雅思口语观点：电影删节法

 　　Question:

　　Should films and television be censored¹ or should we be freeto choose what we see?

　　电影应该被删节/人们应该有自由选择想看什么

　　Answer:

　　I don’t think it’s necessary for all films and televisionprograms to be censored.Why?Because I believe people shouldbe given the freedom to choose what they want to see.I know,I know,some people think that’snot cool,because there’s much violence and sex in movies.

　　But, in my opinion, grown-ups,especially those who are well-educated can handle thesescenes.Young children may be misled² and mis-educated by such things, NOT adults.I stronglybelieve that what we     need is a symbol or sign system to indicate what age group can see aparticular movie. Such as PG 13, PG-18, and so on.And the cinema people should be responsibleenough to refuse the entrance of any 　　unsuited viewers to a movie.This could be a bettersolution than cutting many scenes out of a movie(141 words)

　　Question:

　　How do you think censorship law will change in the next 20 years?

　　你认为电影删节法在将来20年会怎样变化?

　　Answer:

　　I’m not a law major nor a movie critic,so this question may seem quite challenging to me.Yet,let me try to answer your question with a few guesses of mine.l

　　I think censorship law is just like any law,it will become more citizen-friendly in 20 years time.Imean, the law will become more reasonable and scientific because we will have enough time tomake     amendment³ to it.And people will discuss it every year to make the law applicable⁴.

　　But 20 years is a long time, and no one can say for sure what’s going to happen.Nowadays,everything is changing so fast.The only thing not changing is change itself.Future is unpredictable.And these are a just a few of my speculations⁵. (128 words)

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1 censored   

受审查的，被删剪的

参考例句：

• The news reports had been heavily censored . 这些新闻报道已被大幅删剪。
• The military-backed government has heavily censored the news. 有军方撑腰的政府对新闻进行了严格审查。

2 misled   

v.给…错误印象( mislead的过去式和过去分词 )；使误解；把…带错路；把…带坏

参考例句：

• He deliberately misled us about the nature of their relationship. 关于他们究竟是什么关系，他故意给我们留下错误印象。
• He was entirely misled by her words. 他完全误解了她的话。

3 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

4 applicable   

adj.适当的，合适的，可应用的

参考例句：

• The section of the form is not applicable in your case.表格这一部分不适合你的情况。
• This section of the law is applicable only to corporations.这部分法律只适用于公司。

5 speculations   

n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 )；思考；投机活动；推断

参考例句：

• Your speculations were all quite close to the truth. 你的揣测都很接近于事实。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• This possibility gives rise to interesting speculations. 这种可能性引起了有趣的推测。 来自《用法词典》