1、目錄TOEFL.iBT高分作文思路范文完美重排版3本部分填補(bǔ)了目前網(wǎng)絡(luò)iBT備考資料的空白。根據(jù)李笑來(lái)老師提供的作文思路與iBT高分作文原書范文重排。本部分對(duì)iBT考試的獨(dú)立寫作部分與口語(yǔ)部分均具有重要的參考作用。范文中加粗部分均依為原書所有。附錄一185題庫(kù)按關(guān)鍵詞分類184照錄原書附錄附錄二李笑來(lái)作文筆記(獨(dú)立部分)185根據(jù)本人新東方聽(tīng)課詳盡筆記整理而成附錄三句法多樣性專題193摘自李笑來(lái)老師網(wǎng)站( HYPERLINK http:/www.xiaolai )附錄四例證表達(dá)法199摘自李笑來(lái)老師網(wǎng)站( HYPERLINK http:/www.xiaolai )時(shí)間匆忙，歡迎指出錯(cuò)誤，將在后

2、面的版本中修正。感謝笑來(lái)老師給我們提供了如此之好的備考材料，一切版權(quán)歸笑來(lái)老師所有。僅供廣大iBT考生備考參考，建議購(gòu)買原版以更好使用。LostLawyer2006年11月10日Page2of201TOEFL.iBT高分作文思路范文完美重排版Whypeopleattendcollege?Peopleattendcollegeoruniversityformanydifferentreasons（forexample,newexperiences,careerpreparation,increasedknowledge）.Whydoyouthinkpeopleattendcollegeoruni

3、versity?Usespecificreasonsandexamplestosupportyouranswer.分析說(shuō)明人們選擇上大學(xué)的具體原因（一個(gè)或者多個(gè)）：增加經(jīng)驗(yàn)、拓展知識(shí)、開(kāi)闊視野為了實(shí)現(xiàn)理想（ideal;idealistic）（如，周恩來(lái)就是為中華之崛起而讀書）為了保證將來(lái)的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)父母要求子女上大學(xué)別人都上大學(xué)了，所以自己也選擇讀書找不到工作（無(wú)知，總是一部分人做出某個(gè)選擇的理由。上大學(xué)如是1，去博物館如是12，從事危險(xiǎn)運(yùn)動(dòng)亦如是43。）相關(guān)題目：168范文Aftergraduatingfromhighschoolmanyyoungpeoplehavetheoptiontodi

4、rectlyentertheworkforce.Moststudentswhohavetheopportunity,however,decidetogotocollegebeforefindingjobs（Theyattendcollegetoobtainmorechoices,-highersalaries,andmoreopportunitiesforadvancementinanincreasinglycompetitivejobmarket.Beforeattendingcollege,studentshavealimitedopportunitytospecialize.Aftero

5、btainingaspecificcollegedegreeajobapplicantcanbecompetitiveforpreviouslyunavailablejobs.Forinstance,applicantswithComputerSciencedegreeswouldnotonlybequalifiedforjobsinhigh-techcompanies,theywouldalsobewellpreparedforanyjobwithcomputerskillsasaprerequisite.Withalargerrangeofpotentialjobstochoosefrom

6、,degreeholdersaremorelikelytofindajobthatsuitstheirparticularneedsandinterests.Additionally,employersarewillingtopayapremiumforhighlyqualifiedapplicants.Forexample,manycompaniesdesireemployeeswhoarecompetentinmorethanonelanguageandofferhighersalariestoattractthem.Evenifajobapplicantwithoutacollegede

7、greehashighstandardizedtestscores,employersmaystillplacePage3of201TOEFL.iBT高分作文完美重排版EditedbyLostLawyerahighervalueonanapplicantwithsimilartestscoreswhoalsopossessescredentialsfromawell-knownuniversity.Becauseoftheextenttowhichacollegedegreeisacceptedbyemployersasproofofcompetenceinagivenfield,colleg

