Television:
for and against
Answer the questions:
- How often do you watch TV?
- When do you usually watch TV? .
- What TV channels are popular in Russia, in the UK?
- What are your favourite TV channels?
- What TV programmes do you like best?
- What are the most popular television programmes in our country?
- What TV programmes don’t you like?
Travels club
The minute of glory
Time
What? Where? When?
6 shots
The cleverest
The Maximum
Galileo
Wonders field
A hundred to one
Health
Today
Russian sensations
The big races
Projectorperishilton
The big difference
Dialogues about animals
The special correspondent
While everybody’s at home
Guess the types of programmes:
1. A true programme about something in real life.
2. A serial, continuing story shown more than once a week about the lives of families, friends or workmates.
3. Animated drawings, usually about animals or characters in fantasy situations.
4. In this programme , a TV host interviews different famous people.
5. A play or story, often about people who have problems in their lives.
6. This programme tells us about what is happening in the world.
7. A programme about animals, birds and fish.
8. A programme which makes you laugh.
9. In this show people compete for prizes.
10. These programmes are about activities like football, tennis or motor racing.
cartoons
soap operas
documentary
talk show
drama
the news
comedy
wild life
sports
game show
- Оказывать давление на покупателей
- Давать правдивую информацию
- Убеждать покупателей купить ненужную вещь
- Показывать нереальную жизнь
- Помогать выбрать самые лучшие това ры
- To give true information
- To convince people to buy things they don’t need
- To help to choose best products
- To show life unrealistically
- To put pressure on consumers
- Does television play a very important role in people’s lives?
- What is one of the most popular leisure pastime?
- What choice of programmes do TV channels provide?
- Are there low-grade programmes on TV?
- Do all people like watching commercials?
- Television does not keep you informed about the rest of the world
- Television gives you an opportunity to travel around the world
- Television is a wonderful way to spend free time
- Television is not very important today
- Soaps show life realistically
- All people like watching commercials on TV
- Просмотр телевизора – самый популярный вид отдыха
- Конечно, не все, что показывают по телевизору, сделано с хорошим вкусом
- Телевидение – замечательное средство информации
- Телевидение – это отражение современного мира
- Телевидение информирует о событиях в мире
- Многие люди отдыхают, когда смотрят сериалы
- How many TV channels does your TV set have? (I can watch… , My TV set transmits…, there are 50 channels )
- What is your favourite channel and why? (I adore…, I’m excited about…)
- How often do you usually watch TV? (I’m a telly addict. When I have free time. In the evening. When interesting programmes are shown.)
- What is your favourite programme?
For
Against
1 ,3,4,5,6,8,12
2,7,9,10,11
1. Television provides useful topics for conversations.
2. Television may be the cause of many conflicts in the family.
3. TV informs about current events and the latest developments in science and politics.
4. Television is the best source of information
5. Television can often present information to us in a more effective way than books can.
6. It helps to advertise the popularity of sports and arts.
7. Television may do harm to our health.
8. It entertains us. It helps to relax.
9. Little by little television cuts us off from the real world .
10. It takes time away from activities such as reading, conversation, sports and games.
11. It gives a false picture of society. People who watch a lot of television are more afraid of crime.
12. Television is a reflection of the modern world
For
Against
Write an essay on one of the problems concerning TV.
- Teen’s problems on TV.
- The most interesting TV people.
- Prime- time TV programs.
- Commercials on TV.
- The future of TV.
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