Bài mẫu Band 8 (Bài 17)

Nowadays young people are admiring media and sports stars, even though they do not set a good example. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

BÀI MẪU

The younger generation are having great admiration for media and sport celebrities although they are not perfect role models to follow. In my view, this could be seen as detrimental. From one standpoint, emulating famous entertainment stars might spark changing patterns of fashion and behavior among young adults who are not mature enough to judge what is suitable within their society. As matter of fact, they show a propensity for copying what those stars say or do on TV, even if their actions go against the cultural value of some localities. Regarding fashion, the way Dam Vinh Hung, who is a renowned Vietnamese singer, dresses would be the onset of a modern yet rather unacceptable trend of fashion with exposed skin. Unfortunately, the young have yet to understand the long-term shortcomings of such a trend to traditional way of dressing which values the beauty and elegance of clothes such as the Ao Dai.

Additionally, such reverence for celebrities in the field of entertainment would possibly cause a detriment to social security under certain circumstances. A typical example of this is the chaos during and after Korean singers  and  musical  bands’ show in Vietnam a few years  ago  when  the  crowd  of  fans  went uncontrollable, which caused irritation for the locals and  also danger to the fans themselves. Furthermore, if their idols were criticized due to their scandals, they would try to sugar-coat the situation or even trigger arguments. This would be really challenging for authorities to maintain security.

In conclusion, I suppose the phenomenon that young people idolize media and sport celebrated individuals who are notorious in some aspects is negative.

Từ vựng chủ lực:

Media and sport celebrities: Người nổi tiếng trên truyền hình hoặc thể thao
Role models: Hình tượng (tạm dịch)
Famous entertainment stars: Những ngôi sao nổi tiếng trong ngành giải trí
Changing patterns of fashion and behavior: Thay đổi cách ăn mặc và cư xử 
Show a propensity for: Có xu hướng cho cái gì
Value the beauty and elegance of clothes: Trân trọng vẻ đẹp và sự lịch lãm của trang phục
Reverence for celebrities in the field of entertainment: Sự hâm hộ những người nổi tiếng trong ngành giải trí
Cause irritation for the locals: Gây nên sự khó chịu cho người địa phương
Sugar-coat: Nói giảm
Idolize media and sport celebrated individuals: Hâm mộ những cá nhân nổi tiếng trên truyền hình và thể thao