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televisionandviolentcrime

childrenarebornreadytoimitateadultbehavior.thattheycanimitateanarrayofadultfacialexpressionshavebeendemonstratedinnewbornsasyoungasafewhoursold,beforetheyareevenoldenoughtoknowthattheyhavefacialfeatures.itisamostusefulinstinct,forthedevelopingchildmustlearnandmasteravastrepertoire1ofbehaviorinshortorder.

butwhilechildrenhaveinstinctivedesiretoimitate,theydonotpossessaninstinctfordeterminingwhetherabehavioroughttobeimitated.theywillimitateanything,includingbehaviorthatmostadultsregardasdestructiveandantisocial2.itmaygivepauseforthought,then,tolearnthatinfantsasyoungasfourteenmonthsdemonstrablyobserveandincorporatebehaviorseenontelevision.

theaverageamericanpreschoolerwatchesmorethantwenty-sevenhoursoftelevisionperweek.thismightnotbebadiftheseyoungchildrenunderstoodwhattheywerewatching.buttheydon’t.upthroughagesthreeandfour,mostchildrenareunabletodistinguishfactfromfantasy3ontv,andremainunabletodosodespiteadultcoaching.inthemindsofyoungchildren,televisionisasourceofentirelyfactualinformationregardinghowtheworldworks4.therearenolimitstotheircrety.5tociteoneexample,anindianaschoolboardhadtoissueanadvisorytoyoungchildrenthat,no,thereisnosuchthingasteenagemutantninjaturtles6.childrenhadbeencrawlingdownstormdrainslookingforthem.

naturally,aschildrengetolder,theycometoknowbetter,buttheirearliestanddeepestimpressionsarelaiddownatanagewhentheystillseetelevisionasafactualsourceofinformationabouttheoutsideworld.inthatworld,itseems,violenceiscommonandthecommission7ofviolenceisgenerallypowerful,exciting,charismatic,andeffective.inlaterlife,seriousviolenceismostlikelytoeruptatmomentsofseverestress—anditispreciselyatsuchmomentsthatadolescentsandadultsaremostlikelytorevertto8theirearliest,mostvisceralsenseoftheroleofviolenceinsocietyandinpersonalbehavior.muchofthissensewillhavecomefromtelevision.

阅读自测

Ⅰ.fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthewordsgiveninthebrackets:

1.shehasan________(instinct)sympathywiththepoorpeople.

2.theseconclusionsare________(demonstrate)wrong.

3.thereisaslight________(face)resemblancebetweenthetwomen.

4.thismanhascoaxedmillionsofpoundsfroma________(crety)public.

Ⅱ.arethesestatementstrueorfalseaccordingtothearticle:

1.babiesknowtheyhavefacialfeaturesjustaftertheycometotheworld.

2.childrencanimitateeverythingbecauseimitationistheirinstinct.

3.televisionisasourceofentirelyfactualinformationregardinghowtheworldworks.

4.televisionplaysanimportantroleingivingrisetosocialviolence.

参考答案

Ⅰ.1.instinctive2.demonstrably3.facial4.credulousⅡ.1.f2.t3.f4.t