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TV'sHarmfulness
Yes, butwhatdidweusetodobeforetherewastelevision? Howoftenwehearstatementslikethis!
Televisionhasn'tbeenwithusallthatlong, butwearealreadybeginningtoforgetwhattheworldwaslikewithoutit. Beforeweadmittedtheone-eyedmonsterintoourhomes, weneverfonditdifficulttooccupyoursparetime. Weusedtoenjoycivilizedpleasures. Forinstance, weusedtohavehobbies, weusedtoentertainourfriendsandbeentertainedbythem, weusedtogooutsideforouramusementstotheatres, cinemas, restaurantsandsportingevents.
Weevenusedtoreadbooksandlistentomusicandbroadcasttalksoccasionally. Allthatbelongstothepast. Nowallourfreetimeisregulatedbythegogglebox. Werushhomeorgulpdownourmealstobeintimeforthisorthatprogramme.
Wehaveevengivenupsittingattableandhavingaleisurelyeveningmeal, exchangingthenewsoftheday. Asandwichandaglassofbeerwilldo一anything, providingitdown'tinterferewiththeprogramme. Themonsterdemandsandobtainsabsolutesilenceandattention.
Ifanymemberofthefamilydarestoopenhismouthduringaprogramme, heisquicklysilenced.
Wholegenerationsaregrowingupaddictedtothetelly. Foodisleftuneaten, homeworkundoneandsleepislost.
Thetellyisauniversalpacifier. Itisnowstandardpracticeformothertokeepthechildrenquietbyputtingthemintheliving-roomandturningontheset.
Itdown'tmatterthatthechildrenwillwatchrubbishycommercialsorspectaclesofsadismandviolence一solongastheyarequiet.
Thereisalimittotheamountofcreativetalentavailableintheworld. Everyday, televisionconsumesvastquantitiesofcreativework. Thatiswhymostoftheprogrammesaresobad: itisimpossibletokeeppacewiththedemandandmaintainhighstandardsaswell.
Whenmillionswatchthesameprogrammes, thewholeworldbecomesavillage, andsocietyisreducedtotheconditionswhichobtaininpreliteratecommunities. Webecomeutterlydependentonthetwomostprimitivemediaofcommunication: picturesandthespokenword.
Televisionencouragespassiveenjoyment. Webecomecontentwithsecond-handexperiences. Itissoeasytositinourarmchairswatchingothersworking. Littlebylittle, televisioncutsusofffromtherealworld.
Wegetsolazy, wechoosetospendafinedayinsemi-darkness, gluedtooursets, ratherthangooutintotheworlditself. Televisionmaybessplendidmediumofcommunication, butitpreventsusfromcommunicatingwitheachother.
Weonlybecomeawarehowtotallyirrelevanttelevisionistoreallivingwhenwespendaholidaybytheseaorinthemountains, farawayfromcivilization. Inquiet, naturalsurroundings, wequicklydiscoverhowlittlewemissthehypnotictyrannyofKingTelly.
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1.WhatisthebiggestharmofTV?
[A] It