"Nowadays people are selfish and greedy." Do you agree ordisagree with this point of view?

　　你是否认可“现在的人自私和贪婪”这种观点

　　"Nowadays people are selfish and greedy ." Do you agree or disagree with this pointof view?

　　There is no doubt that some people are selfish and greedy. For example, some merchants selltheir fake commodities at the market place for more profit. They are rich and want to be richer. There are also government officials who sell people's trust. Senior officials who take bribes byselling the power in their hands are not a few. Those people believe in the precept "everyonefor himself and the devil take the hindmost."

　　However, the majority of people are neither selfish nor greedy. They contribute much and askfor little. Countless examples can be found around us, the PLA soldiers who sacrificedthemselves for saving people's lives in fighting the disastrous floods and the warriors in whitewho risked their lives to save SARS victims being two of the most typical. In contr ast to theselfish and corrupt official they are heroes, who set up glorious images for us.

　　The idea that nowadays people are selfish and greedy is probably attributed to the influence ofthe mass media which tend to over exaggerate the negative aspects of life. Manynewspapers, particularly many local evening papers, and TV films play up nastiness by reportingand showing too much about violence and sex. A lot of books, too, portray selfishness andgreed to seek sensational effect and economic profit. I wonder whether they are selfish andgreedy, too?

　　cet6六级作文结构分析：

　　·some people are selfish and greedy , e.g .

　　·the majority of people are neither selfish nor greedy, e.g .

　　·the idea is probably att ributed to the influence of the mass media.

　　cet6六级作文内容分析：

　　本文是一篇典型的议论文, 文中就一个问题的两个方面进行议论, 最后是作者的分析和推断。每段中的第一句皆为主题句, 后面均为supporting sentences。

　　cet6六级作文万能句型：

　　selfish and greedy 自私和贪婪

　　fake commodities 假冒伪劣商品

　　senior officials 高级官员

　　take bribes 受贿

　　not a few 不在少数

　　"everyone for himself and the devil take the hindmost."“人不为己，天诛地灭。”

　　contribute much and ask for little 付出的多要求的少

　　PLA soldiers 人民解放军战士

　　disastrous a. 灾难性的

　　warriors in white 白衣战士

　　SARS victims 非典患者

　　in contrast to 与……相对照

　　set up glorious images 树立光辉形象

　　be attributed to 归因于

　　overexaggerate v. 过于夸大

　　negative aspects of life 生活中的阴暗面

　　play up nastiness 渲染低级趣味的东西

　　portray v. 描绘

　　seek sensational effect 谋求轰动效应