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Exercise 17 Answer the questions. Compare them in pairs.1. There are two questions in the quiz. Which categories do the questions belong to: art, geography, history, music, science? 2. Where are the World Athletics Championships being held this year? 3. Is Joe Rawling a reporter, a runner or injured at the moment? 4. What is the subject of the phone-in? 5. What do we learn about Kerry’s opinions? 6. In the travel news, what is the cause of the delays on the M4? 7. Is the situation on the M6 better or worse than before? 8. What is the young man in the soap trying to tell the young woman? 9. Does the young woman respond positively? Exercise 18 Look at the headline of the article. Without reading the article, decide whether it is a fact or a myth. Read and translate the article and find out what the latest research suggests. Watching TV is bad for toddlers To give your children a head start in life, sit them in front of the television. A study of 200 American pre-schoolers has revealed that toddlers who watch TV for two hours a day develop more quickly than those who do without. On average, the two-and-three-year-olds who watched TV scored 10 per cent higher in reading, maths and vocabulary. However, the programmes have to be aimed at their age group – children derive no benefits from watching TV designed for adults. ‘Television opens up the world to many young children and gives them the head start, which is sustained in improved academic achievements through out their school lives,’ said Aletha Huston of the University of Texas. But the positive impact of TV declines with age, reports The Sunday Times. Older children who watch more than 16 hours of TV a week perform worse than their peers.
to have a head start on/over — èìåòü ïðåèìóùåñòâî ïåðåä êåì-ë. Exercise 19 Choose the best summary of the article according to the information in the text. Watching TV programmes
Exercise 20 Complete the letters to a TV magazine with the adjectives in the box.
Exercise 21 Writing Write a letter to a TV magazine or TV channel and explain a) why you like watching this channel or TV programme; b) what you like most of all in this programme; c) what you’d like to change. Remember the rules of writing a letter:
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