8、egraduatesarenotonlymorelikelytoreceivemorejoboffers,theycanalsocommandhighersalariesthanapplicantswholackcollegediplomas.Finally,inadditiontoofferingmorechoicesandhighersalaries,acollegedegreeoffersaccesstojobswithaclearpathtowardsprofessionaladvancement.AB.S.inbiology,forexample,couldallowastudent

9、tofindajobinalabaftergraduation,afirststepontheroadtowardsacareerinscientificresearch.Thesamemajorcouldalsobeusedtoapplytomedicalschool,andacareerasadoctor.Bothoftheseavenueswouldbeunavailablewithouttakingthefirststepofanundergraduatedegreeinbiology.Areparentsthebestteachers?Doyouagreeordisagreewith

10、thefollowingstatement?Parentsarethebestteachers.Usespecificreasonsandexamplestosupportyouranswer.分析因觀點(diǎn)絕對(duì)而不能同意。不是所有的父母都是好老師最好的老師不僅僅是父母有些父母盡管善良，但對(duì)教育孩子一無(wú)所知z有些父母不配做孩子的老師，對(duì)孩子有不良影響范文Obviously,inmostcasestheearliestteacherspeoplehavearetheirparents,andparentsaregenerallymostconcernedaboutthedevelopmentofth

11、eirchildren.However,itisnotcompletelytruetosaythatparentsarethebestteachers.Firstofall,notallparentsaregoodteachers.Asnormalindividuals,someparentsmoreorlesshavesomebadhabits.Eventhoughparentsalmostinstinctivelydevotethemselvestocultivatingtheiroffspring,theoutcomemightturnouttobedisappointment,fora

12、llchildrentendtounconsciouslyorsubconsciouslycopyeverythingincludingbadonesfromtheirparents.Anotherdeficiencyofparentsasteachersisthefactthatmostparentsarelackofcommonsensesofeducation.Alltoooftenweobservesomeparentstendtopursuetheircherishedbutfaileddreambyforcingtheirchildrentodevelopinaprearrange

13、ddirection.Ironically,whentheirchildrendonotfollowtheinstructions,thechildrenwillberegardedasdisobedientorallegedlyrebellious.Infact,itisparentsratherthantheirchildrenthatvirtuallydisobeycommonsensesMoreover,someparentsarequalifiedasgoodteachers,butnotallofthemarethebestones.Whenchildrenareintheprel

14、iminaryschool,itisnotsurprisingthatparentsareperhapscapableofteachingtheirchildrenalmosteverysubjectevenbetterthanprofessionalteachersintheschool.Butthesituationwillnotlastlong.Weliveinaworldwhereknowledgeisaccumulatedbymultiplyingandatthesametimebecomesmoreandmorespecialized.Therefore,tobeaprofessi

15、onalinacertainfieldtodaytakesmuchlongertimethanhaseverbeenbefore.Noparentisabletobeprofessionalinallfields,thoughtheymightbeexpertsinoneormorefields.Wiseparentsoftenreleaseratherthanchargetheirchildrenasearlyaspossible.Theyareawareofthepossibilityoutsidethefamily.Parentsmay,nevertheless,helptheirchi

16、ldrenmuchmorethandogoodteachers.Mostpartsofchildreneducationarevirtuallybeyondteachersreaches.Itisparentsthatsupplement.Psychologystudieshaveshownusthatparentslovesometimeshasastonishinglymagicpowertotheirchildren.AlbeitEinsteinsmotherandthatofForestGumparebothgoodexamples.Ontheotherhand,parentsmigh

17、tdotheirchildrenharmmorethandobadteachersaswell.Thenaturesofthosechildrenwhoseparentshavedivorcedareoftenseverelydistorted.Inaword,itisrathersuperficialtosimplysaythatparentsarethebestteachers.Doeseasier-preparedfoodimprovethewaypeoplelive?Nowadays,foodhasbecomeeasiertoprepare.Hasthischangeimprovedt

