8. Has television destroyed communication among people?
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Television has destroyed communication among
friends and family. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
『分析』
不能同意这个观点........。一方面人们看电视的时间越来越多;另外一方面人与人之间的关系越来越冷漠。但是
这两个现象并不是完全、直接的因果关系。造成人们关系冷漠的原因很多，比如，来自方方面面的压力：
工作、生活。
『范文』
Edited by Lost Lawyer
While television has been somewhat harmful in its effects, it has hardly "destroyed" communication among
friends and family, although for some people, the assertion that television has destroyed communication among
friends and family seems pretty plausible.
Television, invented in last century, with its wide availability, increasingly prosperous programs, becomes
one of the most powerful means of communication in the history, and is more and more difficult to ignore.
Television is as much a part of our lives as are our meals, work, or school; studies consistently show that the
average American child spends almost as much time watching television as does he or she in school. We all have
only 24 hours a day and it is clear that the more time one spends on watching television, the less time one does
with his or her family and friends. Hence the passage printed in the newspaper or magazine titled "Television took
my husband away."
Tempting as such claim might be, it is hardly true. Instead of television, it is the increasing pressure of
modern life that took her husband away. We have no definite evidence to say people nowadays endure more
pressures than did their counterparts in the past, but it is absolutely true that people nowadays undergo great
pressures that come from various directions, including work, school, economy, and so forth. Investigations show
that people who earn more than RMB 50, 000 annually spend at least 60 hours on work per week, much more than
those who earn RMB 20,000 annually. Today a bachelor's degree may no longer guarantee a decent pay, more and
more companies post their want ads claiming that applicants must have at least master's degrees, which take two
or three years longer.
People nowadays have very little time for anything; television is merely among many other factors that affect
communication, and is definitely not the main cause of degradation. It seems that the more one is educated, the
more one is aware of the deleterious effects that excessive television causes, and either deliberately avoid it or
actually do not enjoy it. On the other hand, there really are many people addictive to television. But the fact is,
were television not existent, surely these people would have found other escapes, such as alcohol or gambling for
example. In other words, people always find a way to do what they want to do. Therefore, I can hardly agree that
television has destroyed communication among friends and family.
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