Whole generations 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 doesnt matter that the children will watch rubbishy commercials or spectacles of sadism 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 and maintain high standards as well. When millions watch the same programmes, the whole world becomes a village, and society is reduced to the conditions which obtain in preliterate communities. We become utterly dependent on the two most primitive media of communication: pictures and the spoken word.
Television encourages passive enjoyment. We become content with second-hand experiences. It is so easy to sit in our armchairs 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 s 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 tyranny of King Telly.
1. What is the biggest harm of TV?
[A] It deprives people of communication with the real world.
[B] People become lazy.
[C] People become dependent on second-hand experience.
[D] TV consumes a large part of ones life.
2. In what way can people forget TV?
[A] Far away from civilization.
[B] To a mountain.
[C] By the sea.
[D] In quiet natural surroundings.
3. What does a mother usually do to keep her children quiet?
[A] Let them watch the set.
[B] Put them in the living room.
[C] Let them watch the rubbish.
[D] Let them alone.
4. What does the first sentence in the first paragraph mean?
[A] We found it difficult to occupy our spare time.
[B] We become addicted to TV.
[C] What we used to do is different from now.
[D] We used to enjoy civilized pleasures.
2011年实用口语练习:今天我做东
实用口语情景轻松学:秋天是北京最好的季节
实用口语:关于衣服的必备短语
英语口语主题:交际英语热门话题47个(25--竞选和辩论)
2011年实用口语练习:口语当中的ball
2011年实用口语练习:我是无辜的
英语口语-商业信函用语引言
如何用英语表达“你得减肥了”
2011年实用口语练习:高铁开通了
如何提高英语口语
2011年实用口语练习:当猪飞起来的时候
口语情景对话:走遍美国精选 偷得浮生半日闲ACT 1 - 2
如何用英语表达“原来啊…”
2011年实用口语练习:At the post office 在邮局
英语口语主题:交际英语热门话题47个(2--介绍)
2011年实用口语练习:取钱那些事
英语口语-商业谨致问候语
如何用英文表达“欣赏,感激”
2011年实用口语练习:Assignment 家庭作业
2011年实用口语练习:说客 拾人牙慧
2011年实用口语练习:课余阅读
英语口语主题:交际英语热门话题47个(6--闲聊)
如何用英文表达“你活该”
2011年实用口语练习:5=击掌?
英文结婚短信祝福语
英语口语主题:交际英语热门话题47个(3--邀请)
2011年实用口语练习:你把事情搞砸了
2011年实用口语练习:睡或不睡
2011年实用口语练习:英语客套话
2011年实用口语练习:遮人耳目
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |