HINTS Walter Shh ah ha Question 33 Question 34 Question 35
"If you asked me television is unhealthy", I said to my roommate Walter, as I walked into the living room."While you are sitting passively in front of the TV set, your muscles are turning to fat, your complexion is fading, and your eyesight is being ruined." "Shh," Walter put his finger to his lips, "This is an intriguing murder mystery." "Really?" I replied. "But you know, the brain is destroyed by TV viewing. Creativity is killed by that box. And people are kept from communicating with one another. From my point of view, TV is the cause of the declining interest in school and the failure of our entire educational system." "Ah ha, I kind of see your point." Walter said softly. "But see? The woman on the witness stand in this story is being questioned about the murder that was committed 100 years ago." Ignoring his enthusiastic description of the plot, I went on with my argument. "As I see it," I explained, "not only are most TV programs badly written and produced, but viewers are also manipulated by the mass media. As far as I am concerned, TV watchers are cut off from reality from nature, from other people, from life itself. I was confident in my ability to persuade." After a short silence, my roommate said, "Anyway, I've been planning to watch the football game. I am going to change the channel." "Don't touch that dial." I shouted, "I want to find out how the mystery turns out." I am not sure I got my point to cross. Question 33 As the speaker walked into the living room, what was being shown on TV? Question 34 What does the speaker say about watching television? Question 35 What can we say about the speaker?
“如果你问我，我会说电视是不健康的。”我走进起居室对我的室友沃尔特说，“当你被动地坐在电视机前，你的肌肉正逐渐转变成脂肪，面色慢慢枯黄，甚至会毁了你的视力。” “嘘~”沃尔特把他的手指放在嘴唇上说，“这是一个耐人寻味的神秘谋杀。” “真的吗？”我回道。 “但是你知道吗，观看电视会损坏大脑。创造力就是被电视所扼杀的，而且它抑制了人与人之间的交流。在我看来，电视正是造成学习兴趣下降和我们整个教育体系失败的原因。” “啊哈，我不明白你说的。”沃尔特轻声说，“但看到了么？故事中证人席上的女人正因大约100年前犯下的谋杀案受到审问。” 忽略他对剧情热心的介绍，我继续说着我的观点。 “照我看来，”我解释说，“不仅是大多数电视节目糟糕地编制，而且观众也由大众传媒所操控。就我个人而言（我认为），电视观众被切断了与现实、自然，与其他人们，甚至与生命本身的联系。我对我的说服能力有信心。” 短暂沉默后，我室友说：“不管怎样，我一直打算看足球比赛，我要换台。” “不要碰遥控器。”我喊道，“我想弄清这神秘谋杀案的结果。” 我不确定，我的观点待定。 问题33：作者走进客厅时电视在放什么节目？ 问题34：作者对于看电视是怎么说的？ 问题35：我们怎么看待这个作者？ ——译文来自: 砣桑