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Television dominates the free time of too many people. It can make people lazy and prevent them from socialising with others. Do you agree or disagree?

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Television
 is very popular in our daily life. Many
people
 spend most of their leisure
time
on
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watching
television
 and are reluctant to involve in exercising and social gathering. In
this
 essay, I will explain why I agree with the mentioned situation. One of the reasons why
television
 is so attractive to many
people
 is that it has a wide range of programs, ranging from cartoons,
television
 series to documentary programs, which would easily make
people
 addicted.
For instance
,
TV
 dramas, like squid
game
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, make
people
 spend many hours on them.
People
 tend to glue their eyes on
TV
 rather than going out for doing exercise or
meeting
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 with their friends, just because they want to finish the
television
 episode. As a consequence, we will become lazy and isolated from our friends.
Furthermore
, the pace of living in a modern city, like Hong Kong, is pretty fast. Most citizens spend long working hours and feel exhausted after a day of
hectic
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 life. They would prefer to have a relaxed and entertaining leisure
time
 at home.
Television
 is a good choice for them.
Also
, most
television
 channels are open to the public for free, it may be one of the most economical leisure activities that even the grass root can afford to enjoy. That’s why
TV
 dominates
people
’s free
time
. In conclusion, in my opinion,
people
 spend most of their
time
 on
TV
 because it is very entertaining, enjoyable and inexpensive.
Moreover
, the busy and exhausted lifestyle makes
people
 prefer to spend
time
 on
television
.
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