6. Now a lot of / the majority of / many / most people believe / think / feel that....

But although / Admittedly, ... there is no / little evidence that / it is questioned /doubted ...

6.1 A lot of people believe that television has a harmful effect on children. A few years ago, the same criticisms were made of the cinema. But although child psychologists have spent a great deal of time studying this problem, there is not much evidence that television brings about juvenile delinquency.

許多人都認為電視會給孩子帶來危害。前幾年，對電影也有類似的指責。然而盡管青少年心理學者花了許多時間來研究這個問題，卻很少有證據(jù)表明電視造成了青少年犯罪。

6.2 Most people believe that our society of consumption creates the greatest happiness for the greatest number. Although this view is widely held, there is little evidence that Money brings about happiness. Instead, we find our present way of life leads to increasing anxiety, helplessness, and, eventually, to the disintegration of our culture. I refuse to identify consumption with joy and fun with happiness.

許多人認為，我們這個消費社會給絕大多數(shù)人帶來了最大的幸福。盡管人們普遍這樣認為，卻很少有證據(jù)表明錢能給人帶來幸福。相反，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)，現(xiàn)在的全活方式使人越來越感到焦慮不安，孤立無援，最終導致我們文化的崩潰。我不認為消費就是快樂，玩樂就是幸福。

6.3 There is some feeling nowadays that reading is not as necessary as it once was. Radio and especially television have taken over many of the functions once served by print. Admittedly, television serves some of these functions extremely well; the visual communication of news events, for example, has enormous impact. The ability of radio to give us information while we are engaged in doing other things ------ for instance, driving a car ------ is remarkable, and a great saving of time. But it may be seriously questioned whether the advent of modern communications media has much enhanced our intellectual skills.

現(xiàn)在有些人覺得，閱讀沒有像過去那樣有必要了。無線電廣播，尤其電視已代替了曾經(jīng)由印刷所起的許多作用。確實，電視極好地發(fā)揮了其中的一些功能，如新聞通過圖像來傳送有很大的影響。無線電廣播能使我們邊干事，如開車，邊收聽消息，真是了不起，且可節(jié)約許多時間。但是人們或許會認真發(fā)問，這些現(xiàn)代傳播媒體的出現(xiàn)是否已提高了我們的知識技能。