18、hewaypeoplelive?Usespecificreasonsandexamplestosupportyouranswer.分析總體上，“食物變得越來(lái)越容易準(zhǔn)備”是一種進(jìn)步37，所以自然會(huì)帶來(lái)improvement。使人們的生活方式發(fā)生了一些變化：好的：節(jié)省時(shí)間，越來(lái)越方便，一定程度上把婦女從繁雜的家務(wù)中解放了出來(lái)也有不好的變化：準(zhǔn)備食物是一種重要的家庭活動(dòng)，可是食物變得容易準(zhǔn)備一定程度上使家人在一起的時(shí)間減少了，比如“速凍餃子”quick-frozendumpling快餐業(yè)的高速發(fā)展的一個(gè)直接結(jié)果是，人們普遍變胖了，尤其是孩子相關(guān)題目：13范文Peopletodaycanprepare

19、theirmealmucheasierthanhaseverbeenbefore.Toprepareasingledinner,providenthousewivesusuallyhadtoworkforhoursinthepast:theyhadtobuyhomedirtyvegetableswhichhadtowash,meatwhichhadtoslice,andsoonsoforth.Eachandeverystepofpreparationwasatime-consumingtask.Butnow,thingsareentirelydifferent.Supermarketsprov

20、idevegetablesandmeatcleanandneat,someofthemevenhaverelevantingredientsandneedonlyafewminutestobemadeintodeliciousmeals.Andthischangehasindeedgreatlyimprovedthewaypeoplelive.Inasense,foodpreparationisnolongeratedioustask,atleastmucheasiertotolerate.Suchachangehasliberatedmanywomenandgiventhemchanceto

21、domoremeaningfulthings,forexample,ahigherpayjoboramorerespectfulone.Ontheotherhand,moremenarebecomingwillingtodothethingthattheyoncehatedsomuch,andinsomecasessuchtransformationofmenbroughtdramaticpositiveimpactonthefamily.Today,itsnothardtoimagineawifecomeshomeafteradayshardworkandhowdelightfulsheis

22、tofindouthishusbandhasalreadypreparedherseveralherfavoritedishes!Childrencanmoreeasilybecomeindependentatleasttheycanmakethemselvesbreakfastsordinnerswhenparentsareoccasionallynotpresent.Butsuchachangehasalsobroughtsomeunexpectedconsequences.Girlsnowadaysarebecomingmoreandmorereluctanttodeemhousehol

23、dworkastheirresponsibility.Thereasonisquitestraightforward:itwasoncereallyridiculoustoinsistmendotrivialhouseholdworkratherthangoworkandearnmoneytosupportfamily,butconditionshavealterednow,girlsmightthink:Icanworkaswell,ormaybeIcanearnahighersalarythanyoudo,dearboyfriend,ifyouwanttomarryme,answermeo

24、nequestionfirst,willyoupreparemebreakfastanddinnereveryday?Andsomeboys,ontheotherhand,arebecominghesitanttogetmarried,orsimplyremainsolitary,amongmiscellaneousreasonstheydosoisonething:Icantakecareofmyself,atleastIdontreallyneedsomeonepreparemedinner!Anyway,suchachangeispositiveanditdidimprovethequa

25、lityofpeopleslife.Atleastithasbroughtgirls,boys,husbands,wives,childrenandeveryoneelsewhohastopreparefoodanopportunity,nomatterwhatkindofopportunityitis.Whichismoreimportant,bookknowledgeorexperience?Ithasbeensaid,Noteverythingthatislearnediscontainedinbooks.Compareandcontrastknowledgegainedfromexpe

