When It's Light Out, You're Out

 

去室外玩耍吧

Television can be a wonderful learning tool.

电视能成为很好的学习工具。

Thirty-odd years ago, "Sesame Street" ,"The Electric Company" and "Mr. Rogers'Neighbourhood"helped my sons learn to read, count,socialize and cope with feelings.

30多年前，电视节目“芝麻街”，“电子公司”和“罗杰斯显示的街坊四邻”帮助我的儿子们学会了认字，数数，交往，表达情感。

Nature programs on public television taught them an enormous respect for the world at large and the creatures within it.

公共电视台的关于大自然的节目教会他们尊重整个世界以及世间万物。

Not until the boys were old enough to understand how commercials tried to promote consumption were they allowed to watch sports programs on commercial television.

等他们长大到能懂得商业广告是如何促进消费时，才可以让他们看商业电视台的体育节目。

The basic motto of the household was,"When it's light out, you're out"—that is, playing outdoors.

我们家的基本座右铭是一到白天，就得出去。也就是说，去室外玩耍。

With little TV, they were two lean, strong, athletic children who grew up in a home without junk food,did not pester their parents to buy things they saw advertised,never smoked or drank alcohol and knew more about wildlife than the leader of a trip to Kenya.

由于看电视少，这两个孩子长得精瘦结实，身形矫健。他们在没有垃圾食品的家庭中长大，不缠着父母买他们在广告中看到的东西，从来不吸烟，不喝酒，他们比去肯尼亚旅行的领队更了解野生动物。

Unfortunately, our experience with television is rarely duplicated these days.

不幸的是，我们看电视的经验在今天很少有人效仿。

Sitting passively in front of the tube for hours is taking its toll on the bodies and minds of the nation's children.

一连数小时坐在电视机前看电视的这种消遣方式正逐步损害我国儿童的身心。

Studies have documented unhealthy effects on weight,attention span, reading skills and socialization among children who spend hours a day watching television or playing video games.

研究证明，一天有好几个小时在看电视或玩电子游戏的孩子，在体重，注意力，阅读能力，与人交往方面都会受到不利影响。

The average young child in this country watches about four hours of television a day and each year sees tens of thousands of commercials,often for high-fat, high-sugar or high-salt snacks and foods;thousands of episodes of violence;and countless instances of alcohol use and inappropriate sexual activity.

在这个国家，小孩平均一天看四个小时电视，每年看好几万条广告，经常是一些关于高脂肪，高糖分或高盐分零食的广告；看几千个暴力片断，以及数不清的关于酗酒及性行为的镜头。

By the time American children finish high school,they have spent nearly twice as many hours in front of the television set as in the classroom.

美国儿童在上完高中时，他们待在电视前的世界差不多是他们待在教室的时间的2倍。