Television gives the American people a wide variety of programs from early morning until late at night. Operas, orchestral performances, chamber music and jazz concerts are often presented on television. So most of the leisure at home is used for watching television. Many Americans are so fond of their TV programs that they often have cold luncheon in front of their receiving sets. Television has given people newer and deeper understanding of history, art, music, literature, the ballet, the theater, the discoveries of modern science and the wonders of the universe. Television viewers pay no tax or charges for receiving programs on their sets. The cost of the programs is paid chiefly by those who are given the opportunity to advertise their goods or services during the commercial breaks.

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　　美國(guó)人從清晨直到深夜都能看到形形色色的電視節(jié)目。電視屏幕上經(jīng)常播放歌劇、管弦樂、室內(nèi)音樂和爵士音樂演奏。所以家庭中大部分空閑時(shí)間都花在看電視上。許多美國(guó)人酷愛電視節(jié)目，經(jīng)常在電視機(jī)前邊看電視邊吃冷餐。電視使人們對(duì)歷史、藝術(shù)、音樂、文學(xué)、舞劇、戲劇、現(xiàn)代科學(xué)的新發(fā)現(xiàn)和宇宙的奧妙有較新和較深切的了解。電視觀眾看電視節(jié)目既不用繳稅，也不必付款，節(jié)目費(fèi)用主要是由那些借此為其商品和服務(wù)做插播廣告的人支付的。