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APPENDIX 3. VIDEO
Task 1. Watch the video-1 and do exercises straight in the video-1.
Task 2. Watch the video-2 and discuss about impact of radio to the society with your partner .
APPENDIX 4. READING
1. Read the text.
Match the headings below to the paragraphs (there is one extra paragraph).
LIFE WITH THE BOX
A.
Television belongs to the twentieth century. John Baird from Scotland was one of
the first men send pictures of moving things by electric waves. His friends who lived a few miles
away were able to receive these pictures at the same time. In 1928 he showed that colour TV was
possible. Although he had discovered all this, there were other people who also wanted to make
television systems and later in 1936 a system from America was first used in Britain.
B.
Today in Britain and the USA television is very popular. Ninety-nine per cent of all
households own at least one TV set and over half of these also own video recorders. Television has
an enormous effect on Americans. Politicians know all about this. They try to make their big public
speeches at times when they can get the largest audiences on the evening news programmes.
Advertisers, too, understand the power of television. They are willing to spend billions of dollars a
year on television.
C.
In Britain the average adult watches twenty-six hours of television a week and
children watch about twenty hours. Some Americans watch twice as much! People say too much
television is bad for children because they just watch the pictures and don't think - but they can also
learn a lot from TV.
D.
At present there are four television channels in operation: BBC 1, BBC 2, ITV and
Channel 4. BBC1 concentrates more on
programmes of general interest,
such as light entertainment,
comedy, sport or children's programmes. BBC 2 provides serious programmes: drama,
documentaries, classical music, including occasionally full-length operas. If we watch the news
programmes, we can see what is happening all over the world.
E.
The news about American television is not all bad. For one thing, Americans
themselves are turning off the more violent shows and watching more comedy and news
programmes. For mother, the news programmes themselves are becoming more interesting. The
most popular is "60 Minutes". If you haven't watched it on Sunday, you won't know what your
friends
are talking about on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
1.
The most popular leisure activity.
2. The invention of television.
3. British television channels.
4. Television and children.