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习惯和兴趣 hobbies and interests from monday until friday most people ar e busy working or studying , but in the evenings and on weekends they a re f ree to relax and enjoy themselves . some wa tch television or go to the movies ; othe rs pa r ticipate in sports . it depends on individual inte rests . there ar e many dif fe rent ways to spend our spar e time . almost everyone has some kind of hobby . it may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplanes . some hobbies a re wor th a lot of money; othe rs ar e valuable only to their owners . i know a man who has a coin collection wor th several thou sand yuan . a short time ago he bought a r are ten-yuan piece wor th 250 yuan . he was very happy about the purchase and thought the price was reasonable . on the other hand , my son collects match boxes . he has almost 600 of them but i doubt if they are wor th any money . however , to my son they a re ext remely valuable . nothing makes him happier than to find a new match-box for his collection . that’s what a hobby means , i guess . it is something we like to do in our spa re time simply for the fun of it . the valuein money is not import ant , but the pleasure it gives us is . ever in china . 电视的利弊 is tv a plus or a minus ? tv is not only a convenient and cheap service of enter - tainment , but also a splendid mas s medium of communication . people only have to pay once to buy a tv set , then they can sit at home enjoying the it ems on tv . all they have to do is to pus a but ton or turn a knob , and they can see plays , films , operas and shows of every kind . t v keeps us well informed about the cur r ent events at home and abroad and the latest development in science and technology . the most distant countries and the st rangest customs a re brought right into our room . on tv everything is much mor e living and much mor e real . as a mat ter of fact , it has become so much a pa r t of human life that a modern world without television is unimaginable . some people even say that life without television is not worth living . some people argue against tv . t hey think that tv viewers need do nothing . the viewer does not even have to use his legs if he has a remote cont rol . many people a re glued to seats to look at the movements on t v . they become so dependent on its pictures that it begin s to cont rol their lives . as a result , tv is taking up too much of a per son’s life and making him lazy , not to mention its ha rmful influence upon him, such as the items of violence and pornography on television . on the whole , the re ar e more advantages than disadvantages in the u se of tv . differ ent people may have diffe rent at titudes toward tv . but we must realize that television in itself is neither good nor bad . i ts value to people and society depends on how we look at it . 明星效应 do pop stars deserve high rewards ? it seems that pop star s today enjoy a privileged style of living . wher ever they go , thousand s of people turn out to greet them . t he crowds go wild t rying to catch a brief glimpse of their smiling , colour fullydressed idols . sta rs a re s ur rounded by their managers , pr es s-agents , and often by their bodyguards . photographs of them appear regular ly in the pr es s and all their coming s and goings a re r epor ted , as star s ar e news . they must con st antly avoid meeting cr azy fans , par ticularly teenagers who idolise them . some people say that st ars are no longe r private individuals , but public proper ty . t he financial rewa rds they receive for this sacrifice is incalculable . is it right that the st ars s hould be paid in this way ? it’s all very well for people engaged in many othe r professions to envy the s ucces ses and rewards of these stars . howeve r , those who make enviou s remark s s hould remembe r that the most famous star s r epresent only the tip of an iceberg . for every famou s sta r , the re ar e h undr eds of other s st ruggling to earn a living . a man who at tempts to become a star is taking enormous risks . he knows at the outset that only a handful of competitors ever get to the very top . he knows that year s of concent rated effor ts may be rewa rded with complete failure . but he knows that the rewa rds for successes are very high indeed , and if he achieves the goal , he cer tainly earns them .