英语自考本科高级英语笔记上册Lesson Nine.xlsVIP

Sheet3 Sheet2 Sheet1 The soldiers were exposed to the enemys gunfire. You should concentrate on listening to the teacher in class. No one can avoid making mistakes in his life. The dispute between two countries resulted in war. They use tea as a substitute for beer to celebrate. We advised the burglar to surrender himself to the police. A prominent anchorman warns of TVs adverse effect on Americas culture. An anchorman is a person who coordinates a broadcast usually by commenting and introducing reports from correspondents from different cities, countries or other areas. …by the age of 20 you will have been exposed to at least 20,000 hours of televison. …by the age of 20, you will have watched television at least 20,000 hours. expose to: leave uncovered or unprotected 暴露于 Calculat for a moment what could be done with even part of those hours. 计算一下，如果只拿出这些时间的一部分，我们可以做些什么呢？could be down 是虚拟语气 a bachelors degree 学士学位 If it appealed to you… If it was interesting to you… you could be reading Homer in the original Greek or Dostoyevsky in Russian. you could be reading Homers work written in the original Greek or Dostoyevskys novels in Russian instead of The trouble with television is that it discourages concentration. The trouble with television is that it prevents us from concentrating on what we are doing. It sells us instant gratification. TV makes us accept instant pleasure and satisfaction it provides. TV programs entertain us so that we just want to entertain ourselves instead of doing something serious, and let our time pass without pain. Televisions variety becomes a narcotic, not a stimulus. Televisions various programs become a narcotic that drugs our mind, instead of a stimulus that quickens our thought. Its serial, kaleidoscopic exposures force us to follow its lead. TVs constant changing pictures shownone after another force us to follow its lead. the spans alloted are on the order of minutes or seconds… The length of time given to each item is just about a f