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8. Doyou agree or disagree with the following statement? Television has destroyedcommunication among friends and family. Use specific reasons and examples tosupport your opinion.

While televisionhas been somewhat harmful in its effects, it has hardly "destroyed"communication among friends and family, although for some people, the assertionthat television has destroyed communication among friends and family seems true.

Television,invented in last century, with its wide availability, increasingly prosperousprograms, becomes one of the most powerful means of communication in thehistory, and is more and more difficult to ignore. Television is as much a partof our lives as are our meals, work, or school; studies consistently show thatthe average American child spends almost as much time watching television asdoes she in school. We all have only 24 hours a day and it is clear that themore time one spends on watching television, the less time one does with his orher family and friends. Hence we see the passage in the newspaper or magazinetitled "Television took my husbandaway from me."

Tempting as suchclaim might be, it is hardly true. It is not television took her husband awayfrom her, but the increasing pressures of modern life did it. We have nodefinite evidence to say people nowadays endure more pressures than did theircounterparts in the past, but it is absolutely true that people nowadaysundergo great pressures that come from various directions, including work, school,economy, and so forth. Investigations show that people who earn more than 50,000 yuan annually spend at least 60 hours on work per week, much more thanthose who earn 20,000 yuan annually. Today a bachelor degree may no longerguarantee a well paid job, more and more companies post their want ads claimingthat applicants must have at least master degrees, which take two or threeyears longer.

In a word, peoplenowadays have very little time for anything; television is merely among manyother factors that affect communication, and is definitely not the main causeof degradation. It seems that the more one is educated, the more one is awareof the deleterious effects that excessive television causes, and eitherdeliberately avoid it or actually do not enjoy it. On the other hand, therereally are many people addictive to television. But the fact is, weretelevision not existent, surely these people would have found other escapes, suchas alcohol or gambling, for example. In other words, people always find a wayto do what they want to do. Therefore, I do not agree that television hasdestroyed communication among friends and family.

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9. Some people prefer to live in a small town. Othersprefer to live in a big city. Which place would you prefer to live in? Usespecific reasons and details to support your answer.