What would life be like without television?Would you spend more time __ _,reading,or studying?Well,now it's your chance to turn off your TV and ___ __!TVTurnoff Week is here.
The goal of TVTurnoff Week is to let people leave their TV sets ____ ___ and participate in activities ___ __ drawing to biking.The event was founded by TVTurnoff Network,a nonprofit organization which started the event in 1995.In the ____ __,only a few thousand people took part. Last year more than 7.6 million people participated,__ ___ people in every state in America and in more than 12 other countries!This is the 14th year in which ___ ___are asking people to “turn off the TV and turn on ___ __.”
According to the TVTurnoff Network,the average ____ _ in the US spend ___ __ time in front of the TV (about 1,023 hours per year) than they do in school (about 900 hours per year).Too much TV ___ ___ has made many kids grow fat.___ __,in 2001's TVTurnoff Week, US Surgeon General David Satcher said,“We are raising the most __ ___ generation of youngsters in American history. This week is about saving lives.”
Over the years,studies have shown that watching a lot of TV ____ ___ poor eating habits,too little exercise,and violence. Frank Vespe of the TVTurnoff Network said that turning off the TV “is or ____ __,part of a healthy lifestyle”.
“One of the great lessons of ____ ___TVTurnoff Week is the realization that ___ __ I turn on the TV,I'm deciding not to do something else,”Vespe said.
TVTurnoff Week seems to be making a ____ ___.Recent US Census(人口普查) data____ ___ that about 72 percent of kids under 12 have a limit on their TV time. That's ____ ___ about 63 percent ten years ago.
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