综合英语课文ppt精要.ppt

1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * Main idea of the passage The passage in a humorous and ironic way discusses modern leisure activities. In Britain’s case in the 19th century, many leisure activities are simply ways of filling time. The writer offers the example of cricket, a game which can be played for days without any clear winner. The main topic, however, is couch potatoes, people who sit and watch television all their free time, and a new group the writer calls mouse potatoes, who spend all their time in front of their computer screens. The passage is making fun of these two groups of people, mocki