Lesson Fifteen of Tv
Unreality 不真实(性)
Reality 现实
Violence 暴力
Present 显示, 展现; 描述
Show 节目, 表演
Television show 电视节目
Show 上演(戏剧等), 放映(电影等)
Park 停放(车子等)
Very 真正地, 完全地
Back 使倒退, 使后退; 倒退, 后退
Available 可得到的, 可利用的, 现成的
Block 街区, 建筑群
Distorted 被歪曲的, 被曲解的
Doorman 门卫
Screen 荧屏, 屏幕
Nonsense 胡说八道, 废话; 无意义的话或行为 Rain-swept 大雨滂沱的
Gangster 匪徒, 歹徒
Kid (口语) 小孩; 年轻人
Bandage 用绷带包扎
Defend 为……辩护 Defendant 被告
Innocent 无罪的, 无辜的 Plead (法律) 辩解
Guilty 有罪的, 内疚的
D.A. 地方检察官
Harm 损害, 伤害
Harmful 有害的
Advertisement 广告
Mouthwash 漱口剂, 洗口药
Mate 伴侣
Useful Expressions
Not ….but.. 不是……, 而是
Not only … but (also) 不但……而且
Cite an example 引用一个例子, 举例
On the first try 第一次尝试
Think of 考虑, 想想, 想到, 想起
Grow up 长大, 成长
Get into trouble 陷入困境, 招惹麻烦
Keep up with 赶上, 跟上
Be innocent of 没犯……罪
Make a deal (with) 做交易, 达成协议
Cannot afford sth./ to do 没有足够的(钱, 时间) 做……
Do harm/good to 对……有害(或益)
Lead sb. (on) to do 影响某人使其做某事
Advertisements often lead people (on) to buy things they don’t need.
Had better (do) 应该做某事; 最好做某事
You ’d better go and see a doctor right now.
You ’d better not tell him about it.
What …is /looks like ……是何物, ……是什么样子
My grandfather never knew what a violin looked like
Tell me what your home village is like.
Pay …down/ pay down 付押金; 付定金; 即刻支付
They can buy the car by paying 10% down and the rest within two years.
Translate
1) 他第一次尝试就成功了
He succeeded on the very first try.
2) 我非常想念你, 时常想起你 I miss you very much and always think of you.
3) 你若在违反法律, 你会惹出大麻烦的.
If you break the law again, you will get into trouble.
4) 在国外, 他们每天读报来跟上国内形势
.
5) 大家都认为他没有犯谋杀罪. Everyone thought that he the murder.
6) 这两家公司在经过长时间的讨论后达成了协议.
Having discussed for a long time, the two companies made a deal.
7) 在那个村庄现在还有人买不起电视机.
In that village, there are still some people who TV sets.
8) 躺在床上看书对你的眼睛是有害的. Reading on the bed will do harm of your eyes.
9) 你最好举出一个例子来证明你的观点.
You had better a example to prove your .
10) 一个国家的问题往往对全球产生巨大的影响.
A problem in one country usually a great effect on the world.
11) 那年他不仅给家乡修建了一所学校,
.
That year he not only built a school for his hometown, but also to the people of a flooded area.
12) 消费者常常受误导, 结果买的东西往往超过所需.
Consumers are often misled to buy things they don’t need.
2
1) 我们都叫他弗兰克.
All of us call him Frank
2) 他证明自己是一个好司机.
He has proved himself a good driver.
3) 学生们认为他是一个好老师.
The students ed him a good teacher.
Questions on the text
1) What study did Dr. Applebaum complete recently?
Recently he completed a study on the effects of television on children.
2) According to him what is the greatest danger of television?
The greatest danger of television is that it presents a world to children that doesn’t exist, and leads them to things that never happen.
3) What was the first example he gave to show that TV presented a d picture of the
world?
The first example is that we have never seen a television show where a person in a car doesn’t immediately find a parking place on the very first try.
4) It is easy to get a taxi driver in real life, isn’t it? What about the situation on the screen? No, it isn’t.
Whenever a person walks out of a restaurant or office building and says to the doorman, ‘get me a taxi ’ the taxi immediately arrives.
5) Have you ever told a taxi driver to follow a car? Do a lot of people do so? What do we find on
the screen?
No, I haven’t
No, they don’t
On TV every taxi driver looks as if he had nothing better to do than to drive 90 miles an hour through rain_swept street trying to keep up with a carful of .
6) What picture do children get about on TV?
Kids have a false sense of what emergency wards of hospitals are really like. On TV it shows they take a kid to an emergency ward and four doctors come rushing down to bandage his leg. There always happens to be a hospital bed available when a kid needs it.
7) What lies does TV tell about lawyers? What is the situation like in real life?
On the screen the lawyer spends day and night looking for evidence to prove the person is innocent.
In real life the lawyer would stay he can’t afford to find that time out.
8) Which is doing more harm to children according to Dr. Applebaum, the violence on the screen
or the unreality?
9) Advertisements give a picture of the real world, too, don’t they? Can you give an
example?
Yes, they do.
Children are led to believe that when they grow up if they use a certain mouthwash they’ll find the mate of their dreams.
10) Do our TV programs have the same problem?
No, sometimes they are different.
11) In what way are they different from American TV programmes? for children are different, for they are .
12) Do you think TV is doing more harm than good or more good than harm to children? I think it is doing more good than harm.
