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B) Read the text and speak about positive and negative effects of television.Television Television clearly plays an important part in most people’s lives, but is this a good or a bad thing? On the positive side, people use television as a way of entertaining themselves, especially in the evenings after work. After watching a soap opera or reality TV show, people often like to talk about it with their friends the next day. Television also provides an opportunity to keep up to date with the news, and people can increase their knowledge by watching documentaries and programmes on practical subjects such as cooking. Unfortunately, television also has many negative effects. It is not healthy for people to spend several hours on the sofa watching the screen. Sometimes people seem more interested in watching the TV than talking to their family. A lot of the programmes which are broadcast are of very poor quality. Although television can entertain and educate us, we must not let it take over our lives. 9. a) You’re watching TV with a friend. What can you say in each of the situations? Complete the requests using turn on/ turn off, turn up/ turn down, turn over. 1. You want to watch a programme on TV. – Could you turn the TV …? 2. You can’t hear the programme very well. – Could you ….? 3. You want to watch a different programme. – Could you …? 4. Now it’s too loud for you. – Could you …? 5. You don’t want to watch anymore. – Could you …?
B) Tell your group mates what you can watch on TV tonight. Use the text as an example. There are lots of good programmes on the television this evening. At 7.30, there’s ‘Coronation Street’ on ITV, followed by ‘Eastenders’ on BBC1 at 8 o’clock. These two programmes are the most popular soap operas on British television. Later on at 8.30 there’s ‘Ground Force’ on BBC1. ‘Ground Force’ is a garden makeover show, in which a team of gardeners secretly create a new garden for someone while they are away from home. After that, at 9 o’clock, ‘Big Brother’ is on. ‘Big Brother’ is a reality TV show, in which a group of people are filmed living together 24 hours a day. Lastly ‘Newsnight’ is on at 10.30 on BBC2. ‘Newsnight’ is a news programme that deals with the main items of the day’s news and has interviews with leading politicians.
C) Discuss the questions in small groups. Report to the whole class. 1) How often do you watch the news on TV? Which channels do you watch? 2) What are the big news stories at the moment? 3) Do you ever watch any of the international news channels or get your news from the Internet? 4) Which news channels do you trust? 5) What programmes are most interesting on Russian television now? 6) What is non-professional journalism? Is it good or bad? Why?
d) What do you know about these news companies? Find some information and prepare a brief report about one of them. BBC World CNN Euronews Russia Today A) Work in pairs. Guess the answers to these questions. · What is the world’s most popular reality TV show? · Which country makes the most films? · Which search engine is the most popular? · Which film is often voted the greatest ever? · Which quiz show is the most popular? · Which country watches most TV? · Which newspaper sells the most copies? Date: 2015-12-17; view: 1282
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