Publications Should Be Censored .What's Your Opinion?

　　你对出版物应该审查持什么态度?

　　Suppose you are in the position of a parent. Would you allow your children to read any book or see any film they wanted to without first checking its content or finding out whether it is suitable for them? If your answer to the question is "yes," then you are either extremely permissive or just plain irresponsible. If your answer is "no ," then you are exercising your right as a parent to protect your children from what you consider to be undesirable influences. In other words, by acting as a censor yourself, you are admitting that there is a strong case for censorship.

　　Perhaps you will say that children need protection and it is the parents' responsibility to provide it. But with adults, it is another thing. Of course many adults can decide what is good and what is bad, but not all of them can do so. Censorship is for the good of society as a whole. Just imagine what chaos there would be if we lived in a society without laws! Like the law, censorship contributes to the common good.

　　Moreover, when discussing censorship, we should not confine our attention to great masterpieces of genuine art, but should consider the vast numbers of publications and films which make up the bulk of the entertainment industry. When censorship laws are relaxed, unscrupulous people are given a licence to produce virtually anything in the name of "art", but actually are very far from being works of art. There is a tendency to equate "artistic" with "pornographic". The vast market for pornography would rapidly be exploited. One of the great things that censorship does is to prevent certain people from making fat profits by corrupting the minds of others.

　　作文结构分析：

　　Publications should be censored

　　1. Should children read books or see films without censoring?

　　(1) Yes: you are a permissive, even irresponsible parent

　　(2) No: you exercise your right as a parent

　　2. Censorship is good for society

　　(1) Censorship - Law

　　(2) Not all adults are mature enough to tell good from bad

　　3. Is the work artistic or pornographic?

　　(1) Unscrupulous people will produce works far from being art

　　(2) Censorship can prevent certain people from making fat profits by corrupting minds of others.

　　作文内容分析：

　　本文是一篇议论文。作者从多方面、多角度主张出版物应受审查, 第一段从儿童的角度辩论, 第二段从成人和全社会角度辩论, 第三段从区分真假艺术作品角度辩论。全文议论文体表现强烈, 书面语气息很浓。

　　单词词组：

　　censor (ship) v .( n .) 审查

　　in the position of 设身处地

　　plain/completely irresponsible 极不负责

　　exercise right 行使权利

　　undesirable influences 不良影响

　　It is another thing with adults 对成年人来说则是另一回事

　　get a licence 得到通行证

　　in the name of "art" 以“艺术”的名义

　　corrupt the minds of others 腐蚀别人的思想

　　for the good of 为了萢利益

　　confine our attention to 注意力局限于

　　masterpieces of genuine art 真正的艺术杰作

　　the bulk of publications 大量出版物

　　unscrupulous people 不法之徒

　　pornography( ic ) 黄色(的)

　　laws relaxed 法律松弛

　　chaos 混乱