Advertising：prosandcons

　　广告：正反两方面

　　Inthemodernworld,advertisingiseverywhere!Somepeoplethinkthatadsaregreat.

　　在当代世界上，广告铺天盖地。有些人认为广告非常好。

　　Othershateads,sayingthattheymakeourcitiesandcountrysidelookugly．

　　另一些人却痛恨广告，说广告使得我们的城市和乡村看上去变丑了。

　　Manyadsareaimedspecificallyatteenagers,andsomeyoungpeopleseemorethan100

　　很多广告定位于青少年，而有些年轻人一天要看100多幅广

　　advertisementsaday．It'struethatsomeadscanbeveryuseful．Forinstance,theycanhelp

　　告。确实有些广告很有用。例如，它们能帮助

　　youtocomparetwodifferentproductssothatyoucanbuytheoneyoureallyneed．

　　你比较两种不同的产品，以便你能买到你确实需要的东西。

　　Theycanalsohelpyousavemoney．Whenpricesarelisted,youcangotothestorewith

　　它们还能帮你省钱。当价格标出来的时候，你可以到标价最低

　　thelowestprice．Adsalsotellyouwhenstoresarehavingsales.However,someadvertising

　　的商店去买。广告还能告诉你商店什么时候大甩卖。然而，有些广告却会

　　canbeconfusingormisleading．Sometimesthewordssoundgoodbutdon'treallytellyou

　　迷惑你或误导你。有时候广告词听起来相当好，然而却没有

　　anythingaboutthequalityoftheproduct．Atothertimes,thepictureinanadlooksalotbetter

　　真正告诉你任何有关产品的质量。还有些时候，广告上的图片比实物看上去要漂亮得多。

　　thantherealthing．Andyouhavetobecareful．Attimesanadcanleadyoutobuysomething

　　你必须当心。有时，一个广告就可能引导你买了你根本不需要的东西。

　　youdon'tneedatall．

　　Howdoyoulearnbest?ThisweekweaskedstudentsatNewStarHighSchoolaboutthebestwaystolearnmoreEnglish.ManysaidtheylearntbyusingEnglish.Somestudentshadmorespecificsuggestions.LillianLi,forexample,saidthebestwaytolearnnewwordswasbyreadingEnglishmagazines.Shesaidthatmemorizingthewordsofpopsongsalsohelpedalittle.Whenweaskedaboutstudyinggrammar,shesaid,"Ineverstudygrammer.It'stooboring."WeiMingfeelsdirrerently.He'sbeenlearningEnglishforsixyearsandreallylovesit.Hethinksstudyinggrammarisagreatwaytolearnalanguage.HealsothinksthatwatchingEnglishmoviesisn'tabadwaybecausehecanwatchtheactorssaythewords.Sometimes,however,hefindswatchingmoviesfrustratingbecausethepeoplespeaktooquickly.LiuChangsaidthatjoiningtheEnglishclubatschoolwasthebestwaytoimproveherEnglish.Studentsgetlotsofpracticeandtheyalsohavefun.Sheaddedthathavingconversationswithfriendswasnothelpfulatall."WegetexcitedaboutsomethingandthenendupspeakinginChinese,"shesaid.