英语六级阅读理解精炼50篇44: 电视误区(含答案)

　　44. Unreality Of TV

　　Dr. Heinrich Applebaum recently completed a study on the effects of television on children. In his case, though, he wasn t concerned1 with violence , but how television gives children a false sense of reality.

　　Dr. Applebaum told me, The greatest danger of television is that it presents a world to children that doesn t exist, and raises expectations that can never be fulfilled. I don t understand, Doctor, I said. Well, let me cite one example. Have you ever seen a television show where a person in an automobile doesn t immediately find a parking2 place on the very first try? Come to think of it, I said, I haven t.

　　Not only is there always a parking spot available3 but the driver doesn t even have to back into it. There are two parking spaces available whenever someone in a TV show needs one . Children are being led to believe that when they grow up they will always be able to find a parking place when and where they want it. Can you imagine the trauma when they discover that in real life you can drive around a block for three hours and still not find a place to put your car?

　　I never thought of it but it s true . What else do they show on television which gives a distorted4 picture of the real world? Have you noticed that whenever a character walks out of a restaurant or office building or apartment and says to the doorman, Get me a taxi, the taxi immediately arrives? Millions of children are under the impression5 that all a doorman has to do is blow his whistle and a taxi will be there. I have never seen a show where the doorman has said, I m sorry. I can t get you a taxi. You better take the bus. Of course , I said. I never knew before what bothered me about those TV action programs, but now I do. There is always a yellow taxi waiting off screen. Now, said Applebaum, have you ever said to a taxi driver, Follow that car and don t lose him ?

　　Not really. Well, if you had, the driver would have told you to blow it out your ear. No taxi driver is in a mood to follow another car because that means he s going to get involved.

　　But on TV every cabdriver looks as if he d like nothing better to do than to drive 90 miles an hour through a rain-swept street trying to keep up with a carful of hoods. And the worst thing is that the kids believe it.

　　阅读自测

　　Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks with the following phrases :

　　1. Driving around for almost an hour, I finally found a_________ .

　　2. The study _________the effect of financial crisis on international trade .

　　3._________ , jazz is a kind of classic music.

　　4. I find the place_________ .

　　5. Many of us are _________that a man with an ugly face is a bad guy.

　　Ⅱ. Question : List two examples to illustrate the unreality of TV.

　　参考答案

　　Ⅰ. 1. parking lot 2. is concerned with 3 . As far as I am concerned 4. on the first try 5. under the impression

　　Ⅱ. 1. Whenever and wherever you want a parking place , you can find it. 2. Whenever you walk out of a restaurant, the doorman could find you a taxi.

　　参考译文

　　电视误区

　　海 因里希 阿普尔鲍姆博士最近完成了一项有关电视对儿童造成的影响的研究。在 他的研究中, 他对暴力问题并不感兴趣, 他所关心的是电视怎样给孩子造成一种现实错觉。

　　阿普尔鲍姆博士告诉我: 电视带来的最大危害是它向孩子们展现了一个并不存在的 世界, 并且挑起他们难以实现的期望。

　　我不明白, 博士, 我说。 那么, 举个例子来说吧。你有没有在电视上看到过一个人开着车, 找不到停车的地方? 仔细想想, 我说, 我没见过那种情况。 不仅总有空着的车位, 而且司机都用不着把车倒进去。无论什么时候, 当电视中的人 需要一个停车位的时候, 总会有两个可用。电视正引导着孩子们去相信这样的事情 他 们长大后, 无论什么时候, 也无论在哪里, 只要需要, 他们总能找到停车的地方。而现实生 活中, 孩子们为找个停车位驾车绕着街区转悠了三个小时, 最后仍没有找着一个可以停车 的地方, 你能想象此刻他们所受到的伤害吗? 我从没有想过, 但确有其事。电视上还展现了什么歪曲现实的画面?

　　你有没有发现, 无论什么时候, 一个人走出饭店、办公楼或公寓, 对门卫说 给我叫辆 车 , 立刻就有辆出租车过来? 成千上万的孩子就有了这样一种印象: 门卫只要吹声口哨,马 上就会有辆出租车开过来。我从没听过电视上的门卫说, 对不起, 没有出租车, 您请坐 公交车吧。

　　当然, 我说, 我以前从没发现那些电视动作片有什么令人紧张的, 现在我明白了。 那是因为总有辆黄色出租车等在荧屏之外。

　　那么, 阿普尔鲍姆博士说, 你有没有对出租车司机说过 跟着刚才那辆车, 别跟 丢了 ? 没有。

　　如果你那样说, 司机可能会让你打消那个念头。没有谁愿意跟踪另一辆车, 因为那意 味着他将卷入某种麻烦。但是在电视上似乎每个司机都乐于以90 英里的时速, 行驶在雨 水冲刷过的街道上, 跟踪满满一车的打手。最糟糕的是孩子们却相信这样的事。

　　阅读导评

　　电视的发明无疑是人类历史上的一大进步, 它让我们更多更快地了解到世界各地已经 发生和正在发生的事情。然而, 人们在充分享受它的同时, 一些不良后果也接踵而至。人 们过分地追求利润, 这已经使电视在很多时候成了一种误导大众的工具, 受影响最严重的 当属处于启蒙阶段的孩子。

　　阅读导释

　　1. 这个词的意思是 关心, 担忧 , 常用于词组be concerned with 中, 意思是 有关系, 涉 及 。concern 的用法很多, 常用的词组有: as concerns ; so / as far as . . . be concerned ; concern oneself in / with sth. 。

　　2. 注意, 这里的park 不是作 公园 解, 而是 停车 的意思。下文出现的parking spot 意思 是 可停放一辆汽车的空间 , 即通常说的 车位 。有些商场前立有标志: 请勿停车! 停车场一般用parking lot 或car park 表示, 而违章停车传票就是 parking ticket。

　　3. 这个词在这里的意思是 可以找到的, 可用的 。

　　4. 这个词意为 扭曲的, 歪曲的 。

　　5. 这里作 印象, 感觉 解。和under 搭配的词组很多, 如: under the pressure ; under discussion 。