economy keeps growing. People need tobuyproducts in order for other people to have jobsmanufacturing,transporting and selling those products. Advertisingalso keeps usinformed about new products that may actually help usin some way.For these reasons, you could say advertising is anecessary evil.