Vocabulary

addict - любитель, фанатик

at first - сначала

be crazy - сходить с ума

depressing - гнетущий

face - стоять лицом к

miss - скучать

nag - ворчать

rush away - торопиться

the only - единственный

Exercise 1. Answer the following questions:

1. What does it mean to be television addict?

2. What is the essence of the experiment?

3. Was the Carter family bored when their television was taken away?

4. How did they fill their time?

5. Did they miss their favourite programmes?

6. What did their daughter think about her parents participation in the experiment?

7. What games did they play?

8. Did they see any advantages of not having TV at home?

9. What does Angela think about television?

10. Did her children enjoy having a television?

11. What problems does Peter have with his sister?

12. Does TV affect his schoolwork badly?

Exercise 2. Are these sentences true or false?

1. The Carter family decided to take part in the experiment because they don't like watching TV.

1. They were not bored without TV.

2. They don't know what to do and how to fill their time.

3. Sandra Carter approves the decision of their parents.

4. Now she has more time to her home work.

5. Angela Fox prefers to have a television in her house.

6. The Foxs told their children to watch TV two hours a week.

7. Angela likes planning her life around the TV.

8. Peter Fox hates having a TV.

9. Peter and his sister have problems because they never want to watch the same programmes.

Exercise 3. Give the English equivalents for:

1. любители телевидения

2. принимать участие в

3. на месяц

4. сначала

5. заполнить время

6. спутниковое телевидение

7. уроки игры на фортепиано

8. через два месяца

9. все еще слишком много

10. почти никогда не видеть

11. первый раз в жизни

12. скучать

Exercise 4. Translate into English:

1. Две семьи попросили принять участие в эксперименте.

2. Семья Картеров вначале не знала чем заполнить вечера без телевизора.

3. Они продолжали обсуждать телевизионные программы, хотя и не смотрели их.

4. Потом семья начала проводить больше времени вместе, вместе обедали, вместе играли в разные игры.

5. Их дочь была недовольна, что родители согласились принять участие в эксперименте.

6. Сейчас Сандра говорит, что у нее появилось больше времени для выполнения домашних заданий и подготовке к экзаменам.

7. Анжела считает, что нужно ограничить время просмотра телевизионных программ.

8. Она предпочитает жить в доме без телевизора и радио, так как новости, которые передают, обычно удручающие.

9. Брат и сестра хотят смотреть разные программы и у них возникают проблемы.

10. Питер говорит, что телевизор не мешает учебе, что есть программы, которые даже помогают.

Exercise 5. Speaking.

1. TV in your house.

2. My favourite TV programme.

UNIT 6.

Raising Good Children

Like many children, Sara Newland loves animals. But unlike most youngsters, she has turned that love into activism. Five years ago, during a trip to the zoo, the New York City girl learned about the plight of endangered species, and decided to help. With the aid of her mother, Sara - than about 4 years old - baked cakes and cookies and sold them on the sidewalk near her apartment building. She felt triumphant when she raised $ 35, which she promptly sent in to the World Wildlife Fund.

A few weeks later, triumph turned into tears when the fund wrote Sara asking for more money. "She was devastated because she thought she had taken care of that problem", says Polly Newland, who then patiently told her daughter that there are lots of big problems that require continual help from lots of people. That explanation worked. Sara, now 9, has expanded her causes. Through her school, she helps out at an inner-city child-care centre; she also regularly brings meal to homeless people in her neighbourhood.

A sensitive parent can make all the difference in encouraging - or discouraging - a child's developing sense of morality and values. Psychologists say that not only are parents important as role models, they also have to be aware of a child's perception of the world at different ages and respond appropriately to children's concerns. "I think the capacity for goodness is there from the start", says Thomas Lickona, a professor of education and author of "Raising Good Children". But, he says, parents must nurture those instincts just as they help their children become good readers or athletes or musicians.

That's not an easy task these days. In the past, schools and churches played a key-role in fostering moral development. Now, with religious influence in decline and schools wavering over the way to teach values, parents are pretty much of their own. Other recent social trends have complicated the transmission of values.