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5.3. Listening and Watching

5.3.1. Discussion spot.

Do you have a cable radio at home?

If yes:

Do you ever listen to it? Who listens to it most at your place? What is your attitude to it? What would you like to change in its programme to listen to it more?

If no:

Do you know what is meant by cable radio? Have you ever seen it at someone else’s place? What do you think about it? Would you like to have one at your place?

Any answer:

Do you think people in other cities/towns or countries have it? What are its advantages and disadvantages?

5.3.2. Discussion spot.

Do you ever listen to the FM-ranged radio? Which radio stations do you prefer listening to: musical or conversational ones? Explain your choice.

5.3.3. Discussion spot.

Do you watch much TV? What are the advantages and disadvantages of TV in comparison to the radio? How many TV channels have you ever watched? Have you ever thought that there were too many? For inspiration, see the list of countries having their own TV broadcasting stations in the reader section (R.5.1.).

5.3.4. Look at the types of programmes below. Do you usually find these on TV, on radio or on both? What other kinds of programme are popular in Ukraine?

documentaries, ‘reality’ shows, phone-ins, sit coms, sports coverage, cartoons, local news, adverts, crime mysteries, national news, soap operas, travel news, game shows, quizzes

5.3.4.1. Put the programmes in activity 5.3.4. into these categories. Compare your opinions in pairs.

There are too many of these on the TV/radio in my country.

There aren’t enough of these.

There are about the right number.

We haven’t got this kind of programme in my country.

5.3.5. In the text below you will see some key words. Do this exercise to understand them better. Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text.

ubiquitous flicker flick flip sedentary

anecdotal revival decline bug pastime

1. A ____________ is a reduction in the amount or quality of something.

2. A ____________ is something people do regularly for fun in their free time.

3. A ____________ is the process of becoming active, successful or popular again.

4. A ____________ is a sudden strong enthusiasm for doing something.

5. If an activity is described as ____________, it involves a lot of sitting and not much exercise.

6. If something is ____________, it can be found everywhere.

7. If evidence is ____________, it is based on someone’s personal experience or information rather than on facts.

8. If you ____________ from one TV channel to another, you keep changing channels quickly.

9. If a light or a TV screen ____________, it goes on and off or becomes brighter or less bright in quick succession.

10. If you ____________ your eyes from one thing to another, you move them quickly.

5.3.6. The article is about TV, the Internet and reading habits of British children (activity 5.3.6.1.). Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) and then check your answers in the text.

1. More than 80% of schoolchildren turn on the TV when they return home from school.

2. Only 50% of schoolchildren read books in their own time every day.

3. More than 50% of schoolchildren in Britain own a computer or a laptop.

4. More than half the children surveyed have their own profile on a social networking site.

5. Almost three in four thirteen to sixteen year olds watch TV in bed.

6. 95% have a TV in their bedroom.

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