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1、大學英語精讀：第一冊 UNIT 45500字 　　 　　Many people in the United States spend most of their free time watching television. Certainly, there are many worthwhile programs on television, including news, educational programs for children, programs on current social pro

2、blems, plays, movies, concerts, and so on. Nevertheless, perhaps people should not be spending so much of their time in front of the TV. Mr. Mayer imagines what we might do if we were forced to find other activities. Turning off TV: a Quiet Hour 　　I would like to propose that for sixty

3、to ninety minutes each evening, right after the early evening news, all television broadcasting in the United States be prohibited by law. 　　Let us take a serious, reasonable look at what the results be if such a proposal were accepted. Families might use the time for a real family hour. Without

4、the distraction of TV, they might sit around together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our problems —— everything, in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of mental illness —— are caused at least in part by failure to commun

5、icate. We do not tell each other what is disturbing us. The result is emotional difficulty of one kind or another. By using the quiet family hour to discuss our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better. 　　On evenings when such talk is unnecessary, famili

6、es could rediscover more active pastimes. Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might take a ride together to watch the sunset. Or they might take a walk together （remember feet?） and see the neighborhood with fresh, new eyes. 　　With free time and no TV, children and adults mig

7、ht rediscover reading. There is more entertainment in a good book than in a month of typical TV programming. Educators report that the generation growing up with television can barely write an English sentence, even at the college level. Writing is often learned from reading. A more literate new gen

8、eration could be a product of the quiet hour. 論文代寫 　　A different form of reading might also be done, as it was in the past: reading aloud. Few pastimes bring a family closer together than gathering around and listening to mother or father read a good story. The quiet hour could become the story h

9、our. When the quiet hour ends, the TV networks might even be forced to come up with better shows in order to get us back from our newly discovered activities. 　　At first glance, the idea of an hour without TV seems radical. What will parents do without the electronic baby-sitter? How will we spen

10、d the time? But it is not radical at all. It has been only twenty-five years since television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can remember childhoods without television, spent partly with radio —— which at least involved the listeners imagination —— but also wit

11、h reading, learning, talking, playing games, inventing new activities. It wasnt that difficult. Honest. The truth is we had a ball. 總結(jié)大全 /html/zongjie/ 　　NEW WORDS 　　worthwhile 思想?yún)R報 /sixianghuibao/ 　　a. good enough for the time or effort needed; valuable 值得花時間（或精力）的；有價值的 思想?yún)R報 /sixia

12、nghuibao/ 　　program （me） 開題報告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ 　　n. performance on radio or television 節(jié)目 簡歷大全 /html/jianli/ 　　educational 　　a. of or for education; providing education or information 教育的；有教育意義的 畢業(yè) 　　current 畢業(yè) 　　a. of the present time 當前的 作文 /zuowen/ 　　so

13、cial 畢業(yè)論文 　　a. of or in society 社會的 作文 /zuowen/ 　　movie 畢業(yè)論文 　　n. film that one sees at a cinema 電影 總結(jié)大全 /html/zongjie/ 　　nevertheless 論文代寫 　　conj. but; however 然而，不過 　　propose 畢業(yè)論文 　　vt. suggest 建議 簡歷大全 /html/jianli/ 　　broadcasting 思想?yún)R報 /sixianghuibao/ 　　n. th

14、e action of sending out sound （or images） by radio （or television） 廣播 總結(jié)大全 /html/zongjie/ 　　prohibit 畢業(yè)論文 　　v & n. forbid by law 禁止 作文 /zuowen/ 　　proposal 簡歷大全 /html/jianli/ 　　vt. suggestion 提議，建議 簡歷大全 /html/jianli/ 　　actually 　　n. in actual fact, really 實際上 畢業(yè) 　　generat

15、ion 　　n. all the people about the same age （一）代 簡歷大全 /html/jianli/ 　　gap 簡歷大全 /html/jianli/ 　　n. an empty space between two things or two parts of a thing; a wide difference of opinion, character, or the like 缺口，間隙；分歧，隔閡 開題報告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ 　　divorce 　　n. end of a

