Ex. 2. Imagine that y ou have decided to spend the evening at home watching TV. Look through the schedule again and note down the programmes you would watch.
Example: 730 BBC 2 Young Musician of the Year
Ex. 3. Finish the phrases choosing the following word-combinations or sentences.
1. Like/Unlike most people I watch TV ___ (every day, every other day, once a month, very seldom, from early morning till late at night).
2. I turn on the TV set ___ (before I go to bed, before I leave my house, as soon as I wake up, early in the morning, when I come home from work) and turn it off ___ (before going to work; as soon as I get tired of it, before going to bed).
3. I am used to listening to ___ (broadcasts for children, classical music, lectures on science and technology, lectures on literature, the latest news, light music, educational programmes).
4. I find ___ (opera, operetta, classical music, light music, lectures on literature, various advertisements, scientific forums, detective stories, programmes for housewives) very ___ (interesting, boring, helpful) and I ___ (always, often, never) listen to them/it.
5. Most of all I like ___ (commercials, detective films, horror films, opera, concerts of classical music, rock music, lectures on philosophy, music or literature). 6. Such programmes provide ___ (relaxation, entertainment, food for thought) and ___ (make one very sleepy, don’t interfere with one’s work, are of great artistic value, are of no artistic value).
7. Mass media should /shouldn’t ___ (give information without any commentary, comment on the facts presented, present various views on the same points, devote too much/more time to such subjects as a rise in crime, ethnic unrest, political disturbances and disasters, health care, housing, education).
8. Mass media should/shouldn’t ___ (mislead public opinion, shape public opinion, present facts in a false light, distort facts, be objective, be influenced by anybody or anything, devote more time to entertainment, be so boring).
Ex. 4. Finish the sentences.
1. Like most people I watch television ___. 2. I’m used to watching ___ 3. There are programmes which I like very much, for instance ___. 4. I don’t like and never watch the progarammes ___ because they are ___ /because they provide ___. 6. My family seldom watch TV because ___.
Ex. 5. Match the programme in the second column to its most likely programme type in the first column.
| 1) documentary | a) Brain of Britain |
| 2) game show | b) Dallas’s Dynasty |
| 3) chat show | c) Inspector Ivan Investigates |
| 4) sports programme | d) Match of the Week |
| 5) weather forecast | e) Saturday Night at the Music Hall |
| 6) quiz | f) Talking to Oprah |
| 7) soap opera | g) The Secret Life of Turtles |
| 8) variety show | h) The Week’s Top CD’s |
| 9) music programme | i) The World This Week |
| 10) detective story | j) Tomorrow’s Weather |
| 11) current affairs programme | k) Win a Car |
Ex. 6.* Put each of the following words or phrases in the correct gap.
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programmes, channel, commercials, quiz shows, subjective, prime-time, documentary, medium, viewers, soap operas, watch, switch, surfing, talk shows, series, movies, network, cable, infomercials, a TV-viewer
TELEVISION
TV is an incredibly varied ___ (1) which goes from awful to fantastic. Of course, what you consider worthwhile is a very ___ (2) matter. Personally, I think that ___ (3) such as The Bold and the Beautiful are the worst! There is nothing worse than being a ___ (4), sitting there ___ (5) from one ___ (6) to the new. There is certainly a lot to choose from, though. The major ___ (7) are having quite a lot of competition from the ___(8) and ___(9) channels. I really like these channels as they often offer ___ ___(10) that I really enjoy. Nature shows and other informational ___ (11) are wonderful. One thing I like to watch during the evening, the so called ___ ___ (12), are the question and answer shows. I also like a few of the ___ (13), such as Friends. The worst thing about television are the ___ ___ (14). Even worse are the ___ (15), which can last up to 30 minutes! I usually ___ (16) channels and ___ (17) something else. One of the strangest things about television are the ___ ___ (18). I don’t really understand what ___ (19) like about these shows. Oh well, what a world we live in.
Ex. 7 .* Fill in the gaps with the articles.
“Three out of each four televiewers in Great Britain dislike __ (1) programmes British TV offers them daily so much that they are ready to give up watching the box. ”That was what __ (2) popular British newspaper wrote after its reporters had interviewed __ (3) large group of people to find out what public opinion was on __ (4) subject in __ (5) opinion of many viewers most of __ (6) programmes left __ (7) lot to be desired. Not all __ (8) adult viewers __ (9) interviewers talked to liked TV. Some even hated it, very often because of __ (10) harm it was doing to __ (11) children. __ (12) interview showed that __ (13) kid in __ (14) ordinary British family watched __ (15) telly about twenty – five hours __ (16) week. Most parents can’t control it, because they have to stay away from home most of __ (17) time, so __ (18) little televiewers can sit in front of __ (19) box as long as they like and watch all ___ (20) programmes they like.
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