Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Television, newspapers, magazines, and other media pay too much attention to the personal lives of famous people such as public figures and celebrities. Use specific reasons and details to explain your opinion.
I think the media pay too much attention to the private lives of famous people. Television, newspaper magazines and web sites dig up all kinds of past bad actions. They say that these are true reflections of a person's character. This may be true if they occurred only a few years before, but some of these are things people did as teenagers. People in their forties are expected to explain something they did when they were fifteen. If they killed someone, obviously that's more than a youthful mistake. Usually, though, these incidents involve experiments with drugs or being reckless in a car. They're not something that the public needs to know.
我认为媒体太关注名人的私生活了。电视、报纸杂志和网站挖掘出过去各种不良行为。他们说这些是一个人性格的真实反映。这可能是真的，如果他们发生在几年前，但其中一些是人们作为青少年所做的事情。人们期望四十多岁的人解释他们十五岁时所做的事情。如果他们杀了人，显然那不仅仅是年轻人的错误。不过，通常情况下，这些事故涉及毒品实验或在车上鲁莽行事。他们不是公众需要知道的事情。
The media love to say that the public has a right to know. That's not true. We don't need to know if a movie star or politician has had an extramarital affair. That is something of concern only to the people involved. We do need to know if someone we're electing to public office has been involved in shady business deals, but we don't need to know if he or she defaulted on a loan twenty years ago.
媒体喜欢说公众有权知道。那不是真的。我们不需要知道电影明星或政客是否有婚外情。这只是有关人员关心的问题。我们确实需要知道，我们重新当选公职的人是否参与了不正当的商业交易，但我们不需要知道他（她）是否在20年前拖欠了贷款。
It seems the media dig up these facts without giving thoughtful consideration to what might happen. It has an effect on the celebrity's family, especially the children. A celebrity's good name and credibility may be ruined before he or she can prove that rumors are false. If a case goes to court, paying a lawyer can use up all their money. Even if it doesn't come to that, they may find their career ruined.
媒体似乎在挖掘这些事实的同时，没有考虑到可能发生的事。它对名人的家庭有影响，尤其是对孩子。一个名人在证明谣言是假的之前，他的好名声和信誉可能会被毁掉。如果一个案子上了法庭，付钱给律师会花光他们所有的钱。即使事情还没有发展到这个地步，他们可能会发现自己的职业生涯被毁掉了。
When are we, the public, going to make it clear to the media that we're tired of having to watch this kind of thing on the news? Wouldn't it be better if they would concentrate on more important issues?
我们公众什么时候才能向媒体表明，我们厌倦了在新闻上看这种事情？如果他们把精力集中在更重要的问题上，会不会更好？