Global Breaking News - Thursday, October 8, 2026

 Some people say that advertisements are not helpful in our lives. Others say that advertisements are really helpful in our lives. Which viewpoint do you agree with? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Businesses, large and small, are all trying to get us to try their products and they have found many ways to make themselves known to use through advertising. Some people say that all of this advertising is very helpful, but other people argue that the advertisements do not really supply many advantages. I tend to agree with the second opinion because I think advertisements are an annoyance to us in daily life and they do not really offer very much truthful information.
* advertising = 광고 / supply = 공급하다, 주다, 충족시키다 / tend to = 경향이 있다 / annoyance = 귀찮은 것, 성가심, 골치 / daily life = 일상생활 / truthful = 참된, 진실한

First of all, every day we are annoyed by the many advertisements that we see wherever we are. One of the things about advertising that I dislike is this. When I am walking down the street with my friends, salesclerks at shops blare out what they are selling. Besides, touts on the street are always shoving advertisements into my hands. These things constantly disturb us. Even at home we are bothered by advertisements. When I am watching a television show, commercials are constantly cutting into the program. It is very frustrating to have a show interrupted several times throughout the short period of time that it is on. In addition, the commercials often break my concentration because the show will stop and a commercial will come on just as I am getting into the story.
* be annoyed by = 성가시다, 귀찮다, 화가나다 / advertisement = 광고 / dislike = 싫어하다 / salesclerk = 점원, 판매원 / blare out = 큰 소리로 외치다, 쾅쾅 울리다 / tout = (제품, 서비스)의 광고, 홍보; 장점을 알리다 / shove = 밀어부치다, 아무렇게나 놓다 / constantly = 지속적으로, 빈번하게 / be bothered by = ~에 시달리다, 괴롭힘을 당하다 / commercial = 텔레비전, 라디오 등의 광고방송 / cut into = 끼어들다, 참견하다 / frustrating = 좌절감을 주는, 절망적인

Another reason why advertisements are not very helpful is that commercials often make false claims or tell you misleading information. It is not a good idea to believe everything that we see in advertising. For example, my mother once bought a set of cooking knives that she saw in a commercial. The commercial showed the knives slicing through meat like it was hot butter, but once she received the knives through the mail, she found that the knives had not been sharpened at all. The advertisement did not say that the knives came unsharpened and that you have to have it sharpened on your own. The commercials seem to tell you only enough information to get you to buy the product.
* make a claim = 요구하다, 주장하다, 클레임을 내놓다 / misleading = 잘못 인도하는 / slice = 얇게 베다, 나누다 / sharpen = 날카롭게 하다

In conclusion, I understand why businesses want us to know about their products. However, the advertisements are not very helpful in our lives. They are a constant interruption whether at home or outside. In addition, the commercials often give us wrong information, or misleading information, so they cannot really be trusted. Companies should reevaluate the way they present information to the public.
* helpful = 도움이 되는, 유용한 / interruption = 방해,훼방 / reevaluate = 재평가하다 / public = 대중, 일반 사람들