历年托福考生优秀范文155篇七十四

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Hesitating I enter my house, the light outside is dimming and the shadows make everything appear  
unfamiliar. I know that my husband has not returned from work yet, simply because his car is not  
in the garage. I am alone. I carefully check all the rooms, almost expecting something to happen  
suddenly. I hold my bag in my hand as if it were a weapon. After the whole house has been  
declared "clear," I start to breathe normally again and a smile appears on my face as I realize,  
7 q$ f+ ?% p/ D* ?3 x! ?! Ronce again, how a simple movie seen at the cinema a week earlier can modify my actions.  
. n: U) A% s  b+ k0 ?' OSometimes I wonder if I should watch TV, with all its shows that make me wonder whether I  
  X# v2 y: y% t& Q  Y  Gexercise enough, whether I am slim enough, or whether I treat my pets with the care they deserve:  
' ^* p, {$ F2 l6 R$ v  Q/ \+ d6 sam I really concerned about their mental health? Not to mention the hundreds of commercials that  
6 c9 _- u( \& u' k5 n% l! G6 u# ktry to make me believe I need a water purifier to remain alive since the water I am currently  
6 T, @! D$ D1 s& ^% fdrinking is heavily polluted! And countless are the times when I have heard people talking by  
4 B/ F: o# r/ K3 S; ^quotations learned from movies. We need to watch shows and films to know what to say, how to  
+ `  G- m4 _$ `$ v/ obe, how to act. We are so addicted to all this that it almost seems like we cannot think on our own.  
  
I cannot help thinking about what happened to me some days ago, an example that clearly shows what kind of power TV has over people. My husband and I were in a restaurant when I heard my young neighbor pronouncing violent words in a low angry voice. Surprised, I turned to better understand the situation and I saw that he was holding a fake military device and was acting as if he were filming a war movie. I am sure that if I had been a little be more updated about this type of movie, I would have recognized what he was saying as a quotation. Now, I wonder if he uses such a language also with his friends and with his parents, if he is aggressive, and if so, whether his attitude has really nothing to do with what he watches on TV.  
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That same evening on the way home I saw two cars stopped one next to the other at a traffic light  
and as soon as the light turned green they started racing, in the middle of town. In this case not

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even a major knowledge of movies and TV programs would have helped me: there are just to  
many of them on the market showing the exact same thing: people racing with cars.  
  
! I( R9 V8 v9 h$ |/ w4 sI am sure that everybody, if asked, could easily list many other examples of how TV and movies can modify our behavior and therefore our life but, I wonder, if we will always be able to draw the line between a TV show and real life, between what they make us think we want and what instead we really need and are and believe.