26、riencewithknowledgegainedfrombooks.Inyouropinion,whichsourceismoreimportant?Why?分析注意一定要先進(jìn)行比較從書本中獲取的知識(shí)優(yōu)點(diǎn)：題材、范圍更多有更多的深度更加的系統(tǒng)缺點(diǎn)：有時(shí)過(guò)于教條也不見(jiàn)得完全準(zhǔn)確從經(jīng)驗(yàn)中獲取的知識(shí)優(yōu)點(diǎn)：獲取直接、簡(jiǎn)單明了更加地實(shí)用有些知識(shí)無(wú)法從書本中獲得缺點(diǎn)：不系統(tǒng)，很大的隨意性很容易產(chǎn)生片面理解不一定要說(shuō)A比B更重要，或者B比A更重要。也可以選擇在不同的情況下，有不同的比較。學(xué)習(xí)抽象的知識(shí)，書本是最好的來(lái)源。學(xué)習(xí)游泳，這只能靠經(jīng)驗(yàn)。另外，大多數(shù)的知識(shí)要書本經(jīng)驗(yàn)相結(jié)合才可以。相關(guān)題目：116有些

27、科目或者知識(shí)適合通過(guò)實(shí)踐學(xué)習(xí)，比如，語(yǔ)言，體育有些科目或者知識(shí)適合通過(guò)閱讀學(xué)習(xí)，比如，物理、化學(xué)、歷史、地理有些科目或者知識(shí)適合通過(guò)與別人交流來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)，比如銷售技巧；管理技巧所以不能一概而論(treatdifferentthings/problems/mattersasthesame)，要看學(xué)什么，以及學(xué)習(xí)的階段。范文Ingeneral,knowledgegainedfrombookshasawiderrangethanthatgainedfromexperienee.Wenowliveinaworldthattypophileisnolongerexorbitant,andthatprinte

28、dmattersarereadilyavailable.Inlibraries,weeanlearnnearlyeverythingonlyifwehavealreadyaequiredbasiereadingskills,philosophy,history,literature,physies,mathematies,ehemieals,biology,geography,anthropology,andthelistwillgoon.Unliketheexperieneeofanindividualthatislimitedbytherangeofthatindividual,books

29、seemtohavealmostnolimitation.Sittingintheloeallibrary,wevirtuallyeantraveleverywherethroughaninterestinggeographieeneyelopedia,andeertainly,withnearlynoexpenseatall.Ontheotherhand,iteanbearguedthatsometimesknowledgegainedfromexperieneeismuehdeeperandmoreeomprehensivethanthatgainedfrombooks.Itisquite

30、truethatnoteverythingiscontainedinbooks.Howtodealwithpersonalfinance,howtocopewithcurrentsocialtrends,evenhowtomosteffectivelyorganizeourownmind,andnumerousotherthingscanseldombefoundthoroughlyandcomprehensivelydiscussedinbooks,wehavetogaintheknowledgebyourownexperience.Andthesadnewsisthatevensomekn

31、owledgethatiscontainedinbooksusuallyneedsfurthercomprehension,mainlythroughexperience.Astowhichsourceismoreimportant,theanswersvary.Someknowledgecanbeacquiredonlythroughbooks.Itshardtoimaginewecanhaveagoodunderstandingofhistorywithoutreadingbooks.Ontheotherhand,someknowledgecanbeobtainedonlythroughe

32、xperience.Whenwetrytolearntoswim,merelyadetailedmanualofswimmingskills,evenabundantlyfilledwithillustrations,isatmostuseless.Wehavetojumpintothewaterandthengaintheknowledgewithexperience.Wehavetousebooksandexperienceassourcesimultaneouslytogetwhatwewanttoknow.Takelearningphysicsforexample,bothbooksa

33、ndexperiencesareequallyimportantsources,andexamplesassucharenumerous.Therefore,Ithinkwhetheronesourceismoreimportantthantheotherdependsoncircumstances.TheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofanewfactorynearyourcommunityAcompanyhasannouncedthatitwishestobuildalargefactorynearyourcommunity.Discusstheadvantages

