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  3. Edward R. Murrow has ever talked about TV in this way, "This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspi

Edward R. Murrow has ever talked about TV in this way, "This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspi

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问题    Edward R. Murrow has ever talked about TV in this way, "This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise, it is nothing but wires and lights in a box." Some other people argue that TV is harmful as it shows more and more sex and violence, sacrifices the quality of. the programs for the sake of commercial benefit and takes away the biggest part of our free time. What do you think of the influence of TV on our society? Please write an essay of about 400 words.
  In the first part of your essay you should state dearly your main argument and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
  You should supply an appropriate title for your essay,
  Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
  Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
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答案 TV，a Negative Influence on Society Nowadays, television plays a significant role in social and political life, acting as a tool for spreading information and forming people’s mentality.We cannot even imagine a life without TV, yet we should be fully aware the fact that on the whole TV exerts a negative influence on our society. First and foremost, TV is behind the rise of crime rate in modem society.Violence and sex shown on television encourage antisocial behavior and result in higher crime rate. Many criminals confess that their violent actions or attitudes to women were encouraged by TV. The rate of such crimes is constantly growing and more and more often they are committed by teenagers. As we all know, a big part of TV audience consists of teenagers.They are especially vulnerable to the violence and various stereotypes promoted by TV, because the mentality of young people is still in the process of formation. Television’s impact on the morality of the younger generation can affect the future of our society negatively, and this is becoming a great problem. Moreover, nowadays television is greatly abused for commercial purposes. Advertisers try to convince the audience that the solution to a problem or the fulfillment of a desire can only be achieved through the purchase of a product.Advertisements are designed towards blind acceptance by the viewer.Thus TV negatively affects the human mind, by limiting the possibilities of conscious choices, and promoting an outrageous eousmner society.Besides, aiming to achieve commercial purposes, TV pays little attention to cultural value of its programs.TV has become a temple of mass production, shallow values and stereotypes. This negative effect spreads with the growing popularity of TV.It defiantly changes our society for the worse, trivializing culture and making us all conform to a bland "Hollywood" model of entertainment in which regional txaditions and diversity are lost. Finally, many people spend lots of free time watching TV.TV programs reduce the quality of real life by narrowing people’s outlook, limiting the variety of free time activities, affecting family relations by reducing conversations, and even having a negative impact on health by discouraging exercises.At worst, as violence, aggression, and crimes are broadcast through the daily news, showing dark pictures that encourage psychological tension, TV may even lead to depression, which is a well-known psychological problem of modem society. To sum up, we should be fully aware of the negative effects of TV on our society and take necessary measures to reduce them to a minimum.
解析    现在分词作伴随状语，说明电视的影响，句式简洁。
   yet表示意义转折，指明电视的影响是不良影响，衔接自然。
   注意段与段之间的连接词。本句是陈述原因的一个重要句型，behind是语言亮点，可理解为“是引起……的原因”。
   antisocial behavior意为“反社会行为”。
   主从复合句，主句在前，从句在后，这种句式叫做“loose sentence”(休闲句)，句中 promoted by TV是过去分词短语作后置定语，because引导原因状语从句。主句部分的be vulnerable to既是语言亮点，也是信息重点，意为“脆弱的，易受攻击或影响的”。
   abuse这里意为“滥用，妄用”。
   blind acceptance是语言亮点，意为“盲目的接受”。
   by引导两个并列的动名词词组，句式简洁。 consumer society意为“消费社会”。
   aiming to这里是现在分词短语作状语，引出主句动作的目的，八级作文的常用句型。
   temple意为“殿堂”，这里使用暗喻修辞格，将电视比作殿堂。mass production意为“大批量生产”。
   典型的长句，trivializing与making为现在分词作伴随状语。for the worse意为“向坏的方面发展，恶化”。
   典型的长句，主句后用by引导四个并列的动名词词组(narrowing…，limiting…， affecting…，and even having…)，列举简洁有力，句式紧凑。
   at worst意为“在最坏情况下”，在表示递进。dark pictures为语言亮点，意为“阴暗面”。
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