Lesson Fifteen of Tv
Unreality 不真实(性)
Reality 现实
Violence 暴力
Present 显示, 展现; 描述
Show 节目, 表演
Television show 电视节目
Show 上演(戏剧等), 放映(电影等)
Park 停放(车子等)
Very 真正地, 完全地
Back 使倒退, 使后退; 倒退, 后退
Available 可得到的, 可利用的, 现成的
Block 街区, 建筑群
Distorted 被歪曲的, 被曲解的
Doorman 门卫
Screen 荧屏, 屏幕
Nonsense 胡说八道, 废话; 无意义的话或行为 Rain-swept 大雨滂沱的
Gangster 匪徒, 歹徒
Kid (口语) 小孩; 年轻人
Bandage 用绷带包扎
Defend 为……辩护 Defendant 被告
Innocent 无罪的, 无辜的 Plead (法律) 辩解
Guilty 有罪的, 内疚的
D.A. 地方检察官
Harm 损害, 伤害
Harmful 有害的
Advertisement 广告
Mouthwash 漱口剂, 洗口药
Mate 伴侣
Useful Expressions
Not ….but.. 不是……, 而是
Not only … but (also) 不但……而且
Cite an example 引用一个例子, 举例
On the first try 第一次尝试
Think of 考虑, 想想, 想到, 想起
Grow up 长大, 成长
Get into trouble 陷入困境, 招惹麻烦
Keep up with 赶上, 跟上
Be innocent of 没犯……罪
Make a deal (with) 做交易, 达成协议
Cannot afford sth./ to do 没有足够的(钱, 时间) 做……
Do harm/good to 对……有害(或益)
Lead sb. (on) to do 影响某人使其做某事
Advertisements often lead people (on) to buy things they don’t need.
Had better (do) 应该做某事; 最好做某事
You ’d better go and see a doctor right now.
You ’d better not tell him about it.
What …is /looks like ……是何物, ……是什么样子
My grandfather never knew what a violin looked like
Tell me what your home village is like.
Pay …down/ pay down 付押金; 付定金; 即刻支付
They can buy the car by paying 10% down and the rest within two years.
Translate
1) 他第一次尝试就成功了
He succeeded on the very first try.
2) 我非常想念你, 时常想起你 I miss you very much and always think of you.
3) 你若在违反法律, 你会惹出大麻烦的.
If you break the law again, you will get into trouble.
4) 在国外, 他们每天读报来跟上国内形势
.
5) 大家都认为他没有犯谋杀罪. Everyone thought that he the murder.
6) 这两家公司在经过长时间的讨论后达成了协议.
Having discussed for a long time, the two companies made a deal.
7) 在那个村庄现在还有人买不起电视机.
In that village, there are still some people who TV sets.
8) 躺在床上看书对你的眼睛是有害的. Reading on the bed will do harm of your eyes.
9) 你最好举出一个例子来证明你的观点.
You had better a example to prove your .
10) 一个国家的问题往往对全球产生巨大的影响.
A problem in one country usually a great effect on the world.
11) 那年他不仅给家乡修建了一所学校,
.
That year he not only built a school for his hometown, but also to the people of a flooded area.
12) 消费者常常受误导, 结果买的东西往往超过所需.
Consumers are often misled to buy things they don’t need.
2
1) 我们都叫他弗兰克.
All of us call him Frank
2) 他证明自己是一个好司机.
He has proved himself a good driver.
3) 学生们认为他是一个好老师.
The students ed him a good teacher.
Questions on the text
1) What study did Dr. Applebaum complete recently?
Recently he completed a study on the effects of television on children.
2) According to him what is the greatest danger of television?
The greatest danger of television is that it presents a world to children that doesn’t exist, and leads them to things that never happen.
3) What was the first example he gave to show that TV presented a d picture of the
world?
The first example is that we have never seen a television show where a person in a car doesn’t immediately find a parking place on the very first try.
4) It is easy to get a taxi driver in real life, isn’t it? What about the situation on the screen? No, it isn’t.
Whenever a person walks out of a restaurant or office building and says to the doorman, ‘get me a taxi ’ the taxi immediately arrives.
5) Have you ever told a taxi driver to follow a car? Do a lot of people do so? What do we find on
the screen?
No, I haven’t
No, they don’t
On TV every taxi driver looks as if he had nothing better to do than to drive 90 miles an hour through rain_swept street trying to keep up with a carful of .
6) What picture do children get about on TV?
Kids have a false sense of what emergency wards of hospitals are really like. On TV it shows they take a kid to an emergency ward and four doctors come rushing down to bandage his leg. There always happens to be a hospital bed available when a kid needs it.
7) What lies does TV tell about lawyers? What is the situation like in real life?
On the screen the lawyer spends day and night looking for evidence to prove the person is innocent.
In real life the lawyer would stay he can’t afford to find that time out.
8) Which is doing more harm to children according to Dr. Applebaum, the violence on the screen
or the unreality?
9) Advertisements give a picture of the real world, too, don’t they? Can you give an
example?
Yes, they do.
Children are led to believe that when they grow up if they use a certain mouthwash they’ll find the mate of their dreams.
10) Do our TV programs have the same problem?
No, sometimes they are different.
11) In what way are they different from American TV programmes? for children are different, for they are .
12) Do you think TV is doing more harm than good or more good than harm to children? I think it is doing more good than harm.