Television Is Doing Irreparable Harm
"Yes, but what did we use to do before there was television?"How often we hear statements like this! Television hasn‘t been with us all that long, but we are already beginning to forget what the world was like without it. Before we admitted the one-eyed monster into our homes, we never found it difficult to occupy our spare time. We used to enjoy civilized pleasures. For instance, we used to have hobbies,we used to entertain our friends and be entertained by them,we‘used to go outside for our amusements to theatres, cinemas, restaurants and sporting events. We even used to read books and listen to music and broadcast talks that belongs to the all our free time is regulated by the‘ goggle box‘ We rush home or gulp down our meals to be in time for this or
that program. We have even given up sitting at table and having a leisurely evening meal,exchanging the news of the day. If any member of the family dares to open his mouth during a program, he is quickly silenced. Little by little, television cuts us off from the real world. 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 Television.
電視正在造成無法補救的損害
“的確如此。不過，在電視出現以前，我們經常做什麼呢?”這樣的感慨對我們是多麼耳熟啊! 電視出現在我們生活中還沒有那麼久，但是，我們已經開始忘卻沒有電視的世界曾經是個什麼模樣了。在我們把這個獨眼怪物請進家門之前，我們從來都不覺得打發閒暇時光是什麼難事。那時，我們享受着種種優雅的樂趣。比如，我們曾有各種愛好，我們曾在家裏款待朋友或者到朋友家做客，我們曾去劇院、電影院、餐館和體育競賽場館娛樂消遣。我們曾經時常讀讀書，聽聽音樂和廣播聊天節目。所有這些都已成爲過去。
現在，我們所有的閒暇時光都被電視主宰着。我們急匆匆地衝回家，狼吞虎嚥地扒完飯，就爲了趕上這個或那個電視節目。我們現在甚至放棄了圍坐在餐桌前一邊悠閒地享用着晚餐，一邊交談這一天的`見聞的習慣。若是某個家庭成員竟敢在收看電視節目的時候開口說話，大家一定會立即叫他閉嘴。漸漸地，電視剪斷了我們與外界真正的聯繫。只有當我們遠離現代文明，在海濱或山區度假的時候，我們才意識到電視與真實的生活是多麼不相干。在寧靜的自然環境中，我們很快發現，對於催眠的、****的電視王國，我們並沒有絲毫的眷戀。
