The drastic improvement in science and technology has modernized people’s lives. Indeed, without these two areas, our lives would have been very different from today; it would have been very uncomfortable. However, this same useful quality has also brought about a somewhat unfavorable situation. Ironically, the invention of cell-phones and development of the speedy internet have decreased the necessities to encounter other human beings in person. Cell phones have allowed us to text message each other, while internet allowed us to play online games and chat freely. In other words, entertaining through small electronic gadgets is available nowadays, without having to involve another person. Hence, television is an exception to this phenomenon. Television could actually be used as a bridge to bond the members of the family together, and it provides numerous topics to talk about among friends. Consequently, to recapitulate, television has not destroyed communication among friends and family.
There are various TV shows that could facilitate family togetherness. 너무 평범한 주제 입니다. show갖고 이야기 하면, 온 가족이 모두 TV show만 봐야 합니다. 전 국민 중 80%가 TV show를 함께 본다면 말이 되지만, 요즘은 맞벌이하면서 바쁘기 땜ㄴ에 TV show를 함께 볼 시간도 없습니다. 잠깐 TV show를 함께 본 거가지고 설득하려고 하면 안 된다는 얘기입니다. 심지어 우리는 show프로그램을 많이 하는 설날 때도 TV를 다 같이 보기 힘듭니다. 요즘 간소화 되어서, 심지어 온 가족이 모이는 전통 명절일지라도, TV show를 함께 볼 수 없습니다. TV show는 단순히, 힘든 일상에서 잠깐 쉬는 여가에 불과합니다. 실제로 TV를 볼 때 우리가 어떤지를 적어야 합니다. 오히려 이런식으로 쓰면 됩니다. TV를 보면서 generation gap을 느낀다. TV 채널을 보면서, 부모님과 함께 공감가지 않은 부분을 볼 때 싸우게 된다. 과거에는 없었던 현상을 적으면 됩니다. TV가 없던 시절, 우리는 여가로 윳놀이나 이런 놀이를 하면서 유대가 생겼는데, TV에 나오는 많은 용어들이 어른들 세대에서는 이해가 가지 않는다. 그래서 세대 차이가 나기 때문에 가족들과 소통이 되질 않는다.Unlike the cell-phones or the use of internet that are usually for one person at a time, TV shows could be watched together. My family, for instance, watch a Korean show every Saturday. Our family laugh while watching it, talk about the show even after it ends. The show lasts only an hour so it does not affect our time for other activities. Also, it is not too exaggerated to say it is our family’s only time to get together. We live busy lives: my dad goes to work, comes home late, and my sister and I go to school during school nights. Hence the Saturday evening is a desirable time for us to eat dinner together, and start tuning up the TV for the right channel for once! It alleviates the stress we all had during the week, and we finally are allowed to stick together.
Moreover, TV soap opera shows, or sitcoms provides people with great entertaining contents. entertainging cotents를 제공하는 게 communication과 어떤 관계가 있는지 모르겠어요. 차라리 TV가 다양한 볼거리를 제공하면서, 과거에는 없었던 문화에 다양성을 겪게 되면서, 예전에는 친구들과 함께 야구든, 제기차기든 즐겼지만, 관심분야가 많이 달라지면서, 다양해진 채널 때문에 TV를 보내는 시간이 많아지면서, 친구들과 멀어진다고 쓰세요. TV가 없었던 시절이나, TV가 제공하는 contents가 많이 없었던 시절에는 친구들끼리 함께 TV 이야기를 하면서 밤새도록 이야기해도 부족함이 없은 만큼 TV가 communication을 하게 했지만, 요즘에는 다양해지면서, 사람들마다 각자 취향에 따라 TV를 보게 되면서, 다른 채널을 보면서 이해하기 때문에 서로 관심사가 부족해져서, 우리는 이제 같은 관심사를 갖는 사람들과만 소통해요. 그래서 어렸을 때 많이 친했던 친구 조차도 TV를 볼 때마다 서로 다른 얘기만 해서 소통이 단절 됩니다. 이렇게 쓰세요.When I go to school in the morning, I eaves-drop some groups of students’ conversations. Not surprisingly, most of the conversation was about the show they have watched the day before. For boys, they are barely affected by the shows; yet girls seem to receive the full affection. They talk about how the actors started to love another actress, how they become a scapegoat to save their lovers from danger and etc. Sometimes the talk lasts for the whole day if the show they were watching reached its climax. Consequently, this proves that not only TV shows eliminate their boredom, but also brings their friends close together.
In summary, it is undeniable that there are a few disadvantages in watching TVs too, such as addictions, exposure to x-rated movies, and eye damages. However advantages are much greater than disadvantages when people use TV for family or friend togetherness. Good TV shows could bring family close together, at the same time could create limitless topics among friends to talk about. Thus television did not pull us out from engaging in social activities, but virtually contributed to our lives by making people stick together with friends and families. If people use it for appropriate time and usage, TV will become people’s great magic box not and ‘idiot box’. |