新东方2008年6月四级考试高分范文

Recreational Activities

It is said that ours is a world characteristic of heavy stress and strain on people, especially city dwellers, as well as the countless ways people work out to relieve themselves of the pressure: they burst into cheers or shed tears for the performance of “their” teams; they discard their cares and concerns into idyllic scenes and sceneries; they drown their worries and wearies into soap operas…

Recreation is indispensable if we are to remain healthy physically and mentally. Unfortunately, like everything else, it has favorable and unfavorable aspects. Take soap operas as an example. To attract more audience so that they might acquire more shining coins, directors frequently resort to violence. Now and then in TV shows, a man is beheaded or a woman is mutilated; a person’s face is burned with sulfuric acid and his deformed appearance abhors us viewers and makes us shudder. These violent programs do not relax our tension. Instead, they disturb the peace of our mind and lead us to think that the world now is insecure and that we should learn to resort to violent means when we are in trouble.

We watch TV to escape temporarily. These programs, to our regret, aggravate our tension we feel in our study rather than serve as a means to relax. Therefore, next time we feel tired and desire to find a way to rest a while, think for a moment about the benefits and potential hazard it might bring to us.

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