I am a sophomore majoring in English. Last week we had a debate about idol adoration and I suddenly came upon a question—“do we really need an idol? If so, what kind of idol are we looking for?” As the main information provider, TV is still providing a lot of programs that “create” idols for young people, such as the Super Girls competition. Also there are many other programs that talk about widely-known people in different walks of life, such as Moving China and Dialogue.

　　Many people frequently discuss the fun and touching deeds of popular people. Through these methods, we learn about the latest fashion from young idols, we know about the hardships of entrepreneurs, and we broaden our perspective to notice that so many ordinary people who do common things but make great contributions to our lives. However, it is always difficult to find an “idol” to represent our times, because this society is developing and changing so fast. There is too much information poured into people’s mind—fashion, trends, power, and physical satisfaction. Therefore, it is easy to get lost in such an environment. So here comes the question. If we need to choose an idol to represent this period, whom should it be?

　　Yours,

　　Zhang Xiao

　　我是一個(gè)英語(yǔ)系大二的學(xué)生。上周我們有一個(gè)關(guān)于偶像崇拜的討論，我突然有了一個(gè)問(wèn)題——“我們真的需要偶像嗎?如果需要的話(huà)，哪一種偶像值得我們期待?”這里有很多的問(wèn)題產(chǎn)生者，電視提供了很多節(jié)目，為年輕人創(chuàng)造了很多的偶像，就像超女選秀。這兒也有很多諸如“感動(dòng)中國(guó)”和“對(duì)話(huà)”這樣的節(jié)目談?wù)撝�不同行業(yè)的知名人士。

　　很多人常常在討論那些名人們有趣和動(dòng)人的行為。通過(guò)這些途徑，我們從年輕的偶像們身上學(xué)到了最新的時(shí)尚，了解到了企業(yè)家們的艱辛，我們擴(kuò)大了視野，發(fā)現(xiàn)原來(lái)我們身邊有這么多平凡但卻為我們的生活做出了巨大的貢獻(xiàn)的人。然而，仍然很難找到一個(gè)可以代表我們這個(gè)時(shí)代的偶像，因?yàn)樯鐣?huì)的變化和發(fā)展太快了。太多的信息涌入人們的腦�！�—時(shí)尚，潮流，權(quán)力，還有物質(zhì)享受。因此，很容易在社會(huì)中迷失。這帶來(lái)了一個(gè)問(wèn)題，如果我們需要去選擇一個(gè)代表我們這個(gè)時(shí)代的偶像，究竟該是誰(shuí)呢?