Topic 7 How do movies or TV affect people? Our life has gone through great changes since television and movies came into being, which provides a totally new and different way of using our spare time to

Our life has gone through great changes since television and movies came into being, which provides a totally new and different way of using our spare time to the traditional way. As a matter of fact (В сущности, фактически), with the wide spread of this mass media such as movies and television all over the world, people's behavior and thoughts have been changed a lot since it has become an inalienable part (неотъемлемой частью) of our daily life. Movies and television influence people's behavior by altering their views of value (путем изменения их представления о ценностях), beauty, and the world.

The city has altered very much since 1990. — Город сильно изменился с 1990 года.

People become more confident and seldom give up after watching the movie Forest Gump, they stop smoking and begin to do exercises after watching the TV program about smoking ruins (пагубное воздействие) one's health, and girls try hard to lose weight after actresses in movies and television tend to be thinner and thinner. All these changes, indeed, has much to do with mass media. It is obvious that, teenagers talk a lot when gathered together about sports games or newest Hollywood movies, whereas (в то время как) adults discuss the world's political situation or social problems when having time in their offices. The topics that they focus on, in most cases, are acquired either from television programs or from movies, and so forth. Movies and television influence people's behavior by satisfying their imagination. Heroes and heroines achieve great success of their business, attain (достигать, добиваться) sweet love of their life, and gain high respect of their fame (известность, популярность, слава) so easily within a two-hour long movie. When watching it, audiences can experience the same evens, share the same feelings, and this whole process would fulfill their fantasies, as a result, cause them to find balance in their lives, or, to some degree, lose the balance, which depends on not only the movies but also the audiences themselves.

All in all, mass media, including movies and television, has a significant correlation (взаимосвязь с) with people's behaviors. To put it differently (Иначе говоря), tasks are arduous (требующий большого напряжения) for mass media to bring people laughter, joy and relaxation (радость и отдых), and at the same time some pedagogic meanings.

To forgive is the most arduous pitch human nature can arrive at. — Прощение - самая труднодоступная вершина, которую может достигнуть человек.