Some people believe that television has destroyed communication among friends and family. I think this is an exaggeration. In my opinion, whether or not television hurts communication depends on what type of program is being viewed. More importantly, it depends on the type of viewer.
There are empty programs and educational programs. Empty programs do not challenge people. They have just enough storyline to keep them from switching channels. There are also passive and active viewers. A passive viewer will just watch television without thinking about what be or she seeing. The combination of an empty program and a passive viewer makes communication unlikely. Passive viewers just continue to watch, actually enjoying the fact that they don’t have to think. They won’t break away to talk about programming with friends and family. Even with better programming, passive viewers still won’t think or communicate much. The probably even prefer the empty program because the better programming is too much work.
On the other hand, active viewers watching educational programming always want to share what they see with friends and family. “Educational” doesn’t necessarily mean documentaries on BBS. They could be dramas with realistic relationships or action shows with clever plotlines. When active viewers watch programs, they have ideas and talk about them with others. Good programming inspires them to change their thinking and their lives. Unlike passive viewers, they don’t want to watch more and more without thinking.
Television may destroy communication among passive viewers. Those viewers probably don’t want to communicate with friends and family much anyway. For active viewers who already enjoy communicating, television is actually helpful!
Dear He Xiaoyu: I am sorry to hear that you are very unsatisfide with your parents.Because they are always stract in your study.And you can't talk with them .As you friend,I want to say something to you . I think you'd better talk with your parents as much as you can.Then you can understand each other even more.Maybe that will let you know how tough they are living and how much they do for you. Maybe they will know what you want too,you should study hard and make study as your mainly task. Hope you have a good day! See you .
Dear Tom, When I heard you like English,but you were afraid of talking with other people,I was very sad.You should become a brave man.You should practice conversations with your friends or your parents.Ithink it can help a lot.Then you should talk to people in English. Don't be shy.No one can laugh atyou. If you are a confident person, I think you will become a good speaker.
My problem with my famliy I have a big family which contains my father、my mother、my sister and me.We are getting along with each other very well until one day I found a problem with my father.... My father is a worker and he is always smoking at home.Everytime I go back home from school I found the whole house is full of smoke which makes me feel very bad.Not only I but also my mother and sister hates seeing my father smoking at home.We are often consisting my father on giving up smoking.Howerer,he never listen to us.On the contray,he keep on somking at home and smoke more and more. I usually argue with my father about his smoking and suggest a lot of advices on his giving up smoking.But he never listen to my advices. I think we should communicate with my father more and more and make him know the badness of smoking.I hope I could make my father giving up smoking sooner or later.