Mass media a re very impor tant tools of communication , through which information is passed to even the fa rthest end of the world . T hey enable us to communicate with each other by helping us to overcome the ba r rier s of time and space .

　　Mass media function in va riou s ways . Below a re listed the most commonly seen .

　　Fir st , mass media keep us well informed of the happenings of the world which would otherwise remain unknown .

　　Second , mas s media pe rsuade u s mostly through adver - tisements . As we can see, news papers , magazines and TV are filled with all kinds of colour ful , persuasive adver tisements which tempt us to buy their products .

　　Third , mas s media give u s ent ert ainment . Television and radio broadcasting provide us with a big variety of progr ammes every day . Films , book s , magazines , etc . give u s daily amusement .

　　In a word , mas s media will be all the mor e impor tant in the future and their functions will enormously expand . Limit -ed by space, only a few examples a re mentioned here .

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　　結構分析：

　　·引言

　　* 傳媒的重要性

　　·主體——— 傳媒的多種形式

　　* 信息傳媒

　　* 廣告傳媒

　　* 娛樂傳媒

　　·結尾

　　* 傳媒的未來

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　　內容分析：

　　本文是一篇說明文, 是一篇典型的“三段式”作文, 構思比較簡單, 語言不復雜但很流暢, 非常適合應試四級的學生。

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　　萬能句型：

　　mass media (medium) 大眾傳媒

　　the far thest end of the world 世界上最遙遠的地方

　　bar rie r of time and space 時空的障礙

　　Below are listed the most commonly seen 這 是一句倒裝句

　　keep us well informed of . . . 使我們了解⋯⋯

　　happenings n . 發生的事情

　　would otherwise r emain unknown 否則我們將不會知曉,句中謂語為虛擬語氣

　　pe rsuade v . 說服, 勸說

　　be filled with . . . 充滿了⋯⋯

　　colour ful and per suasive adver tisements 多采而有說服力的廣告

　　tempt . . . to + v . 誘使⋯⋯去⋯⋯

　　in a word 總之

　　limited by space 篇幅所限(文中用作分詞短語表示原因)