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.

你是不是把生活浪费在看电视上？很少有人会意识到看电视给生活带来的种种弊端。

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.

很多人会反驳说看小会儿电视无伤大雅，但关于“一小会儿”是多久存在争议。尼尔森报告指出，美国人平均每周看电视的时间超过34个小时。

1. Wasting Time

浪费时间

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

很显然，当你在看电视时，你就做不了任何其它事。

2. Missing Out on Social Interaction

错失社交活动

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

交流是我们拥有的一个基本的人类需求，而看电视是无法满足的。

3. Programming Yourself with Negativity

给自己灌输了负面情绪

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

每一档电视节目都带有负面因素，从喜剧和戏剧，到真人秀节目和新闻。

4. TV Poisons Your Belief Systems

电视毒害了你的信念

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.

在喜剧里，我们嘲笑那些愚蠢的、肥胖的、有社交障碍的、以及各色人群。所有的这一切都在影响你的人生观，以及你看待世界的方式。

5. It Creates Unrealistic Expectation

它萌发了不切实际的期望

Television distorts our understanding of reality.

电视节目扭曲了我们对现实的理解。

6. Feelings of Inadequacy

生活不满足感

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.

生活永远不会像一档电视节目一样，当人们把电视节目与他们的现实生活做过比较之后，他们的幻想就会破灭。

7. Subliminal Programming and Advertising

隐性暗示和隐性广告

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

毫无疑问，电视的存在只为一个原因，那就是销售产品。

8. It Degrades Your Self Control and Discipline

它会减弱你的自制和自律

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

正是由于电视节目利用了难以置信的心理诱惑，做到不继续观看是很难的。

9. The Health Effects of Sitting Down

坐着对健康的影响

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.

比起从前，现在的我们坐得更久，因为我们大多数的工作都是坐在办公室的办公桌后完成的。当我们回家了，坐在电视机前，我们又在重复这一生活方式。

10. We Teach Our Children These Habits

我们教会了我们的孩子这些习惯

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

孩子们被你训练出接受看电视和久坐不动的生活方式。