Watching TV or Reading Books,Which Brings Us More Benefits?
看电视和看书,哪个对我们更有益?
Since the invention of television,more and more people have fallen back on TV for information and entertainment instead of reading books.We can not deny the fact that TV does have its advantages with its audio-visual effects.But personally speaking,I believe that reading books is more beneficial than watching TV.
不能够否认的是,由于电视的视觉效果,电视的优势更加明显。但是我认为,读书的益处要大于看电视。
To begin with, reading is an active process while watching TV is a passive one.When reading a book,the reader has freedom in controlling the speed and pace, but as far as TV programs are concerned, this is barelypossible.Moreover, reading fiction sets free the reader’s imagination and makes him actively participate and anticipate what is happening and what will happen next,while watching TV, for the most part, makes people passive receivers of what is given in the programs,let alone the frequent interruptions by the commercials that attempt to sell unneeded products every 5 minutes.Furthermore, reading is more a learning process than an entertaining one.Through reading books,people improve their literacy and acquire skills.WatchingTV often gives nothing but an entertaining story.
首先,读书是积极过程,而看电视是消极过程。当人们阅读时,读者能够自由掌握速度,但是对于电视节目来说,这几乎是不可能的。此外,阅读科幻作品能够激发人们的想象力,人们更能够积极地参与到即将发生的故事情节当中。看电视时,人们总是被动地接受事情,更不要说电视观众还经常被每隔5分钟的商业广告而干扰。此外,比起娱乐性质,阅读更是一次学习过程。通过阅读,我们能够提升文学修养,获得知识。除了娱乐故事,我们不能够从电视中得到任何信息。
From all the points mentioned above, clearly I am a true believer in the enormous value of reading and sincerely hope people, especially the children, become avid readers rather than devoted TV viewers.
总之,我坚信读书能够给我们带来许多的好处,我非常希望,特别是儿童能够多看书,而不是成为电视的忠实观众。
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