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6 Complete the statements below.
· I would like carry on watching such programs as………………………….
· I want to watch them because……………………………….
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
7 Make up collocations matching the words from the box with the words
1-10. Choose any three collocations and make up sentences.
television people enthusiasm confinement opinion wisdom
to lead delight back art
1 in solitary____________
2 _______________ a double life
3 to give personal______________
4 __________________historians
5 common-sense______________
6 ordinary___________________
7 to take _______________in smth
8 to be infected by______________
9 to rush _____________________
10 BBC______________________
8 Read the article and give a word for each space 1-8. The first letter is
already there. There is one space for each other letter in the word.
Television has a (1) p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ hold over people’s minds. It is an
instrument of (2) l_ _ _ _ _ _, of information and – to a very limited extent – of
culture. It does not stop people reading newspapers or books, going to the (3) c_
_ _ _ _ or theatre or watching videos. But these activities are occasional, irregular
and ultimately of secondary importance. (4)T_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is one of the main
subjects of conversation, at school, in offices, at home and in the street, as well as
being written about in all the newspapers.
It might be said that the main objective of television is to persuade the
maximum number of people to watch it for the maximum amount of time. And how
effectively the sitcoms and (5) s_ _ _ operas do that! I do not think that I have ever
seen any other country so totally dominated by these shows. Some of them are
Egyptian productions but the majority is American.
It is therefore not surprising that an extraordinary ritual takes place when it is
time for (6) s_ _ _ _ _ to begin. All the members of the family stop whatever they
have been doing and sit glued to the (7) s_ _ _ _ _.
Ramadan, the month of fasting, is the month in which television reigns
supreme. This is partly because people have more time on their hands than
during the rest of the year, but also because cinemas and theatres close down
and other (8) p_ _ _ _ _ cultural activities come to a holt. During Ramadan people
go on a kind of television binge. Besides the normal shows, special serials
running from the first to the last day of the month are produced each year and are
eagerly awaited by millions of viewers.
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