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Life Without Television

When my family’s only television set went to the repair shop the other day, my parents, my sister, and I thought we would have a terrible week. How could we get through the long evening in such a quiet house? What would it be like without all the shows to keep us company? We soon realized, though, that living without television for a while was stroke of good fortune. It became easy for each of us to enjoy some activities alone, to complete some postponed chores, and to spend rewarding time with each other and friends.

First of all, with no television to compete for our time, we found plenty of hours for personal interests. We all read more that week than we had read during the six months before. During these days, my sister read more than 10 books about the legendary biography, while she had never finished a book when we had a TV at home. We each also enjoyed some hobbies we had ignored for ages. My mother resumed listening radio after supper and at the same time knitted a sweater for my father. My sister excited about piano again and the melody lingered on our home. M y father who is a gourmet of our family, humming a familiar tune, cooked delicious food in kitchen. In addition, my sister and I both stopped procrastinating with our homework. We did our homework on the moment that we had arrived back from our schools without thinking weather we could watch some favorite TV shows and therefore we finished our homework before dinner. Second, we did chores that had been hanging over our heads for too long.

There were many jobs around that house that had needed attention for some time. We spent weekend on cleaning our house in which the dust had been piled up, washing clothes which had been filled with washing machine long time before, and spading the garden. We also had a chance to do some long postponed shopping. In the past, my sister and I frequently felt hungry after school, we should had to endure hungry because nothing had been left for us to eat in our home. Without television, our families were divided into two groups, each group was in charge of shopping all kinds of things we needed once a week, which guaranteed sufficient food and daily living equipment. And each of us also did some letter writing or other paperwork that was long overdue. Without temptation of TV, father focused on writing his papers about how to use remote sensing to estimate NPP of vegetation. After much delay, my sister and I finished the materials of English reports at last. Finally, and probably most important, we spend time with each other. Instead of just being in the same room together while we stared at a screen, we actually talked for many pleasant hours. We talked about our performance at school: bad or not; we talked about the plan of our summer vocation. Moreover, for the first time in years my family played some games together. We played hide-and-seek in the yard with my aunt and uncle; we played kicking shuttlecock on the ground in the sunshine. And because we didn’t have to worry about missing this or that show, we had some family friends over on a couple of evenings and spend an enjoyable time with them. We frequently invited a lot of friends and relatives to join in our parties to celebrate some holiday such as Spring festival , Christmas, Think giving day etc, thus we could kept in touch with a lot of friends and relatives and strengthen the relationship of us.

Once our television set returned, we were not prepared to put it in the attic. But we had a sense of how it can take over our lives if we are not careful. We are now more selective. We turn on the set for our favorite shows, certain sports events, and the news, but we don’t leave it running all night. As a result, we find we can enjoy television and still have time left over for other activities and interests.