网络谣言 Cyber Rumors

Directions：Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the picture below. In your essay, you shoulddescribe the picture briefly,interpret its intended meaning, andgive your comments.Write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)

Symbolically portrayed in the above caricature are two adults, almost hit by two bombs of rumors from the Internet. Wearing scared expressions, the two figures are trying to escape, but it seems no way for them to get out of the coverage of these gossips. And there is a caption saying “Cyber Rumors”.

What the drawer wants to implicate is that Internet rumors are so destructive that anyone can hardly bear but nobody can absolutely isolated from them.

Take celebrities for example, if descriptions of their certain behaviors and words have been put into the Internet, which is available to the public, they may be resisted or even abused via commenting or relaying. Cyber rumors can impose moral kidnapping on people involved, making victims suffer physically and mentally. In addition, social ability, even the country's reputation may be upset, and netizens' trust to the Internet will also be hurt.

In terms of shortcomings cyber rumors carry mentioned, the government should publish relevant laws and regulations with all haste and ensure their enforcement on creators of Internet rumors.Besides, institutions concerned should appoint specialists to check regularly to eliminate the spread of cyber rumors. Furthermore, any citizen surfing on the Internet should strengthen their moral cultivation, rejecting to erroneous cyber information on their initiative. Only through efforts of all dimensions can cyber rumors fail to harm individuals and human society.