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1、Lesson1DoesTelevisionPlayaPositiveorNegativeRoleintheModernSociety?TextDotheAdvantagesofTelevisionOutweightheDisadvantages?Televisionisnowplayingaveryimportantpartinourlife.Buttelevision,likeotherthings,hasbothadvantagesanddisadvantages.Dotheformerou
2、tweighthelatter?Inthefirstplace,televisionisnotonlyaconvenientsourceofentertainment,butalsoacomparativelycheapone.Forafamilyoffour,forexample,itismoreconvenientaswellascheapertositcomfortablyathome,withalmostunlimitedentertainmentavailable,thantogoou
3、tinsearchofamusementelsewhere.Theydonothavetopayforexpensiveseatsatthetheatre,thecinema,ortheopera,onlytodiscover,perhaps,thattheshowisdisappointing.Alltheyhavetodoispressabutton,andtheycanseeplays,films,operas,andshowsofeverykind,nottomentionpolitic
4、aldiscussionsandthelatestexciting.footballmatch.Somepeople,however,maintainthatthisispreciselywherethedangerlies.Thetelevisionviewertakesnoinitiative.Hemakesnochoiceandexercisesnojudgment.Heiscompletelypassiveandhaseverythingpresentedtohimwithoutanye
5、ffortonhispart.Television,itisoftensaid,keepsoneinformedaboutcurrentevents,allowsonetofollowthelatestdevelopmentsinscienceandpolitics,andoffersanendlessseriesofprogrammeswhicharehothinstructiveandentertaining.Themostdistantcountriesandthestrangestcus
6、tomsarebroughtrightintoone'sstitting-room.Itcouldbearguedthattheradioperformsthisservicejustaswell;butontelevisioneverythingismuchmoreliving,muchmorereal.Yethereagainthereisadanger.Wegetsousedtolookingatit,sodependentonitsflickeringpictures,thatitbeg
7、instodominateourlives.Therearemanyotherargumentsforandagainsttelevision.Thepoorqualityofitsprogrammesi.softencriticized.Butitisundoubtedlyagreatcomforttomanylonelyelderlypeople.Anddoesitcorruptorinstructourchildren?Ithinkwemustrealizethattelevisionin
8、itselfisneithergoodnorbad.Itistheusestowhichitisputthatdetermineitsvaluetosociety.II.ReadReadthefollowingpassages.Underlinetheimportantviewpoirwhilereading.1.WhyWatchTelevision?Matthew:Televisionisundoubtedlyagreatinvention,butoneofthemainyou'vecriti