16、 marriage by law 離婚 作文 /zuowen/ 　　rate 思想?yún)R報 /sixianghuibao/ 　　n. 率 簡歷大全 /html/jianli/ 　　mental 簡歷大全 /html/jianli/ 　　a. of the mind 精神的；思想上的 論文代寫 　　communicate 畢業(yè)論文 　　vi. share or exchange opinions, ideas, etc. 交流意見，思想等 　　disturb 畢業(yè) 　　vt. make （sb.） worried 使煩惱 畢業(yè) 　

17、　emotional 論文代寫 　　a. 感情的 畢業(yè)論文 　　pastime 畢業(yè) 　　n. anything done to pass time pleasantly 消遣，娛樂 總結(jié)大全 /html/zongjie/ 　　sunset 畢業(yè) 　　n. the going down of the sun; the time when the sun goes down　日落（時分） 簡歷大全 /html/jianli/ 　　neighborhood 畢業(yè) 　　n. the area around a point or place 鄰近地區(qū)；

18、地段 　　adult 論文代寫 　　n. 成年人 畢業(yè) 　　typical 總結(jié)大全 /html/zongjie/ 　　a. 典型的 總結(jié)大全 /html/zongjie/ 　　educator 論文代寫 　　n. a person whose profession is education 教育家 畢業(yè)論文 　　barely 開題報告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ 　　ad. hardly 僅僅，勉強；幾乎沒有 　　literate 畢業(yè) 　　a. able to read and

19、write 能讀寫的；有文化的 　　product 畢業(yè)論文 　　n. sth. made or grown 產(chǎn)品 畢業(yè)論文 　　network 簡歷大全 /html/jianli/ 　　n. 廣播（或電視）聯(lián)播公司；廣播（或電視）網(wǎng) 開題報告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ 　　glance 論文代寫 　　n. quick look 一瞥；掃視 總結(jié)大全 /html/zongjie/ 　　radical 開題報告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ 　　a. extreme;

20、very different 激進的 思想?yún)R報 /sixianghuibao/ 　　electronic 　　a. 電子的 作文 /zuowen/ 　　electron 總結(jié)大全 /html/zongjie/ 　　n. 畢業(yè) 　　baby-sitter 作文 /zuowen/ 　　n. someone who looks after a child when the parents are away for a short time （代人臨時）照看嬰兒 開題報告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ 　　ch

21、ildhood 開題報告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ 　　n. time when one is a child 童年 畢業(yè)論文 　　partly 論文代寫 　　ad. not completely; in some degree 部分地；在一定程度上 畢業(yè)論文 　　involve 　　vt. have as a part or result （必須）包括 簡歷大全 /html/jianli/ 　　imagination 畢業(yè)論文 　　n. the ability to imagine 想象力 畢業(yè)論文

22、 　　learning 畢業(yè) 　　n. the gaining of knowledge or skill through studying; knowledge or skill gained through studying 學習；學問，知識 簡歷大全 /html/jianli/ 　　invent 總結(jié)大全 /html/zongjie/ 　　vt. produce （sth.） for the first time 發(fā)明 畢業(yè) 　　PHRASES & EXPRESSIONS 作文 /zuowen/ 　　generation ga

23、p 總結(jié)大全 /html/zongjie/ 　　failure of the younger and older generations to communicate and understand one another 代溝 論文代寫 　　in part 論文代寫 　　in some degree; partly 在一定程度上；部分地 開題報告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ 　　grow up 　　change from a child to a man or a woman 成長，長大 總結(jié)大全 /ht

24、ml/zongjie/ 　　bring together 　　cause to meet 使相聚 　　come up with 　　think of; produce 想出；提出 思想?yún)R報 /sixianghuibao/ 　　at first glance 開題報告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ 　　when first seen or thought about　乍一看；最初考慮時 畢業(yè)論文 　　have a ball 　　（sl.） enjoy oneself, have a very good time 玩得開心 總結(jié)大全 /html/zongjie/ 　　PROPER NAMES 　　Mayer 畢業(yè)論文 　　邁耶（姓氏） 簡歷大全 /html/jianli/ 　　the United States 總結(jié)大全 /html/zongjie/ 　　美國 畢業(yè)