TV is not only a convenient and cheap service of enter - tainment , but also a splendid mas s medium of communication . People only have to pay once to buy a TV set , then they can sit at home enjoying the it ems on TV . All they have to do is to pus a but ton or turn a knob , and they can see plays , films , operas and shows of every kind . T V keeps us well informed about the cur r ent events at home and abroad and the latest development in science and technology . The most distant countries and the st rangest customs a re brought right into our room . On TV everything is much mor e living and much mor e real . As a mat ter of fact , it has become so much a pa r t of human life that a modern world without television is unimaginable . Some people even say that life without television is not worth living .

　　Some people argue against TV . T hey think that TV viewers need do nothing . The viewer does not even have to use his legs if he has a remote cont rol . Many people a re glued to seats to look at the movements on T V . They become so dependent on its pictures that it begin s to cont rol their lives . As a result , TV is taking up too much of a per son’s life and making him lazy , not to mention its ha rmful influence upon him, such as the items of violence and pornography on television .

　　On the whole , the re ar e more advantages than disadvantages in the u se of TV . Differ ent people may have diffe rent at titudes toward TV . But we must realize that television in itself is neither good nor bad . I ts value to people and society depends on how we look at it .

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　　內容分析：

　　本文是一篇議論文, 縱談電視的利弊。本文遵循“一個問題— 兩種觀點— 我的意見”這一傳統“ 三段式”作文的模式。全文論點明確, 語言表達流暢, 所列舉的supporting details 均很真實生動, 貼近生活實際。

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　　萬能句型：

　　mass medium/ media 大眾傳媒

　　keep ( s b .) well informed of/ about 使了解⋯⋯

　　curr ent events at home and abroad 國內外時事

　　bring sth . into 把⋯⋯帶入⋯⋯

　　as a ma tter of fact 事實上

　　be worth + -ing 值得⋯⋯

　　be glued to . . . 粘在⋯⋯上

　　be( come) dependent on . . . 依賴⋯⋯

　　not to mention . . . 更不用提⋯⋯

　　violence and pornography 暴力和色情

　　on the whole 總的說來