Effects of Television on our Society

With the ever-increasing speed of technology development, television, a widespread means of recreation for centuries, has applied a soaring number of advanced technologies to it, making it far more intriguing. Nevertheless, what kind of influence television has exerted on our society has aroused heated discussion in public. There is a part of our citizen claiming that television has wasted our time and spoilt the promising future of children, whereas I am firmly convinced that television has brought about profound changes to us.
隨著科技的飛速進步，作為一個世紀以來的廣泛普及的娛樂方式——電視機正在把更多的先進技術(shù)可以應用于其上，把自己變得更加富有吸引力。然而，電視機對人類社會到底有什么樣的影響，這一個問題在大眾之間激發(fā)了熱烈的討論。有一部分公民認為電視機浪費了我們的時間并且毀掉了孩子們的美好未來，而我卻堅定的認為電視機給我們的生活帶來了極為巨大的轉(zhuǎn)變。

First and foremost, the leading factor that hits me is that television provides a brilliant source of information. Not only can it bring a great deal of information in a comparably short time, but it may also enable us to acquire new knowledge visually and acoustically, taking advantage over other media.首先，我考慮到的第一個因素是電視機是一個極好的信息源。它不僅可以在短時間內(nèi)呈現(xiàn)大量的信息，而且可以從視聽多角度呈現(xiàn)信息，這一點使它優(yōu)于其他的媒介。

Apart from that, what is more important, watching TV is a better way of recreation and entertainment. While watching TV, people invariably gain a sense of relaxation. According to a recent survey conducted by National University of Taiwan, 60% of the participants argued to relax themselves by watching TV series or animations and this did relieve their pressure effectively. After mentioning this example, conclusion easily comes to light that watching TV is a great approach to releasing pressure.除此之外，更為重要的是，看電視是一個很好的休閑娛樂的方式。當人們看電視的時候，他們總是感到十分的放松。根據(jù)一所大學近期所做的一項調(diào)查，百分之六十的被調(diào)查者說他們通過看電視劇或者動畫片來放松，這些方式的確很有效地緩解了他們的壓力。從這個例子我們可以得到以下的結(jié)論：看電視是一個化解壓力的好方法。

Admittedly, television does have its drawbacks such as its characteristic of alluring students into watching TV series and out of finishing their homework, making students addicted to it. Notwithstanding, when compared with its advantages, these demerits fall into secondary. What is more, for those people with self-abnegation, those disadvantages cann’ t be a problem.當然，電視機也有自身的弊病比如說吸引孩子未完成作業(yè)就看電視和讓孩子們上癮的特性。但是，和優(yōu)點相比起來，這些不足顯得不那么重要了。另外，對那些有自制力的人來說，這些弊病沒多大問題。

From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the conclusion that the positive effect TV exerts far outweighs its deleterious impact; it is suitable to consider television as one of the most preeminent inventions in history. I advocate that everyone should be encouraged to get access to it and make full use of its potential, making our vision wider.經(jīng)過以上討論我們可以清晰地得出結(jié)論，電視機對人類社會產(chǎn)生了更多積極的影響，它可以被認為是人類歷史上最偉大的發(fā)明之一。我建議我們每一個人都應當適度看電視來拓寬我們的知識面。