34、anddisadvantagesofthisnewinfluenceonyourcommunity.Doyousupportoropposethefactory?Explainyourposition.分析先討論“假設(shè)工廠真的落成了，而帶來(lái)的好處和壞處”，而后發(fā)表看法。好處：直接增加了就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)（到工廠去上班）；間接增加了就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)（會(huì)有很多服務(wù)業(yè)，比如飯店、商店、超市等等跟著開(kāi)業(yè)）如果工廠規(guī)模足夠大，物流規(guī)模也足夠大，那么將最終成為交通改善的起點(diǎn)大的工廠可以繳納很多稅，對(duì)地方財(cái)政有好處，進(jìn)而促進(jìn)社區(qū)的繁榮壞處：帶來(lái)各種污染，比如，噪音、廢氣、污水等等工廠不一定會(huì)贏利相關(guān)題目：16、25、26、3

35、0、79范文Page8of201TOEFL.iBT高分作文完美重排版EditedbyLostLawyerIliveinaprimarilyagriculturalcommunity,andmostofthepopulationliveshandtomouth.Parentskeepchildrenhomefromschooltoworkinthefields.Ifthereisafloodoradrought,peoplestarve.Anewfactorywouldmeanregularmonthlysalariesaswellasprotectionagainstnaturaldisast

36、ersorasuddendropinthepriceofourmainagriculturalproduct,say,corn.Regularsalarieswouldallowfamiliestheconfidencetomakeinvestmentsintheirfutures.Thelocalswouldbeabletoplantheirfinancesaccuratelyandfreethemselvesfromdebt.Thisinturnwouldencourageentrepreneurshipandfurtherdevelopthelocaleconomy.Peoplecoul

37、dbegintoopenshops,restaurants,dormitories,andentertainmentfacilitiestoservethefactoryworkerswiththeirsavings.Profitsfromthesesmallenterpriseswouldfurtherenrichthelocalcommunityandturnourrelativelypoorfarmlandintoatrulyprofitabledevelopmentzone.Perhapsmoreparentscouldthenaffordtosendalloftheirchildre

38、ntohighschoolandmaybeevencollege.Therewouldcertainlybenegativeeffectsaswell.Iftheareabecomesprosperous,immigrantsfrompoorerregionswillcomeherelookingforwork.Becauseoftheirrelativepovertytheywillworkharderforlessmoneythanthelocalsanddrivewagesdown.Theremightbemoreimmigrantsthanfactoryjobsavailable,le

39、adingtoanunemploymentcrisiswitharisingcrimerateasapotentialnegativesideeffect.Ontheotherhand,theproposedfactorywouldalmostcertainlyhaveadverseeffectsonthelocalenvironment,particularlyinregardstopollutingthewater.Thisisperhapsthemostseriousconcern,becausewithoutcleanwatertheareacannotsustainlifeofany

40、kind,com,livestock,orhuman.However,becauseoftherelativelydesperateeconomicsituationofmyhometown,Ibelievethepotentialbenefitsofopeninganewfactorywouldoutweightherisks.Ifwetaketheproperprecautions,suchasimposingstrictenvironmentalstandardsandprovidingadequatesocialservicesforimmigrants,thewholeareasta

41、ndstobenefit.ThemostimportantthingyouwanttochangeaboutyourhometownIfyoucouldchangeoneimportantthingaboutyourhometown,whatwouldyouchange?Usereasonsandspecificexamplestosupportyouranswer.分析改變其環(huán)境，因?yàn)橐粋€(gè)好的環(huán)境會(huì)使人們更加快樂(lè)更加健康更加有效率相關(guān)題目：52、141、165都可以選擇改變其環(huán)境。這些題目實(shí)際上可以用一篇文章應(yīng)對(duì)。Page9of201TOEFL.iBT高分作文完美重排版EditedbyLos

