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托福TPO 8 独立写作试题：
Television advertising directed towards young children (aged two to five) should not be allowed.
托福满分作文-范文赏析：
We live in a materialistic world where advertisements infiltrate our lives including capturing the attention of young children. But, these powerful messages are subject to abuse and therefore need to be regulated particularly when targeting children.
Although adverts perform many useful functions, advertising agencies are sophisticated professionals who are in a position to take advantage of the less sophisticated. Immature minds are particularly susceptible to creative marketing as they cannot easily distinguish the truth nor understand that money is a scarce commodity. For example, in television commercials, toy companies invariably try their best to make their products look much better than they really are in order to maximize sales. Parents, on the other hand, have to put up with the constant demands for these commodities, balancing the child’s wants with their budget as well as trying not to spoil their offspring nor allowing them to become an economic pawn in a materialistic society. Governments need to ban adverts, displays and packaging that exploits the position of power producers have over our children and which often serve to pit parents against their young.
Many countries already have laws to regulate adverts to protect adults from the effects of advertising. Smoking and alcohol adverts are banned or strictly curbed by law to look after the well-being of mature members of society as they are considered persuasive enough, consciously or subconsciously, to sway their desire. Laws against disinformation adhere to advertising too. Not having rules to protect the more vulnerable members of our society seems out of step with the existing policies.
In conclusion, in many ways children can be preyed upon by advertising agencies, business and retailers, and it is beholden upon the government to halt this exploitation. Such legislation is already in place to save adults from harm and so why not children. Furthermore I agree that the media, advertisers and governments should work to regulate the industry so as not to take advantage of our naïve younger generation.
托福作文满分要素剖析:
一、 语言表达
本文多用长句。经常出现长达三四行的句子，却没有很多语法错误，体现出了作者的语言功力。更可贵的是，作者全篇都使用了正式的风格。无论是句式还是用词都很正式，全篇风格统一，值得学习。
1. We live in a materialistic world where advertisements infiltrate our lives including capturing the attention of young children. Materialistic world表示物质世界，也是固定的用法。之后用了一个状语从句。Infiltrate表示渗透，生动形象地体现了广告无孔不入的特点。Capture the attention表示吸引注意，注意动宾搭配的准确性。
2. Immature minds are particularly susceptible to creative marketing as they cannot easily distinguish the truth nor understand that money is a scarce commodity. Be susceptible to 表示易受什么的影响。Immature mind替代了young children，避免了重复。Scarce commodity稀缺资源是一个固定短语，生动形象地写出了孩子对钱的不了解。
3. In conclusion, in many ways children can be preyed upon by advertising agencies, business and retailers, and it is beholden upon the government to halt this exploitation. Prey作名词表示猎物，此处做动词表示被猎杀，是一种拟人的手法，非常生动。Be beholden upon指负有义务。Halt the exploitation指终止这种利用，和前面的prey upon呼应，体现出了出色的写作功力。
二、 逻辑结构
本文的逻辑结构较为复杂，体现出了作者清晰的思路。首先作者提出观点，广告无孔不入，。。。最后重申了观点，。总体来讲一个问题-原因-解决型的推进方式。和一般的总分总中间并列的结构有所不同，也是脱颖而出的重要原因。
网温馨提醒：考生们拿到托福作文试题，审题后，先决定总体思路，然后列出两三个具体的分论点，每个论点找出一些例子来说明。这里要注意例子的选择，尽可能生活化、生动化、形象化，不要太死板，
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