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Exercise 3 Fill in the gaps with a suitable word. Translate the sentences into Russian.1. I can’t hear the programme very well. Could you …it …? 2. I don’t want to watch this channel. Could you … …? 3. There are several evening programmes on three British TV … .4. What’s on TV tonight? – Oh, the usual soap … and stuff like that. 5. Did you see the game live? – No, the just showed the … … . 6. What’s your … programme? 7. ‘Friends’ is on tonight, but it’s a …, I’ve seen it. 8. Do you enjoy watching the … between the programmes? – No, I hate them. 9. This … show will test knowledge of the price of consumer goods. 10. The Simpsons is his favourite … .
Exercise 4 Look at the types of programmes below. Do you usually find these on TV, on radio or on both?
1. radio programmes 2. TV programmes 3. Both Exercise 5 Put the programmes from exercise 4 into these categories. Compare your opinions in pairs.
Exercise 6 Which of the programmes would you describe as
Exercise 7 Read these comments from a survey, which asked, ‘Do you think the quality of TV programming has got worse in recent years?’ Complete the gaps with a word or phrase from exercises 4 and 6. The first letters are given to help you. 1. I don’t think so: I saw a really i.......... d………. about dolphins the other week, and there’s an excellent c… s… on Sunday evenings at the moment, which has some really interesting guests on it. 2. Definitely. The only thing that’s w…. watching nowadays is the n…, and even that’s often just too depressing. 3. Well, my husband hates all those American s……, but I think he just doesn’t understand the jokes! I mean, they’re just h……. fun, really, aren’t they? 4. I don’t know if it’s got worse, but there should be more c……. like The Simpsons and other programmes a…. at young people. 5. It depends on the channel. There’s a very good c…… a…… programme called 60 minutes on ABC during the week: the producers aren’t afraid to deal with quite c............ topics, and the reporting is a lot less biased than on other news programmes. Exercise 8 Discuss the following questions in pairs. - How often do you listen to the radio? - How often do you watch ‘terrestrial’ TV / satellite TV? - Which are your favourite / least favourite TV channels / radio stations? What other kinds of programmes are popular in your country? Think of an example of each type of programme. Which types do you most enjoy? Are there any that you don’t like? Reading Exercise 9 Read and translate the text. Television The most exciting and entertaining kind of mass media is television. It brings moving pictures and sounds directly to people’s homes. So, one can see events in faraway places. The name “Television” comes from Greek word meaning “far” and Latin word meaning “to see”, so it means “to see far”. In a world where many people have more than one colour television set, and access to cable and satellite TV channels as well as the local ones, it is often difficult to remember that most people over fifty years of age grew up with either no television or with a black and white set. Scottish inventor John Logie Baird produced the world's first television pictures in 1925.Without a doubt, television is the most popular of all the media throughout a large part of the world. There is a great number of television channels - public or private, educational or commercial, nationwide or local. Channels offer various programmes, that is, serious ones - documentaries and discussions, adaptations of novels; lighter ones - comic series, humour and sport. There are commercial stations; they sell advertising time to pay for their operating costs and to make profit. Commercial TV stations broadcast mostly entertainment programs to attract larger number of viewers. These programs include light dramas called situation comedies (sitcoms), dramas about life of detectives, police officers, lawyers and doctors, show dancers and singers, movies, quiz shows, soap operas, cartoons, talk shows. On talk shows a host interviews politicians, movie stars, athletes. There are also sport programs, brief summaries of local, national and international news. Public TV focuses mainly on education and culture. Public TV also broadcasts plays, ballets, symphonies as well as programs about art and history. It attracts less viewers then commercial TV. Advertising is an important part of commercial TV. Commercials appear between and during most programs. They urge viewers to buy different kinds of products – from dog food to hair spray, from cars to insurance polices.What makes TV so popular in many countries? It provides information, education and entertainment. With the help of TV you can learn about interesting and important events at home and abroad, the latest news, sport news. It's a great comfort to many elderly and lonely people. On TV everything is much more living, much more real. Television keeps people informed about current events, allows one to follow the latest developments in science and politics. TV offers an endless series of programmes which are both instructive and entertaining. Television series have done a great job in popularizing many different masterpieces. On the other hand, it makes people passive - they don't dance, they don't do things, they don't play games, they don’t have enough time for hobbies and entertaining activities. People prefer watching professional singers, dancers and athletes on TV. Moreover, there is much violence and blood on TV. It is a real threat to our moral standards. Television also displaces cinema and the theatre. Television prevents people from communicating with each other. It has done a lot of harm to the relationships between family members. We must realize that television in itself is neither good nor bad. It all depends on the quality of TV programmes. Television is undoubtedly a great invention but people should be selective enough when choosing what to watch. TV mustn’t occupy all our spare time. Date: 2016-03-03; view: 2050 |