Perhaps the most ironic aspect of the struggle for survival is how easily organisms can be harmed by that which they desire. The trout is caught by the fisherman's lure, the mouse by cheese, and man by the world's most popular leisure pastime, television.

    zaishengcundouzhengzhong
，zuifengcideyidianjiushi，shengwutizuixiangyaodedongxiwangwangqingeryijudisunhaitamen。guiyuyinyuershanggou
，laoshuweinailaowangming
，errenleihuibeishijieshangzuiliuxingdexiuxianfangshi——看電視毀滅了。

    Most people admit to having a love-hate relationship with it (the TV). They complain about the "boob tube" and "couch potatoes", then they settle into their sofas and grab the remote control.

    許多人承認電視機讓他們又愛又恨。他們抱怨完“電視機”和“泡在電視機前的人”，轉而就一屁股陷進沙發裏
，抓起遙控器。(boob tube：<俚>電視機； couch potatoes：<美俚>終日懶散的人，老泡在電視機前的人。)

    The amount of time people spend watching television is astonishing. According to a research, on average, American adults spend four hours a day in front of the TV--fully half of their leisure time. Over a lifetime, that's more than nine years. Yet, we love to complain that we don't have time for the things we really want to do.

    renmenyongyukandianshideshijianduodejingren。tiaozhaxianshi，meiguochengrenpingjunmeitiankansixiaoshidedianshi，erzhexieshijianzhanyongletamenyeyushenghuodeyiban。renmenyishengyongyukandianshideshijianchaoguole9年，但是卻抱怨沒有時間去實現一些夢想。

    There are two reasons we end up watching more TV than we know we should. People think they need it and it's easy. We usually don't realize how many hours we're watching television. Since it's a passive activity, with feelings of lowered alertness continuing even after the set is off, watchers typically find their energy and concentration are low. Inertia sets in. Hence, there is no motivation to get up and do something else once you're planted on the couch.

    womenkandianshideshijishijianzongshibixiangxiangzhongdeduo，zheliyouliangdianyuanyin。yinweirenmenyilaidianshi，bingqiefeichangxiangshouqingsongdekandianshiguocheng，suoyichangchanghuibuzijiaodizaishangmianhuafeiguoduodeshijian。kandianshishiyizhongxiaojidehuodong，suoyitongchangguanzhongdouhuijiaochadaotamendejinglihezhuyiliyousuoxiajiang
，shenzhizaiguanshangdianshizhihou

，nazhongzhuyilixiajiangdeganjiaoyiranjixu。duoxingsuizhierlai。yinci，yidanrenmendakaidianshi，jiulaolaodibeidingzaishafashang，erlandeqishenquzuobiedeshiqing
，

    Don't make it easy to be a potato. Instead of being a passive watcher, you should have a plan in place for your time and don't watch beyond what you've planned. When your show is over, turn the TV off.

    不要輕易讓自己淪為電視的俘虜。我們要做一個積極的電視觀看者：定出自己計劃要看的電視節目及時間
，然後嚴格遵守。節目一結束，立刻關掉電視。

    There are also ways to make TV watching harder. Most people arrange their living room furniture around the TV. But you may try to put the TV away in a cabinet, a back room, or the basement. Then arrange your couches and chairs for conversation and reading. If your TV is too big to move, you can remove the batteries from your remote so that channel surfing must be done manually.

    你也可以用一些其他方法為看電視設置障礙。大多數人都會把電視放在起居室的中間，那麼你不妨把電視放在小房間、後hou屋wu或huo地di下xia室shi裏li。那na些xie沙sha發fa和he椅yi子zi變bian成cheng聊liao天tian和he閱yue讀du時shi間jian的de好hao夥huo伴ban。如ru果guo電dian視shi機ji太tai大da不bu好hao搬ban
，也ye可ke以yi取qu出chu遙yao控kong器qi的de電dian池chi，這zhe樣yang當dang你ni來lai回hui換huan頻pin道dao時shi就jiu必bi須xu手shou工gong操cao作zuo了le。

    Keep a list of alternate activities taped to the TV as a reminder.The TV-Turnoff website lists screen-free suggestions like starting a garden, looking at the stars, or going to a bookstore as options.

    將看電視之外的一些活動列出來
，貼在電視機上時時提醒自己。一個名為“關掉電視”的網站列出了一係列遠離屏幕的建議，比如種種花草，觀觀星象，逛逛書店。

    The first few days can be rough, but, after that initial period, people find freedom. They get more things done and that makes them happier.

    最初幾天你可能非常難受，但是一旦過了開始的階段，你就會感覺自在多了。你會發現許多事情值得忙碌，你會變得更加快樂。

    You may see TV watching as a way to decompress13 after your day. Since studies have shown that watching television doesn't lower your stress level, and in fact may increase it, you're better off trying other activities. Could you do something that is more relaxing like yoga14, reading, or listening to music?

    你可能認為看電視是勞碌一天後的一種解壓方式。但是研究顯示：看kan電dian視shi並bing不bu會hui減jian輕qing你ni的de緊jin張zhang程cheng度du，相xiang反fan，它ta會hui加jia劇ju緊jin張zhang程cheng度du。所suo以yi，你ni最zui好hao去qu試shi試shi別bie的de休xiu閑xian方fang式shi。還hai有you什shen麼me比bi練lian瑜yu珈jia，讀du書shu或huo者zhe聽ting音yin樂le更geng令ling人ren身shen心xin愉yu悅yue的de呢ne？