Television
Since its invention in (1) ______, 1. ______.
television has played an increasingly important
role in our life. It affects people’s life in a good
way as well as in a bad way.
On the good side. Firstly, television has
transformed the way (2)______is 2. ______.
transmitted. It can show news in pictures. So in
a way, it brings (3)______ to the public. 3. ______.
Secondly, television has transformed (4)______. 4. ______.
It helps people to be better (5)______ 5. ______.
on political issues and thus enhance
democracy.
On the bad side. First of all, television
increases the (6)______ between people. 6. ______.
People have little chance to (7)______ with 7. ______.
each other due to the distraction of television.
Some social problems and people’s mental
problems are partly caused by this.
Secondly, television is widely thought to be
very harmful to young people. Young people
tend to believe and (8) ______ whatever they 8. ______.
see on TV. As a result of this, the young
generation is more (9) ______ than the old 9. ______.
generations. Television also makes young
people become less (10) ______. They have 10. ______.
no interest in reading and their writing ability is very poor.