In some countries, the criminal trials are shown on the TV and the general public can watch them. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
解析
犯罪题材一般问犯罪的原因，罪犯的惩罚方式，避免犯罪的方法等，但这次要求讨论的话题稍微转换了一个方式，问的是电视播放犯罪审判这个做法到底是好还是坏？可见雅思作文命题非常灵活，备考雅思时适当了解各类题材的基本写法和基本词汇当然非常必要，但若不提高自己的写作实力或者规范自己的写作思维方式，一味抱着背到现题的心态，是很难在雅思写作中奏效的。
那么，在本次作文的审题中，我们发现两个关键词，一是犯罪审判（criminal trials)，二是电视播放（shown on TV）。关于电视播放广告的优劣势这样的题目我们不会陌生，但电视里播放犯罪审判又是一种什么样的情形呢？关键是：讨论这样的题目，我们应该从哪里着手开始呢？如果我们将本书多次提出的“三大层次”说，即物质层次、心理层次和社会层次用于“电视播放犯罪审判”这个话题，我们就可得到如下一些可用的观点：
赞同：（1）看电视审判犯人，我们可以学到很多关于法律的知识（物质层面）；（2）电视审判犯人，可以让观众内心感到害怕，从而不敢犯罪（心理层面）；（3）电视审判，关注面大，从而使审判显得更加公正（社会层面）。
反对：（1）电视审判犯人，必定将犯罪细节公之于众，这在某种程度上是在宣传暴力（物质层面）；（2）因为知道要电视播放，法官和律师的注意力往往从案件审理转移到电视作秀，不利于法律的正常实施（心理层面和社会层面）。
我的观点：作为公民，我们有权利知道犯人是如何得到审判的，因此我赞同电视审判犯人，但是电视审判中也要注意控制那些不宜播放的犯罪细节，并降低电视媒介对审判过程的不良影响。
双语范文
Whether criminal trials should be shown on TV or not has always been a controversial issue. After discussing the advantages of this practice and its disadvantages, I come to believe televising criminal trials is a good thing as long as its negative effects are brought well under control.
罪犯审判是否应该在电视上播放一直是一个有争议的问题。在讨论了这种做法的优点和缺点之后，我开始相信，只要负面影响得到很好的控制，电视转播犯罪审判就是一件好事。
Showing criminal trials on TV can serve multiple purposes such as educational, deterrent and regulatory. When watching how criminals are tried and sentenced, TV viewers will learn a great deal about the law and the legal system. In fact, it was from a televised trial that I finally understood it is a violation of law if you do not stop your car when you see a stop sign. Meanwhile, TV trials can help bring down the crime rate. People are fearful of their faces shown on TV after they commit crimes because it is generally considered to be a disgrace to the family. Finally, aware that they are watched by the general public, the lawyers and judges will have to make sure that the law is followed strictly and the justice is done to the highest standards.
在电视上播放犯罪审判可以达到教育、威慑和监管等多种目的。当看到罪犯如何被审判和判刑时，电视观众会学到关于法律和法律制度的很多事情。事实上，正是从一次电视转播的审判中，我终于明白，如果你看到停车标志时不停车，那就是违法行为。同时，电视审判有助降低犯罪率。人们害怕犯罪后在电视上看到自己的脸，因为这通常被认为是家庭的耻辱。最后，意识到由于他们受到公众的关注，律师和法官将必须确保严格遵守法律，并以最高标准伸张正义。
Admittedly, TV trials, particularly the live shows, may bring about negative effects as well. Often the TV trials will present a lot of details of the criminal offenses such as killing, embezzling, cheating, so much so that they become a promotion of these crimes. As a matter of fact, many juvenile offenders admit they have been under great influences of TV criminal shows. More importantly, in TV criminal trials, lawyers and judges may often pay more attention to their own personal images to the TV viewers, thus forgetting the real purpose of the trial, which is to find if a person is guilty or innocent and in this way, the justice may be sacrificed.
诚然，电视审判，特别是直播，也可能带来负面影响。电视审判往往会提供许多犯罪的细节，如杀人、贪污、欺骗，以至于这些细节宣扬了这些罪行。事实上，许多少年犯承认他们受到了电视刑事节目的巨大影响。更重要的是，在电视上犯罪审判，律师和法官往往会更多地关注自己给电视观众的个人形象，从而忘记审判的真正目的，即找出一个人是否有罪或者无辜，这样，正义就可能被牺牲。
However, I personally do like the idea of putting criminal trials on TV. Besides telling us right from wrong in a more vivid way and preventing us from committing crimes, TV trials will let us know how the punishment is meted out and how justice is done. This, I believe, is what our basic civil right is all about.
然而，就个人而言，我喜欢电视播放犯罪审判这个想法。除了用更生动的方式告诉我们对错，防止我们犯罪外，电视审判还会让我们知道如何量刑，如何实现公正。我相信，这就是我们的基本民事权利的全部内涵所在。
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