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Lesson Nine The Trouble with Television A prominent anchorman warns of TV’s adverse effect on America’s culture By Robert McNeal ? Robert MacNeil (1931- ) was born in Montreal, Canada. He is a radio and television journalist. ?He has worked for NBC radio and for the British Broadcasting Corporation.??他曾在美国全国广播公司电台和英国广播公司工作。?In the mid-1970‘s MacNeil came to public television station WNET to host his own news analysis program, which has grown into the highly regarded MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour.?在20世纪70年代的麦克尼尔来到公共电视台WNET主办自己的新闻分析方案，该方案已在麦克尼尔/吉姆莱勒新闻时间被高度重视。 His novels: The People Machine, Breaking News ? In the essay, MaNeil criticizes American television programming. 1. A prominent anchorman warns of TVs adverse effect on Americas culture. a. prominent ：outstanding ，easily seen，important，distinguished 突出的，显著的，重要的，杰出的：a prominent position / writer显赫的地位，著名作家。 acquire / gain prominence 出人头地。 b. anchorman ?[??k?m?n] ： （广播，电视）（新闻，体育等节目的）主持人。 c. adverse [?dv??s] ： unfavorable ， contrary 不利的，负面的。eg：adverse circumstances逆境； adverse effect负面影响； a theory adverse to the facts与事实相反的理论。 N. adversary ：（竞争中的）对手。 2. If you fit the statistical averages, by the age of 20 you will have been exposed to at least 20,000 hours of television.假如统计的平均数字适用于你的话，那么你到20岁的时候就至少看过2万个小时的电视了， p123 on an （the） average 平均起来，一般来说： Eg. On （an） the average ， I finish reading a book three weeks .一般而言，我平均三星期读完一本书。 be exposed to ： lay open to 使暴露于…… ---Dont expose children to ill effects of the Internet .不要让孩子受因特网的负面影响。 Exposure： n. ---He threatened me with public exposure .他威胁我要把我曝光。 　　。 3. …… it discourages concentration.p124 Discourage （prevent）…. from ……使……放弃 ---The bad weather discouraged them from going out for the picnic .恶劣的天气使他们放弃外出野炊的计划。 It is discouraging that ……很扫兴，…… dis 加在名词，形容词，动词上，表示否定。 eg. able - disable使残废；disassociation分离；discharge放电；discontinue中断；disease疾病（由“不舒适”转危而来） 4. Almost anything interesting and rewarding in life requires some cons