本期话题:

　　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.

　　参考范文:

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　　Television is undoubtedly one of the most powerful means of communication in the history ofhumankind, rivaled only by such other forms of communication as the Internet, the telephone,movies, and, of course, simple, low-tech speech. Television, with its wide availability and richmedia with image and sound, is difficult to ignore and even seductive in its appeal. Television is as
much a part of our lives as are our meals, work, or school; studies consistently show that theaverage American child spends almost as much time watching television as she does in school.

　　Furthermore, because television is so rich in its media, it often requires our full attention or ismore attraction to us than are our daily lives. Naturally, the more time one spends watchingtelevision, the less time she has with her family and friends. Thus, we can clearly see why some　have claimed that television has been harmful for communication among family and friends.
电视有着很大的优点和明显的优势,其巨大的吸引力使得有那样的言论.

　　However, I believe that, while television has been somewhat harmful in its effects, it has hardly"destroyed" communication among family and friends for most people, although for some, thismay be true.Most people much prefer spending time with their families and friends to spending time watchingtelevision. Television is of course an important part of many people's lives, but most people would
gladly choose family and friends over television were they given the choice.
Furthermore, mosteducated people are aware of the deleterious effects of too much television and either avoidexcessive time watching television, or actually do not enjoy it. I, for example, after a long day atwork, would much rather spend time talking with my wife and playing with my children than Iwould watching some unrealistic portrayal of life on television. For me and my family, our time
together is precious and beautiful, and could never be replaced or hurt by television.

　　Furthermore, the effect of television is simply not so great that it could be said to have"destroyed" communication among family and friends. Granting that communication amongfamily and friends in industrialized countries has decreased in recent years, it might be tempting toblame this problem on television since its rise roughly coincided with the decrease in time wespend with our families. However, I believe this situation is more likely due to increasedpressuresrelating from work, school, and the economy. In my case, for example, I find that my pressuresfrom work are so great that I must often sacrifice time at home so that I can meet the challengesof running my own business. Many of my friends are in similar situations--my best friend, forexample, has just finished law school, which took about sixty hours a week of his time. In a word,people nowadays have very little time for anything, but television is not the cause--it is increased
desire to succeed.

　　In some situations, however, television has surely contributed to a decrease in communicationamong family members. In my childhood in the countryside, I often saw parents and childrenwatching television for hours on end, rarely speaking with one another. It seemed for them thattelevision was a way to escape from their sad, miserable existence. However, even in this case, Iwould say that television merely contributed to the bad situation, but did not cause it; weretelevision not existent, surely these people would have found other escapes, alcohol or gambling,
for example. In other words, people always find a way to do what they want to do.

　　生活的需要，总要有一物充当这个角色
　　In short, I do not believe that television has destroyed or even harmed interpersonalcommunication among most people. Most people realize that television is merely a temporarydiversion and do not use it to replace interpersonal communication. I believe that the damageattributed to television is greatly exaggerated and that such damage is most likely attributable toother more powerful social factors.
　　不同的人会有不同的选择,喜欢和朋友家人团聚的还是不会让电视破坏他们的生活.
另外，作者提出了现代人与朋友家人团聚少的另一重要原因是压力等更有力的社会原因.

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　　When asked about what has been brought by television , different people have different answers.
　　There is some people who don't like TV saying that television has destroyed communicationsamong friends and family. however other people take a negative attitude on this issue. In myopinion, I disagree with the above statement . The reasons are given below.
保守的写作方法

　　Television is only one instrument for people to relax. There is many ways of amusement forpeople to select after the working time nowadays. You can select to meet your friends, toaccompany your parents or to take part in some sports activities. Watching TV at home is simplyone way to live. It is too narrowly to regard TV as one main reason to damage relationship amongfriends and family just because some people has spent a lot of time on it .
只是一种放松方式，还有别的

　　Another reason that I disagree with the above statement is that TV can provide some additionaltopics for communication among friends and family. Talking about the news, the soap drama orsoccer game watching on the TV last night is also good communication ways to increase youraffections with your friends and your family. Also sometimes, skipping one TV program couldprobably make you lose voices among your friends.
　　电视反而为交流提供话题

　　Last but not least, watching TV is one good medicine to cure the loneliness when your friends andparents can not accompany with you. I would not forget the warm which was brought by TV
　　when along outside the hometown.
　　I can't deny that some people has ignored friends and family when they are addicted into watchingTV. However, everything has it's two sides. All the factors mentioned above determined me todraw the conclusion that it is not reasonable to say television has destroyed communicationsamong friends and family.
　　电视也是疗伤的好选择,当然,人无完人,金无足赤,电视有缺点,但不足以证明破坏一说的合理

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　　Some people believe that television has destroyed communication among friends and family. Ithink this is an exaggeration. In my opinion, whether or not television hurts communicationdepends on what type of program is being viewed. More importantly, it depends on the type ofviewer.
　　开篇明志,电视是否有破坏作用,作用的大小决定于观看的是什么,更取决于观看者是什么样的

　　There are empty programs and educational programs. Empty programs do not challenge people.
　　They have just enough storyline to keep them from switching channels. There are also passive andactive viewers. A passive viewer will just watch television without thinking about what he or sheis seeing. The combination of an empty program and a passive viewer makes communicationunlikely. Passive viewers just continue to watch, actually enjoying the fact that they don't have tothink. They won't break away to talk about programming with friends and family. Even with
better programming, passive viewers still won't think or communicate much. They'll probably evenprefer the empty programs because the better programming is too much work.
　　On the other hand, active viewers watching educational programming always want to share whatthey see with friends and family. "Educational" doesn't necessarily mean documentaries on PBS.
　　They could be dramas with realistic relationships or action shows with clever plotlines. Whenactive viewers watch programs, they have ideas and talk about them with others. Goodprogramming inspires them to change their thinking and their lives. Unlike passive viewers, theydon't want to watch more and more without thinking.
　　人的性格对与是否聊很多更加有关系

　　In short, television may destroy communication among passive viewers. Those viewers probabldon't want to communicate with friends and family much anyway. For active viewers who alreadyenjoy communicating, television is actually helpful!
将观众分为两类人，说明对不同的人影响不同。