Television In Our Life The name Television comes

Television In Our Life

The name “Television” comes from Greek word meaning “far”, and a Latin word meaning “to see”, so the word “television“ means “to see far”.

Word Box Addicted, an addict, asleep, to broadcast, a cartoon, to cater, cruelty, current, to depress, depressed, depression, to enlighten, equal, to fail, a failure, to forget, to humiliate, humiliating, to imagine, imagination, to interrupt, interruption, instead, a kid, to light, major, minor, a novel, to offer, to present, a quiz, (a) right, rudeness, to serve, (a) service, serious, to spread, a society, (a) shame, to spy, a spy, to spoil, (a) threat, threatening, unforgettable, violence, violent, to be ashamed, to break down, to be on, to stand for.

Read the text and make it complete using the new words I have a friend, Denis by name, who is quite addicted to television. He spends hours in front of the box, watches everything and anything that’s on. Most of all he likes watching comedy series and quizzes. But he also never fails to see feature films and animated cartoons , even those which are made for very young kids. If there is nothing else on , he watches concerts of serious music and educational programmes. In other words, Denis can’t imagine his life without television and gets depressed when something stops him from watching it. Not long ago Denis’ television broke down. My friend said he couldn’t fall asleep without it. He didn’t sleep for three or four nights, felt so bad that the news of his illness spread in his office. Luckily he soon got his TV back and his life came back to normal too.

Cross out the wrong word to complete the sentences 1) Animal Planet is an extremely popular TV (serial/series). 2) Sheep have lambs, cows have calves, and goats have (kids/foals). 3) What do you think the police (is/are) doing near our house? 4) I can’t understand why you are feeling so (depressed/depressing). 5) Sh-sh-sh. The baby is (fast/quickly) asleep. 6) This James Bond film has (been/gone) on for a week or so. 7) It’s only a (major/minor) problem, don’t take it so seriously. 8) Who is (presenting/introducing) the new novel? 9) Never call people names: it’s (cruel/rude). 10) Nowadays there a lot of (tests/quizzes) on television. 11) when Peter’s television broke (down/out), he couldn’t find anything to occupy himself with. 12) Why, you should be (ashamed/humiliated) of yourself !

Television Advantages • • • Informs Entertains Educates Brings the world to our homes Brings us closer to other people Unifies people Good company for people who live alone Influences what people think Gives the children information and widens their scopes Keeps the children at home Disadvantages • A habit-forming drug impossible to resist • There is too much violence • There is a lot of advertising • It affects children’s brains • It teachers children violence and frightens them