Buzz
| Task question: A large amount of advertising aiming at children should be banned because of its negative effects. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Task type: “Opinion” (to what extent do you agree or disagree?) |
Essay outline
Position: Hoàn toàn đồng ý với việc một số quảng cáo dành cho trẻ em bị cấm
| Topic: Tác hại về mặt thể chất | Topic: Tác hại về mặt tinh thần |
| Explanation 1: gây ảnh hưởng xấu đề sức khỏe | Explanation: Trẻ em dần theo chủ nghĩa vật chất |
| Clarification 1: Các tập đoàn sử dụng hình ảnh phù hợp với trẻ em để quảng bá sản phẩm và trẻ em và phụ huynh nhẹ dạ sẽ tiêu thụ sản phẩm không lành mạnh, điều này sẽ gây một số bệnh béo phì, tim mạch… | Clarification: Trẻ em sẽ có thái độ và hành động không tốt đối với phụ huynh và trở nên mặc cảm khi chúng không nhận được sản phẩm như mong muốn. |
Example
Advertisements have been an essential part of our everyday life. A great number of those target children, and some people believe that those should be banned because of the harmful effects these may bring. I completely agree with this statement, for most advertising of this sort has deleterious effects on children’s physical health and their mental development.
Fast food advertising has been known to be implicated in many health problems among children. Food corporations promote their products using glamorous images of perfectly cooked meat, or alluring soda cans consumed by jubilant-looking and perfectly fit child actors. Credulous parents and children, as a result, are subconsciously enticed by those ads and end up buying them for regular consumption which, as a lot of research has pinpointed, is closely associated with many serious health problems such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
Additionally, early exposure to consumerism may negatively impact on children’s mental development. It is not uncommon to encounter cases of kids throwing tantrums at their parents, asking for new items such as a new doll, an AI robot or a drone advertised on TV. Research has shown that many children who develop such attitudes may either have inferiority complex, or grow up being too demanding and materialistic if their wishes are not answered.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that advertising directed at children should be prohibited due to its negative impacts on their physical and mental well-being. As adults, we have the responsibility to put an end to it and allow our children to grow up without the pressures of consumerism until they are mature enough to make their own choices.Key Vocabulary
| deleterious effect | tác hại |
| implicated in | liên quan đến |
| food corporation | tập đoàn thực phẩm |
| alluring | cuốn hút |
| consumed by jubilant-looking | được tiêu thụ bởi vẻ ngoài vui nhộn |
| perfectly fit | hoàn toàn phù hợp |
| credulous | nhẹ dạ |
| subconsciously enticed | bị lôi kéo trong tiềm thức |
| regular consumption | tiêu dùng thường xuyên |
| early exposure | tiếp xúc sớm |
| throwing tantrum | ném những cơn giận dữ |
| inferiority complex | mặc cảm |
