Television in our life.

I. Do you like watching TV?

II. What sort of viewer are you? Before you turn on the TV you study the TV programme.a) rarelyb) sometimesc) often You don’t switch on the TV if you haven’t found anything

interesting.a) rarelyb) sometimesc) often You’ve got your favorite programmes and you can’t miss them.a) noneb) somec) a lot You like to discuss what you’ve seen with your friend.a) rarelyb) sometimesc) often

Majority of A answers.

For you watching TV is a way of escaping from reality. TV keeps your company and doesn’t ask for much in return. Be careful not to isolate yourself from others or give up more interesting things. Sometimes it’s good to escape from reality, but it’s important that you shouldn’t do it too often.

Majority of B answers.

Television isn’t very important for you. It’s not a problem to give it up if there’s something more interesting to do. But if you have to stay at home, you watch whatever is on TV that night. So, be careful not to be too superficial in your choices!

Majority of C answers.

You’ve got an active relationship with TV. You’ve got a critical sense and know how to choose programmes. Be careful not to give TV too much importance and don’t let it influence your language and way of life too much. Sometimes it’s better to read a book.

Key vocabulary. get into something - be interested in

something suspense - a feeling of excitement about what

will happen next rerun - a TV programme that is shown over

again beat - very tired hit the sack - go to sleep keep one’s company – to spend time with smb to catch the score - to learn the results of a

match

III. What programmes do you like watching? How often do you watch them?

Soap opera Quiz show or Game show Chat show Documentary A series Current affairs programme Cartoon

IV. What are the functions of television?

Informative

Educational

Entertaining

V. Complete the table. Find out the benefits and dangers of television.

Benefits of television Dangers

Do you think the exercises we’ve Do you think the exercises we’ve done today are useful?done today are useful?

It was useful….It was useful…. These tasks helped me…These tasks helped me… It was interesting….It was interesting…. The most interesting thing was…The most interesting thing was…