An early strain of research claimed that when we watch television, our brains mostly exhibit slow alpha waves—indicating a low level of arousal, similar to when we are daydreaming.

一项早期的研究表明，当我们看电视时，我们的大脑大多表现出缓慢的阿尔法波，这表明我们的兴奋程度程度较低，类似于做白日梦的状态。

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Television images showed waves of more than 12 feet roaring inland.

电视画面显示，超过12英尺的波浪吼叫着冲向陆地。

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Television showed waves up to 10 metres high in some areas sweeping buildings and vehicles inland.

电视画面显示高达10米的海浪冲走了建筑物和车辆。

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For the BBC's audiences on television and radio news, he guided a path through the complexities of successive waves of education reform.

BBC: Mike Baker, 2001

Others on the centre-left, for instance Mr D'Alema's Blairite colleague, Walter Veltroni, are again bemoaning the effectiveness, and unfairness, of Mr Berlusconi's ready access to the air-waves: the tycoon-cum-politician happily floods his own television channels with advertisements in praise of himself.

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