Most people can't imagine life without TV, yet it's only 75 years since regular broadcasting began. Listen to the programme and complete the sentences. You can find the answers as a comment.
1. How many hours a week on average does someone in the UK watch television?
a) 20 hours
b) 30 hours
c) 40 hours
2. The BBC first public broadcast in the UK began in ___________.
3. Nick Higham explains other names that were considered for the television, such as photo ___________ or electric ___________.
4. The television historian John Trenouth mentions the radio was called ___________ in the past.
5. Some of the first things to be shown on TV were ___________, ___________ demonstrations and ___________ models.
6. Some British people didn't have a TV set back then because they weren't ___________ and they were ___________ of this mystical device.
7. Manufacturers put ___________ on the front of TV sets as people thought the TV set could see them and tried to put a ___________ over the screen!
8. Technology has developed so much that today you can even watch TV on your ___________ ___________, and the number of ___________ has expanded.
Source: BBC 6 minute English
Source: BBC 6 minute English
1. b
ResponderEliminar2. 1936
3. telegraphy / telescope
4. wireless
5. ballet / gardening / building
6. cheap / suspicious
7. doors / cloth
8. mobile phone / channels
Very interesting!
ResponderEliminarVery interesting!
ResponderEliminarWhat a funny anecdote about the first TV viewers!!! Now TV is an important side of our lives. But we all should remember that there are many other things to do in our free time, and most of them are probably much more useful for us and for our family and friends. What about opening a good book in your sitting-room, switch on your Hi-Fi and read it with your favoutite CD in a cosy level? What about having a long and lovely conversation with your partner? What about walking your dog with your parents? (and so on). What a pity if we forget our real path in this life: happiness with our dear relatives and friends. TV is OK, but only for a while. I really hate binge-watching TV. Be your own main character in your own film: in other words: live your life.Have a nice day, have a nice weekend. And, of course, have a nice life!!!!
ResponderEliminarI remember that at my Grandma's the TV set had doors too! It's very funny and interesting this listening.
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