Issue 15

　　"Unfortunately, the media tend to highlight what is sensational¹ at the moment. Society would be better served if the media reported or focused more fully² on events and trends that will ultimately have the most long- term significance."

　　The speaker asserts that rather than merely highlighting certain sensational events the media should provide complete coverage³ of more important events. While the speaker’s assertion has merit from a normative standpoint, in the final analysis I find this assertion indefensible.

　　个人认为这一段最后一句可以背掉放入自己建立的句子库内。

　　作者运用了让步的手法，先是分析原作为何出此观点的原因，然后再驳斥，提出自己的“正确”观点。我们要特别留意第一句的架构，虽然过分复杂，但是好像ets就是喜欢这种变态句子。

　However, for several reasons I find the media's current trend toward highlights and the sensational to be justifiable⁴. First, the world is becoming an increasingly eventful place; thus with each passing year it becomes a more onerous⁵ task for the media to attempt full news coverage. Second, we are becoming an increasingly busy society. The average U.S. worker spends nearly 60 hours per week at work now; and in most families both spouses⁶ work.

　　作者从现实需要和事实证明两方面来驳斥原文观点，这一手法不妨借鉴。必须补充的是，作者运用的”First,…second…”这样的分层次分析使得结构鲜明，表意清晰也是值得学习的。

　　最后一段照例总结，还可以。

　　得分：从语言的复杂度和内容的深刻度，=5分!