填空题 Let's talk about advantages and disadvantages of television. In the
first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, and a 67. ______
comparatively cheap one. With a TV set in the family people don't have to
pay expensive seats at the theatre, the cinema or the opera. All they have to 68. ______
do is to push a button or turn a knob, and they can see plays, films, operas
and shows of every kind. Some people, however, think that this is where
the danger lies. The television viewers should do nothing. He does not even 69. ______
have to use his legs if he has a remote control. He makes no choice and
exercises in judgment. He is completely passive and has everything
presented to him without any effort on his part.
Television, it is often said, keeps one informed about current news and 70. ______
the latest developments in science or politics. The most distant countries 71. ______
and the strangest customs are bought right into one's sitting room. It could 72. ______
be argued that the radio performs this service as well; but on television
everything is much living, much more real. Yet here again there is a 73. ______
danger. The television screen it has a terrible, almost physical charm for 74. ______
us. We get so used to looking at the movements on it, so dependent on its
pictures, that it begins to control our lives. People are often listen to say 75. ______
that their television sets have broken down and that they have suddenly
found that they have far more time to do things and that they have actually
begun to talk to each other again. It makes one think, doesn't it?
There are many other arguments for and against television. We must
realize that television in itself is neither good or bad. It is the use to which 76. ______
it is put that determines its value to society.