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前期- 6 Television テレビ

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Television now plays such an important part in so many
people’s lives that it is essential for us to try to decide whether it is a
不可欠な 決定する
blessing or a curse. Obviously television has both advantages and
恵み のろい 明らかに、もちろん advantage メリット
disadvantages. But do ①the former outweigh ② the latter?
disadvantage デメリット 前者 上回る 後者
In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of
便利な
entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one. ③ For a family of
不可欠な 比較的
four, for example, it is more convenient as well as cheaper to sit
comfortably at home, with practically unlimited entertainment
実質的に 無制限の
available, than to go out in search of amusement elsewhere. All they
得られる ～を探して 他の場所へ
have to do is turn a knob, and they can see plays, films, operas, and
ノブ
shows of every kind, not to mention political discussions and the
～は言うまでもなく 政治の
latest exciting football match. ④ Some people, however, maintain
最近の 主張する
that this is precisely where the danger lies. The television viewer
まさに 危険 視聴者
need do nothing. He does not even use his legs. He takes no
initiative. He makes no choice and exercises no judgment. He is
主導権 選択 実行する 判断
completely passive and has everything presented to him without
完全に 受け身の present 提示する
any effort on his part.
努力 立場、側
Television, it is often said, keeps one informed about current
inform 知らせる 最新の
events, allows one to follow the latest developments in science and
event できごと development 展開
politics, and offers an endless series of programmes which are both
offer 提供する
instructive and stimulating. The most distant countries and the
教育的な 刺激的な 遠い
strangest customs are brought into one’s sitting-room. It could be
custom 慣習 居間
argued that the radio performs this service just as well; but on
argue 論じる perform 遂行する
television everything is much more living, much more real. Yet here
生き生きとした 現実の
again there is a danger. The television screen itself has a terrible,
almost physical fascination for us. We get so used to looking at its
肉体の 陶酔状態
movements, so dependent on its flickering pictures, that it begins to
flicker 点滅する
dominate our lives.
支配する
There are many other arguments for and against television.
argument 議論
The poor quality of its programmes is often criticized. But it is
criticize 批判する
undoubtedly a great comfort to many lonely elderly people. And does
疑いようもなく 楽しみ さみしい 年配の
it corrupt or instruct our children? I think we must realize that
堕落させる 指導する 自覚する
television in itself is neither good nor bad. It is the uses to which it is
put that determine its value to society.
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（出典）J. L. Cook: A New Way to Proficiency in English
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