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第二篇文章The media (books, film, music, television, for example) tend to create rather than reflect the values of a society.6For our grandparents it occurred through films and books. For the baby boomers it was a result of television and revolutionary music. No matter how the impact took place, it is clear that since its very advent, the media have played a crucial role in not simply being representative of the values of our society but creating them as well.前面两句话提出了背景对于不同的人，也暗示后面的论证入手点，即时间顺序。第三句提出了论点，后面的官方评语赞扬这样的立场有足够的复杂性，同时在官方的Awintro中我们也可以多次看到，官方要求我们提出的观点要越复杂越好。其实很多时候我们的想法确实很复杂，但是关键得让人一眼就能看出来复杂啊，这里作者用的not simply就强烈的心理暗示了考官他所提出的观点是复杂的。During the roaring twenties Americans found themselves in a struggle between the old ways of their ancestors and the new ways of the future. The once steadfast beliefs that men and women should not touch while dancing, and that ladies should not drink or smoke were suddenly being challenged. From where was all this rebellion stemming? Partly it was due to the returning doughboys from the shores of Europe bringing home revolutionary ideas they had encountered while at war. 前面都是演绎背景，说明变化有多么的大，这里看似是对于全文的论述没有多少的作用，但是这里的说明是很有必要的，因为只有先强调了变化有多么的大，然后再把原因归咎于媒体上，才能突出媒体的作用多么的大。就好像我们想和别人说我们考了gre多么牛的时候，总是先要强调gre考试多么的难多么的变态，然后再说我们已经搞定了他，这样给人感觉就是更加的牛。另一方面，上面在最后给出了一种的解释，然后在下面又予以分析，并提出了媒体作为更加重要的原因，这样的论证方式让人感觉很有一种讨论的气氛，我们先假设了一种答案，然后并不是完全否认他，而是提出了一个更为完美的解释。潜在的作者的思维方式是，作者认为他如果单纯写媒体是主要的方式，会被读者轻易的用回归士兵来反驳，所以作者就先发制人，先提出了他因，然后自己分析回答，作者并不完全否定，而是稍加肯定后，再提出自己的更为好的答案，这样作者的论证就显得天衣无缝了。Nonetheless, returning soldiers could not be held responsible for the social upheaval that America experienced. There had to be another cause, and there was, the media. 本句话通过分析回归士兵，进而提出了作者自己的观点，即媒体作为社会剧变的主要因素。Although the films of the era were silent they spoke volumes to the society for which they were created. Women in these movies wore their hemlines a few inches shorter than the decade before them and they wore cosmetics to accentuate their new bobbed haircuts.这里给出了具体的事例。给altho