42、tLawyer范文IwasborninasmalltownnamedHailin,locatedintheNorth-EastofChina.Themostseriousproblemsinmyhometownarethebackwardideasaboutawomansplaceinthefamily,school,workplace,andsociety.Thesenegativestereotypeshurtnotonlywomen,butallofsocietyaswell.Ifpossible,Iwouldchangetheattitudesofthepeopleinmyhometo

43、wnsotheywouldviewmenandwomenequally.Discriminationagainstwomeninmyhometownbeginsbeforetheyareevenborn.Becausepeopleherebelievethatonlyamancancarryonthefamilyline,everyfamilywantstohaveatleastoneson.Eachfamilyisonlysupposedtohaveonechildbecauseoftheoverpopulationproblem.Thismeansthatifafamilycanfindo

44、utafetusisfemalebeforeitisborntheymightabortit.Orinothercases,peoplewillhavemanyfemalebabiesbeforetheyhaveason,whichonlymakesthepopulationproblemworse.Iffemalebabieswereconsideredasimportantasmalebabies,thenthesetwoproblemsprobablywouldnotexist.Discriminationagainstgirlscontinuesastheygotoschoolandw

45、ork.Theprevalentstereotypeisthatwomenarenotassmartasmenandweshouldntwastetimeandmoneyeducatingthem.Familiesofteninsistthattheirdaughtersstayathomeandhelpwithhouseworkwhilesendingtheirsonstoschool.Girlsareborneverybitassmartasboysandequallydeservetoreapthebenefitsofeducation.Manyoftheworldsfamousscie

46、ntistsandleadersarewomen,fromMarieCurietoMargaretThatcher.Weneedtoeliminatethestereotypethatwomenarelessintelligentthanmensothatourcommunitycanbenefitfromtheachievementsthatwomenarecapableofmakingwhenarmedwitheducation.Infact,womenneedtoberespectedenoughtoholdprofessionalandleadershipjobsinourcommun

47、ity.Thiswouldmeanthatintheclassifiedsectionofnewspapers,therewouldnolongerbejobsformenonly.Wewillneverknowhowmanywomencouldhavedonethosejobsbetterthanamancouldhaveuntiltheparentsofeverybabygirldecidethattheirdaughterisworthasmuchastheirson.ThisisprobablythemostimportantthingthatIwanttochangeaboutmyh

48、ometown.TheinfluenceofmoviesortelevisiononpeoplesbehaviorHowdomoviesortelevisioninfluencepeoplesbehavior?Usereasonsandspecificexamplestosupportyouranswer.分析電影、電視等大眾傳媒(massmedia)往往可以對(duì)人們的行為產(chǎn)生影響通過(guò)改變?nèi)藗兊膬r(jià)值觀、世界觀、審美觀而改變?nèi)藗冃袨橥ㄟ^(guò)制造“社會(huì)熱點(diǎn)”而使大眾不停地討論一件事情通過(guò)滿足人們的幻想，或使人們處于平衡狀態(tài)，或使人們一定程度上失衡范文Theimpactthatmoviesortelevi

49、sionhashadonourdailylife,andsocietyingeneral,isundeniable.Nodoubtitwillbecomeevengreaterasthescopeofwhichcontinuestogrow,andastherelevanttechnologiesbecomemoreandmoresophisticated,andsofascinatingthatvirtuallynobodywillbeabletoescape.Already,itcanbeseenhowwesternmoviesareexercisinginfluenceonouryout

50、hgeneration:theygrowlong-hairregardlessoftheirgender,commonlypartofwhichisdyedingold;theywearjeansineachandeveryseason,usuallythekneesofwhicharedeliberatelytattered;boysarefondofearringsorotheroddpendants;andgirlsarekeenonMarlborosandweirdbadwords.Themajormeansthatmoviesandtelevisioninfluencethepubl

