"Yes, but what did we use to do before there was television? "How often we hear statements like this! Television hasn.t been 21 us all that long, but we are already beginning to forget what the world was like 22 it. Before we admitted the one-eyed monster into our homes, we never found it difficult to occupy our 23 time. We used to enjoy civilized pleasures. For example, we used to have hobbies, we used to entertain our friends and be entertained by them, we used to go 24 for our amusement, to theaters, cinemas, restaurants and sporting events. We used to read books and listen to music and broadcast talks occasionally. All that 25 to the past. Now all our free __26__ is regulated by the "goggle box" (电视机) . We rush home and gulp down(狼吞虎咽地吞下)our meals to be in time for this or that 27 .We have even given up sitting 28 table and having a leisurely evening meal , exchanging the news of the day. A sandwich and a glass of beer will do-anything, 29 it doesn.t interfere with the program. The monster demands and obtains absolute silence and attention. If any member of the family dares to open his mouth 30 a program, he is quickly silenced.
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