观点类大作文，媒体类话题
Many people believe that social networking sites (like Facebook) have had a negative impact on individuals and society. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
题目来源：2017年12月16日大陆雅思大作文
题目大意：
很多人认为一些社交网站（比如Facebook）对于人们和社会有负面的影响。你在多大程度上同意或不同意这个观点。
思路解析：
这是一道观点类作文，题目不难，本质上就是讨论社交网站的好处和坏处。先来看好处。主要有三方面，一是我们可以随时随地与家人还有朋友进行沟通联系，不会受到地理因素的限制，有助于增加互相间的紧密性。二是通过社交网站所提供的“兴趣话题”等功能，可以找到拥有更多拥有相同兴趣爱好或者志同道合的人，扩大自己的交友圈。三是利用社交媒体的及时性和传播性，可以发布重要信息，或是促使人们关注更多的社会问题、引发讨论并推动问题的解决。坏处则有两个。一是如果人们沉迷于社交媒体，占用了本身工作学习的时间，或是忽略与现实生活中身边人的交流。二是社交网站可能会造成信息泄露，或是被网站上的不实信息给误导。但这些都是可以通过规则或是政策制定来改善和避免的。
范文示例：
Social media have become an indispensable part of a majority of people in contemporary society. However, the debate about whether social networking websites would trigger adverse influence on us never seems to end. In my opinion, it is beneficial for us as long as we know how to use it reasonably.
Social networking websites bring unprecedented conveniences to our lives. To begin with, we can keep in touch with our friends or relatives instantly anytime and anywhere. By sharing words, pictures or videos, we can have more interactions with them regardless of geographical distance. Apart from this, social network also can expand the approaches that we make new friends. People can easily find people who share similar interests with them. For example, social websites like Facebook and Twitter provide various groups of different areas for people to participate in, so they are able to share information or collaborate with others in an easier way. In addition, since the social networks can release information effectively and efficiently, they are now widely used by governments or other officials to inform the public of the latest notices.
However, it is note-worthy that social media also have some potential drawbacks. For instance, people’s face-to-face communication skills will reduce dramatically if people indulge themselves in the virtual world; the risks of leaking personal information also cannot be ignored since we often post our true information and location on these social media.
To sum up, I suppose that the social media brings more benefits to both the society and individuals as a whole despite the potential threats if we do not use them wisely.
相关词汇和语法结构：
Adverse 相反的；不利的
Unprecedented 前所未有的
Note-worthy 值得注意的
Indulge oneself in… 沉迷于
Virtual world 虚拟世界
Collaborate 合作