51、icisbycreatingtopicsofdiscussioninthesociety.Moviesofferpeople(theconsumers)issuestotalkandthinkabout.Titanichadbroughtaworldwideuproarbyitsextollingoffascinatingimmortallove;PrimeColorandWagtheDogmetthenationaldebateonrightanddutyofthepresidentoftheUnitedStates.AntiwarmoviessuchasTearsoftheSunandAl

52、lQuietontheWesternFrontamongnumerousothershavebeenraisingthequestionthatisanywarreallytoupholdjusticeorisitreallyworthythatanindividualmakessacrificestohiscountryandatthesametimeignoreshisownfamilyorhispersonalvalues?Televisionalsoshapesourunderstandingofwhatisimportantandwhatisnotimportant(toknow).

53、Theimportantissuesarebeingdiscussedoverandoverorinthebeginningofaprogram.Thenotimportantstoriesaretheonesthatarenotbeingtoldatall.Thenotveryimportantstoriesareprobablyveryshortandhiddeninthelastpart.Byprearrangingpublicissue,moviesandtelevisionmakedecisionsforus.Eventhoughtherearecriticalthinkingind

54、ividualsinanysociety,theyaredefinitelyinminority;thepublicinwholeindeedlackskillsofcriticalthinking,andthereforetheyareoftenledbythemoviesandtelevision.Inbrief,moviesandtelevision,byofferingtopicsandaffectingthewaysinwhichwediscusstheimportantissues,hasastronginfluenceonourperceptionofthetruth,ofthe

55、worldorofthestructureofoursociety.Wehavetoadmitthatithasaroleinourlivesasasourceofinformation,experiences,entertainment,amusementandrelaxation.Hastelevisiondestroyedcommunicationamongpeople?Doyouagreeordisagreewiththefollowingstatement?Televisionhasdestroyedcommunicationamongfriendsandfamily.Usespec

56、ificreasonsandexamplestosupportyouropinion.分析不能同意這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)。一方面人們看電視的時(shí)間越來(lái)越多；另外一方面人與人之間的關(guān)系越來(lái)越冷漠。但是這兩個(gè)現(xiàn)象并不是完全、直接的因果關(guān)系。造成人們關(guān)系冷漠的原因很多，比如，來(lái)自方方面面的壓力：工作、生活。Page11of201TOEFL.iBT高分作文完美重排版EditedbyLostLawyer范文Whiletelevisionhasbeensomewhatharmfulinitseffects,ithashardlydestroyedcommunicationamongfriendsandfamily,alt

57、houghforsomepeople,theassertionthattelevisionhasdestroyedcommunicationamongfriendsandfamilyseemsprettyplausible.Television,inventedinlastcentury,withitswideavailability,increasinglyprosperousprograms,becomesoneofthemostpowerfulmeansofcommunicationinthehistory,andismoreandmoredifficulttoignore.Televi

58、sionisasmuchapartofourlivesasareourmeals,work,orschool;studiesconsistentlyshowthattheaverageAmericanchildspendsalmostasmuchtimewatchingtelevisionasdoesheorsheinschool.Weallhaveonly24hoursadayanditisclearthatthemoretimeonespendsonwatchingtelevision,thelesstimeonedoeswithhisorherfamilyandfriends.Hence

59、thepassageprintedinthenewspaperormagazinetitledTelevisiontookmyhusbandaway.Temptingassuchclaimmightbe,itishardlytrue.Insteadoftelevision,itistheincreasingpressureofmodernlifethattookherhusbandaway.Wehavenodefiniteevidencetosaypeoplenowadaysenduremorepressuresthandidtheircounterpartsinthepast,butitis

60、absolutelytruethatpeoplenowadaysundergogreatpressuresthatcomefromvariousdirections,includingwork,school,economy,andsoforth.InvestigationsshowthatpeoplewhoearnmorethanRMB50,000annuallyspendatleast60hoursonworkperweek,muchmorethanthosewhoearnRMB20,000annually.Todayabachelorsdegreemaynolongerguaranteea