你是不是把生活浪費在看電視上？

Losing Your Life to Television

Are You Losing Your Life To Television? Few people realize the number of issues that television causes in our life.

你是不是把生活浪費在看電視上？很少有人會意識到看電視給生活帶來的種種弊端。

While many people will argue that a little bit of TV never hurts anyone, the amount of a “little bit”is constantly in debate . A Neilson report found that the average American watches more than 34 hours of television each week.

很多人會反駁說看小會兒電視無傷大雅，但關(guān)于“一小會兒”是多久存在爭議。尼爾森報告指出，美國人平均每周看電視的時間超過34個小時。

1. Wasting Time

浪費時間

It's pretty obvious that when you're watching TV, you're not doing anything else.

很顯然，當(dāng)你在看電視時，你就做不了任何其它事。

2. Missing Out on Social Interaction

錯失社交活動

Connection is one of the basic human needs we all have and it will never be fulfilled by your television set.

交流是我們擁有的一個基本的人類需求，而看電視是無法滿足的。

3. Programming Yourself with Negativity

給自己灌輸了負(fù)面情緒

Just about every television show, from comedies to drama to reality TV and the news, is negative .

每一檔電視節(jié)目都帶有負(fù)面因素，從喜劇和戲劇，到真人秀節(jié)目和新聞。

4. TV Poisons Your Belief Systems

電視毒害了你的信念

In comedies, we laugh at the stupid/overweight/socially awkward /different people. All of this is affecting your outlook on life and the way you see the world.

在喜劇里，我們嘲笑那些愚蠢的、肥胖的、有社交障礙的、以及各色人群。所有的這一切都在影響你的人生觀，以及你看待世界的方式。

5. It Creates Unrealistic Expectation

它萌發(fā)了不切實際的期望

Television distorts our understanding of reality.

電視節(jié)目扭曲了我們對現(xiàn)實的理解。

6. Feelings of Inadequacy

生活不滿足感

Life is never going to be like a TV show and this can make people very disillusioned when they compare it with their real life.

生活永遠(yuǎn)不會像一檔電視節(jié)目一樣，當(dāng)人們把電視節(jié)目與他們的現(xiàn)實生活做過比較之后，他們的幻想就會破滅。

7. Subliminal Programming and Advertising

隱性暗示和隱性廣告

Make no mistake that there is only one reason why television exists, and that is to sell products.

毫無疑問，電視的存在只為一個原因，那就是銷售產(chǎn)品。

8. It Degrades Your Self Control and Discipline

它會減弱你的自制和自律

Thanks to the incredible psychological hooks that television uses, it's very hard to stop watching it.

正是由于電視節(jié)目利用了難以置信的心理誘惑，做到不繼續(xù)觀看是很難的。

9. The Health Effects of Sitting Down

坐著對健康的影響

We now live a more sedentary life than ever before with most people having jobs behind a desk. We compound this problem when we go home and sit down in front of the TV as well.

比起從前，現(xiàn)在的我們坐得更久，因為我們大多數(shù)的工作都是坐在辦公室的辦公桌后完成的。當(dāng)我們回家了，坐在電視機前，我們又在重復(fù)這一生活方式。

10. We Teach Our Children These Habits

我們教會了我們的孩子這些習(xí)慣

Children are now being trained to watch TV and live a sedentary lifestyle.

孩子們被你訓(xùn)練出接受看電視和久坐不動的生活方式。