topic150：你是否同意看電視對於兒童不好？
topic150 do you agree or disagree with the followingstatement?watching television is bad for children. use specificdetails andexamples to supportyouranswer.［參考提綱］150、同意看電視對於兒童不好（1）看電視讓孩子變的孤僻，不和別的人接觸（2）看電視讓學生變的不愛活動，對身體健康不好（3）看電視讓孩子學到很多不應當學得東西［托福參看範文］topic:150televisionhas increased the speed at which news travels and itcan bringsituations and images into our homes that previousgenerations wouldnot have had the opportunity or regret towitness.television iscommonly criticized as being bad for childrenthat an important factsometimes gets overlooked. in my personalopinion some types oftelevision viewing may actually enhancechildrens intellectualdevelopment.television contains an enormousvariety of forms andcontent. the effects of television viewingdepend on program contentand genre. according to a research, youngchildren who spent a fewhours a week watching educational programssuch as sesame street,mister rogers neighborhood, readingrainbow, captain kangaroo, mr.wizards world and 3-2-1 contact hadhigher academic test scores 3years later than those who didntwatch educational programs.on theother hand, children who watchedmany hours of entertainmentprograms and cartoons had lower testscores than those who watchedfewer hours of such programs.goodeducational programs can providelasting benefits tochildren.children are most likely to becomeactively engaged withtelevision content that is neither too easynor too difficult tocomprehend, that is, content that provides somechallenges, butalso allows a child to gain a sense of mastery. justlike ourmuscles, the brain gets stronger when it is used, andatrophieswhen it isnt used. it seems that lack of use also leavesitvulnerable to degeneration later in life.of course, there aresomebad sides for children to watch tv. our tv-watchingchildrenincreasingly view life as an entertainment extravaganza, inwhichthey yearn to play a starring role, and here the nasty contentofso much modern broadcasting comes into play. besides, it is hardtowatch an evening of tv without encountering unspeakableviolence,whose perpetrators are celebrated. again, the effects oftelevisionviewing depend on program content and genre, and parentsshouldteach their children on choosing the center tv program towatch.