Nowadays young people are admiring media and sports stars, even though they do not set a good example. Do you think this is a positive or negative development? 當今的年輕人特別崇拜影劇，音樂與體育界的明星。此現象造成的發展是正面的還是負面的？

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回答雅思獨立作文試題不要忘記適當的運用抽象比喻來支持你的立場。為了彌補知識與經驗的不足，除了應用抽象的比喻則無法提出理由，例子，細節。經過破題，發現連試題都有抽象的用語，如關鍵字——明星stars就是抽象比喻。試題：
憑個人的想法做抽象比喻。崇拜遙遠不可及的明星猶若盲目的單戀。年輕人避免不了戀愛的盲目，自然也無需避免盲目的崇拜明星。媒體報導明星的專業成就，也報導明星的花邊新聞。年輕人自能取舍榜樣，社會各界大可不必操心負面的發展。全文如此這般，都是吹牛，但不跑題。

讀者是看你的英文使用的程度和學術作文的紀律，并不在乎你答題的立場是同意或不同意。不過一旦你確定立場，考官就看你如何能夠創造內容來支持你既定的立場。主題的焦點在于贊美明星的才華，還是尋找道德的示范。

考生被逼迫選擇二者之一：（1）是好的現象。（2）是壞的現象。作者選擇（1）的立場。（注意：不是標準答案，只是千百可行的回答之一）。

大綱：邏輯心圖，四段定位，18句裝配。

起——好現象，因為對年輕人來說，既是心態正常又是反應社會發展，與道德考慮無關。
承——理由例子細節。年輕人崇拜明星是極其正常的心里歷程，無關道德榜樣。
轉——理由例子細節。年輕人崇拜明星是反應媒體社會的影響，無關道德榜樣。
合——整體而言是好現象，到底青年人免不了崇拜明星，所以道德的聯想應該擺在一邊。

There is no need to be overly preoccupied with the fantasy images of stars standing out from the rest on the screen, the stage and the playing field because celebrity worship is part of everyday life, particularly among adolescents. That young people are admiring media and sports celebrities is socially normal outside the academic and behavioral context. Accepting that it is good and natural to be young, then it is inevitable for young people to be obsessed with certain personalities as their ideal examples.

Psychologically speaking, a certain amount of star admiration is normal. When young, becoming fans of favorite stars is a form of escapism and a way to dull emotional pain and stress; so, emulating celebrities is a natural part of development to identify themselves with their icons. Even in adulthood, people rank successful individuals highly and model themselves after them. In a global media culture, the lifestyle promoted by stars is often unattainable to the average person, regardless of whether it is realistic or ideal. Hence, the point is that young people choose their models for reasons based on renowned excellence in a specific field rather than on scandals that happen sometimes. That is, it is to admire what is shining in famous people's career successes and not what happen to shadow their real lives.

Not unlike fashion, "star worship syndrome" is simply a social development, although there could be an unhealthy interest in the private lives of actors, actresses, pop singers, and sports players. Admiring celebrities may be as blind as falling in love, and just as normal. When it comes to immature and confused minds, love cannot be avoided, nor can admiration for heroes and heroines. Such star obsession has proliferated since the creation of the mass media and therefore it had better not be regarded as a moral issue. To believe that celebrity worship is a negative development only makes out-of-date moral sense, leading to nowhere. In this gossip world, to criticize celebrities for failing to deliver good examples all the time beyond their specialized fields calls for the need to stop, in the first place, the media outlets from reporting what gossip is made of.

Admiration for favorite stars does no harm to people, young or old; besides, star admiration cannot be avoided in this information age. Fortunately, most fans are able to learn to tell a realistic world from an ideal world during this period between no-longer children and not-yet adults, without having to refer to moral examples. Indeed, there is nothing wrong about young people seeking their idols by looking up at the shining stars in the fantasy world to which many young people naturally belong.