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11. Look through the TV schedule and:
1. Find and read aloud:
a. political programmes and news
b. sports programmes
c. music programmes
d. soap operas
2. Say which programmes have more time given to them than others.
3. Which programmes are on at prime time (the best time)? Why do you think these
programmes are on then?
12. Fill in the table. Think of the advantages and disadvantages of watching TV.
Give your opinion. Use the following words and expressions:
1 to rest, to relax, to receive information, to watch operas, ballets and performances,
sitting at home, to listen to famous people, to study foreign languages, to take part in
shows and win prizes (money, cars…), to buy things for the comfort of your home, to
travel round the world without wasting money, TV is a good friend for disabled and
lonely people…
2 to become lazy, to have no time to speak to or see friends and relatives, to gain
weight, to damage one’s eyes, to sleep badly, too much radiation in the room, to be
too lazy to go to the theatre and cinema, to have no time to do one’s homework and to
help one’s pare3nts around the house, to be too lazy to read books, to watch films for
grown-ups…
TV advantages TV disadvantages
I relax when I watch soap operas. I spend too much time watching TV.
… …
13. Say whether or not you like adverts on TV. Why do you like or dislike them?
PART 2. GAMBLING
1. The man lost his money gambling in a casino. Read his revelation.
‘The first time I gambled, I just stayed for an hour. I didn’t get addicted until the
next day. I can’t honestly say, from that day on, I was in the casino at two o’clock
every afternoon, seven days a week, for the next five years, except when I was
penniless. It was a complete obsession’
a) What other forms of gambling are there?
b) Why do you think people start gambling?
c) What kind of people do you think gamblers are (e.g. age, sex, background)?
d) What kind of help or advice would you give them if they wanted to stop
gambling?

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