Advantages and Disadvantages of TV

　　电视的利弊

　　TV is not only a convenient and cheap service of entertainment, but also a splendid mass medium of communication. People only have to pay once to buy a TV set, then they can sit at home enjoying the items on TV. All they have to do is to push a button or turn a knob, and they can see plays, films, operas and shows of every kind. TV keeps us well informed about the current events at home and abroad and the latest development in science and technology. The most distant countries and the strangest customs are brought right into our room. On TV everything is much more living and much more real. As a matter of fact, it has become so much a part of human life that a modern world without television is unimaginable. Some people even say that life without television is not worth living.

　　Some people argue against TV. They think that TV viewers need do nothing. The viewer does not even have to use his legs if he has a remote control. Many people are glued to seats to look at the movements on TV. They become so dependent on its pictures that it begins to control their lives. As a result, TV is taking up too much of a person's life and making him lazy, not to mention its harmful influence upon him, such as the items of violence and pornography on television.

　　On the whole, there are more advantages than disadvantages in the use of TV. Different people may have different attitudes toward TV. But we must realize that television in itself is neither good nor bad. Its value to people and society depends on how we look at it.

　　作文结构分析：

　　1. Advantages

　　(1) cheap

　　(2) convenient

　　(3) entertaining

　　An inseparable part of life

　　2. Disadvantages

　　(1) causing laziness

　　(2) wasting time

　　(3) showing terrible programs

　　Harmful influence upon people

　　3. Conclusion: People need correct judgement and good reasoning

　　作文内容分析：

　　本文是一篇议论文, 纵谈电视的利弊。本文遵循“一个问题— 两种观点— 我的意见”这一传统“ 三段式”作文的模式。全文论点明确, 语言表达流畅, 所列举的supporting details 均很真实生动, 贴近生活实际。

　　单词词组：

　　mass medium/media 大众传媒

　　keep ( sb.) well informed of/ about 使了解…………

　　current events at home and abroad 国内外时事

　　bring sth. into 把……带入…………

　　as a matter of fact 事实上

　　be worth +-ing 值得……

　　be glued to... 粘在…………上

　　be(come) dependent on... 依赖…………

　　not to mention... 更不用提…………

　　violence and pornography 暴力和色情

　　on the whole 总的说来