首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Television Is Doing Irrearable Harm “Yes, but what did we use to do before there was television?” How often we hear stateme
Television Is Doing Irrearable Harm “Yes, but what did we use to do before there was television?” How often we hear stateme
admin
2010-01-14
38
问题
Television Is Doing Irrearable Harm
“Yes, but what did we use to do before there was television?” How often we hear statements like this! Television hasn’t been with us all that long, but we are already beginning to forget what the world was like without it, Before we admitted the one-eyed monster into our homes we never found it difficult to occupy our spare time. We used to enjoy civilized pleasures. For instance, we used to have hobbies, we used to entertain our friends and be entertained by them, we used to go outside for our amusements to theatres, cinemas, restaurants and sporting events, We even used to read books and listen to music and broadcast talks occasionally. All that belongs to the past. Now all our free time is regulated by the “goggle box”. We rush home or gulp down our meals to be in time for this or that programme. We have even given up sitting at table and having a leisurely evening meal, exchanging the news of the day. A sandwich and a glass of beer will do anything, providing it doesn’t interfere with the programme. The monster demands absolute silence and attention. If any member of the family dares to open his mouth during a programme, he is quickly silenced.
Whole generation are growing up addicted to the telly. Food is left uneaten, homework undone and sleep is lost, The telly is a universal pacifier. It is now standard practice for mother to keep the children quiet by putting them in the living room and turning on the set. It doesn’t mater that the children will watch rubbishy commercials or spectacles of sadism(性虐狂)and violence—so long as they are quiet.
There is a limit to the amount of creative talent available in the world, Every day, television consumes vast quantities of creative work, That is why most of the programmes are so bad : it is impossible to keep pace with the demand maintain high standards as well. When millions watch the same programme, the whole world becomes a village, and society is reduced to the conditions which obtain in pre-literate communities (有文字之前的时期). We become utterly dependent on the two most primitive media of communication: pictures and the spoken work.
Television encourages passive enjoyment. We become content with second-hand experiences. It is so easy to sit in our armchair watching others working. Little by little “television” cuts us off from the real world. We get so lazy, we choose to spend a fine day in semi-darkness, glued to our sets, rather than go out into the world itself, Television may be a splendid medium of communication, but it prevents us from communicating with each other. We only become aware how totally irrelevant television is to real living when we spend a holiday by the sea or in the mountains, far away from civilization, In quiet natural surroundings we quickly discover how little we miss the hypnotic (催眠)tyranny of King Telly.
This article implies that all the TV sets in the world should be destroyed.
选项
A、Right
B、Wrong
C、Not mentioned
答案
C
解析
作者虽然说电视给我们带来许多害处,但并不意味着要摧毁电视。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Xchd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语理工类基础题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语理工类基础
职称英语
相关试题推荐
LoweringtheRiskofHeartDiseaseLikemillionsofotherAmericans,Icomefromafamilywithahistoryofheartdisease.Myfa
LoweringtheRiskofHeartDiseaseLikemillionsofotherAmericans,Icomefromafamilywithahistoryofheartdisease.Myfa
CallAmericanTheirnamesAgreatdifferencebetweenAmericansocialcustomsandthoseofothercountriesisthewayinwhic
InflationBusinessandgovernmentleadersalsoconsidertheinflationratetobeanimportantgeneralindicator.Inflationi
Thetowersofasuspensionbridgeserveasarigidframeworktowhichthecablesareattached.
Hypnosis(催眠)1IncreasingnumbersofAmericandoctorsareusingatechniqueknownashypnosis.Theysayhypnosisoftencanhelp
Medicinedependsonotherfieldsforbasicinformation,particularlysomeoftheirspecializedbranches.
Itisthemovement,notthecolor,ofobjectsthatexcitesthebull.
LookforFriendshipinCyberspaceInsomanyways,cyberspacemirrorstherealworld.Peopleaskforinformation,playgames
TransportandTrade1Transportisoneoftheaidstotrade.Bymovinggoodsfromplaceswheretheyareplentifultoplaceswher
随机试题
《金匮要略》养胎方法虽多,但总的精神是
A.息宁控释片B.弥散型美多巴C.利哌酮D.氟哌啶醇E.安坦
患儿,女,7岁。乳牙龋坏较多,已充填。六龄牙已萌齐,窝沟深,部分窝沟有着色,无明显龋坏,要求预防。如对六龄牙进行封闭,酸蚀时间为
下列说法正确的是:()。
依据FIDIC《木工程施工分包合同条件》中有关分包合同管理的规定,下列说法中错误的有()
我国保险市场上的代理人类型主要包括( )。
债券因有固定的票面利率和期限,相对于股票价格而言市场价格比较稳定。()
()属于外部薪酬。
局域网内使用文件和文件夹共享为用户提供了很大的方便,但同时病毒也很容易通过这些共享入侵计算机。
ListeningDeviceProvidesLandslide(山崩;地滑;塌方)EarlyWarningAdevicethatprovidesearlywarningofalandslidebymonitoring
最新回复
(
0
)