背誦為王第二冊(cè)第56課
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這就是電視！
自從特德和他的老朋友莎姆離開一起讀書的學(xué)校后他們就再?zèng)]有見過面。一天，特德在一家大酒店的商務(wù)會(huì)議上看到了莎姆。
“你好，莎姆！”特德高興地說，“你怎么樣??？”
“我很好，謝謝，特德，” 莎姆回答說，“你怎么樣呢？”
“我也不錯(cuò)，謝謝，”特德說，他們并排坐著，開始談話。
慢慢地他們的話題轉(zhuǎn)到了電視上。
特德說，“我認(rèn)為電視對(duì)人們非常有害。當(dāng)我年輕時(shí)，我們自己做事——不僅僅是看別人。傍晚，我們唱歌，玩音樂，打牌，看報(bào)紙或者找些有意義的事做。
莎姆點(diǎn)頭表示同意?！笔堑?，的確如此，我們一星期或一個(gè)月去一次城里，專程去看電影，或是給自己買個(gè)冰激凌?！?
“可是現(xiàn)在，”特德繼續(xù)說，“我的孩子幾乎每天晚上都看電視里那些愚蠢的電影，他們不做老師布置的功課。他們畢業(yè)后會(huì)做些什么??？”
“是的，確實(shí)很糟糕，” 莎姆說，“但是我們又有什么辦法呢？”
“是啊，”特德回答說，“我已經(jīng)決定，這月末足球賽季一結(jié)束我就把電視機(jī)賣了?！?
Lesson56 It's the Television!
Ted had not seen his old friend Sam since they were at school together． One day Ted saw Sam at a business meeting in a big hotel．
“Hi， Sam!” Ted said happily． “How are you?”
“I'm very well， thank you， Ted，” Sam answered， “and how are you?”
“Not too bad， thank you，” Ted said， they sat down side by side and began to talk．
Gradually their topic turned to television．Ted said，“I think it's very bad for people． When I was a young man， we did things ourselves — we didn't just watch other people． In the evenings， we sang songs or played music or cards with each other or we read the newspaper or found ourselves something useful to do．”
Sam nodded． “Yes， that's true， and perhaps once a week or once a month we went into the town specially to see a film in the cinema， and maybe to buy ourselves an ice cream．”
“And now，” Ted went on， “my children watch silly films on television almost every evening， and they don't do the work that their teachers give them． What will they do with themselves when they leave school?”
“Yes， it's very bad， isn't it?” Sam said． “But what can we do about it?”
“Well，” Ted answered， “I've promised myself one thing： I'm going to sell our television set — as soon as the football season finishes at the end of this month．”
Ted had not seen his old friend Sam since they were at school together． One day Ted saw Sam at a business meeting in a big hotel．
“Hi， Sam!” Ted said happily． “How are you?”
“I'm very well， thank you， Ted，” Sam answered， “and how are you?”
“Not too bad， thank you，” Ted said， they sat down side by side and began to talk．
Gradually their topic turned to television．Ted said，“I think it's very bad for people． When I was a young man， we did things ourselves — we didn't just watch other people． In the evenings， we sang songs or played music or cards with each other or we read the newspaper or found ourselves something useful to do．”
Sam nodded． “Yes， that's true， and perhaps once a week or once a month we went into the town specially to see a film in the cinema， and maybe to buy ourselves an ice cream．”
“And now，” Ted went on， “my children watch silly films on television almost every evening， and they don't do the work that their teachers give them． What will they do with themselves when they leave school?”
“Yes， it's very bad， isn't it?” Sam said． “But what can we do about it?”
“Well，” Ted answered， “I've promised myself one thing： I'm going to sell our television set — as soon as the football season finishes at the end of this month．”
