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PAGE / NUMPAGES 模块七 Unit1 泛读材料 The effects of the Internet A Perhaps?nothing?is?more?important?and?dominant?in?the?modern?Chinese?family?than?television.?According?to?a?national?investigation，?Chinese?adults?watch?an?average?of?4?hours?of?television?daily.?Children?watch?even?more，?especially?when?they?are?having?holidays.?They spend more?hours?a?week?in?front?of?the?TV?screen?than?in?the?classroom.?Some?even?regard?TV?as? their?only?faithful?friends?against?loneliness.?It?is?true?that?television?can?entertain?and?educate?us.?However，?every?sword?has?two?blades.?We?must?acknowledge?its?great?effect?on?our?families.????To?the?majority?of?Chinese?families，?TV?becomes?closely?related?to?life?so?that?many?of?them? schedule?their?lives?around?it.?Children?rush?home?from?school?to?watch?TV?while?they?do?their? homework.?Adults?watch?their?favorite?programs?while?cooking?meals.?The?family?may?even?eat?meals?in?front?of?the?television.?It?is?even?considered?as?a?babysitter?to?keep?children?quiet；?and?a?means?of?reward?or?punishment.??No?TV?for?you,?if?you?dont?do?your?homework?right?now！?This?is?the?very?word?you?can?hear?in?most?Chinese?families.????Television?not?only?dominates?family?activities?but?also?separates?family?because?of?the lack ?of?contacts.?As?more?and?more?families?can?afford?more?than?one?television?set?under?one roof, it?is?often?found?that?Mother?will?be?in?the?bedroom?watching?a?TV?series, Dad?in?the?living room ?watching?sport?events，?and?the?child?in?his?or?her?own?room?watching?cartoons.?Even?if?a? whole?family?gather?together?in?front?of?the?same?TV?set,?it?can?hardly?bring?them?together . Different?tastes?of?TV?program?leave?the?family?fewer?chances?to?communicate?and?share opinions.?For?example,?family?outings——going?out?for?a?trip——are?often?limited?by?TV? because?one?of?the?members?doesnt?want?to?miss?his?favorite?program.?As?the?time?is?devoted?to?TV，family?ties?grow?weaker?and?weaker.?Many?of?family?problems?will?surely?arise，?from?small qu