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June 28 6月28日 Social scientists, teachers, and parents are troubled by the kinds of TV programs children choose to watch. These groups of people are concerned about the media's effects on young children. They are worried about the effects of televised violence on society as well as commercials for food. Most importantly, however, they feel TV is one factor that causes declining math and reading scores among schoolchildren. Because of the excessive time spent watching TV, children are spending less time reading and thinking independently.
Indeed, youngsters are watching a lot of TV-an average of nearly four hours a day and about 25 hours a week. Upon entering kindergarten at age 5, a child already has spent more hours watching TV than he or she would spend earning a college degree. By the child's 18th birthday, more time has been spent watching TV than on any other single activity except sleep.
Clever advertising aimed at children certainly influences them. Very young children don't even distinguish between commercials and programs. Is it fair to show advertising to young children? Many people think that it is not. The US government has yet to control children's advertising, but Canada imposed a limited ban on commercials aimed at children. June 27 Chinghung A small plane from Kunming carried us over the mountaintops and set us down in Chinghung. It covers an area of 25,000 square kilometers, fifty-five percent of which is moutain forests. Thirty percent of its 620,000 population are Tais, but there are also other national minorities who live scattered mainly in the mountains.
We arrived just in time to join in their Water Splashing Festival. It is celebrated by all the minority people, as well as by the Hans who have settled down there. The festival lasts for three days and marks the Tai New Year. We went to a village production team of a Tai commune. All gathered in a large open square, with small basins of water in their hands.
Then the dancing began. Six young men wove through the crowd in a large circle, dancing gracefully while beating their drums.
Everybody joined in, the Han and foreigh visitors alike. Villagers splashed cadres and local army men, who laughingly returned the compliment. Water flew madly from all sides. In a short while we were all wet from head to foot. I can't remember whether I had a much happier time.
Afterwards, we walked down the village street, where they were having market day, as they do on every Sunday. The shops were crowded with beautifully dressed minority people shopping. Outside, on both sides of the street, village women sat selling vegetables they had grown in their own gardens. 谈论 寂寞
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