TOFEL Writing Practice 1 Q: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The opinions of celebrities, such as famous entertainers and athletes, are more important to younger people than they are to older people. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. A: Since the entertainment industry has made more influence to our daily life, the opinions of these celebrities are considered more important to people. People always think they could affect all the members of the society, but I believe they are more influential to the younger people than older people. Firstly, since younger people do not have good judgment and value, they will follow the celebrities easier than older people. Experience and values are forming as people grown up and become mature, makes people trust new things harder. There is an old saying that "The first impression is strongest". The mental experience of younger people are just like a white paper, and they are thirsty to fill up their mind with cool things, when the people they admired tell them some experiences, they will absorb them and keep them permanently. Whereas older people had established their first impression before, they will be less affected with what they heard now. Secondly, younger people have time and interests to pay attention to celebrities, but older people do not. Younger people do not have many things to worry about, they could spend more time to care about what celebrities are doing and imitate them. In contrary, older people need to earn money and take care of families, and they do not have the time and energy to chasing celebrities, which result in that the opinion of celebrities could not effect them. Furthermore, though some older people have the ability to pay attention to celebrities, they still would not be influenced much, because most of the celebrities they interested are also old--they are inactive or retired. When we turn on TV or browse some entertainment website, we would find the stars under the spotlight are also younger people, Which give their young fans more opportunities to get in touch with their opinion. As the famous people grown old, they will lose the focus of mediums, which makes them have fewer opportunities to influence their older fans. All in all, younger people have the premise, time and chance to absorb the opinion of celebrities, which makes them get affected easier than older people.