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Television in Our life — Телевидение в нашей жизни

Television now plays an important role in our life. It is difficult to say if it is good or bad for us. It is clear, that television has advantages and disadvantages.
But are there more advantages than disadvantages? In the first place, television is an entertainment. But it is not only a convenient entertainment. For a family of three, four or five, for example, it is more convenient and less expensive to sit comfortably at home than to go out to find entertainment in other places. They don’t have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre or cinema. They turn on the TV-set and can watch interesting films, concerts, football matches.
But some people think that it’s bad to watch TV. Those who watch TV need do nothing. We are passive when we watch TV. Television shows us many interesting programmes. But again there is a disadvantage here: we watch TV every evening, and it begins to dominate our lives.
My friend told me that when his TV-set broke down, he and

his family found that they had more time to do things and to talk to each other. There are other arguments for and against television.
Very often the programmes are bad. Sometimes they show too much violence in films and news programmes. There is also too much pop music and ads. Ads on the whole are convenient for grown-ups. But is it good for children to watch all those ads where they show all kinds of underwear and what not?

Телевидение в нашей жизни

Телевидение играет важную роль в нашей жизни. Трудно сказать, хорошо это или плохо. Ясно, что телевидение имеет свои преимущества и недостатки.
Но чего больше — преимуществ или недостатков? В первую очередь, телевидение — это развлечение. Но это не только удобные развлечения. Семье из трех, четырех или пяти человек, например, удобнее и выгоднее

сидеть дома, чем куда-нибудь идти и искать развлечений в других местах. Им не надо оплачивать дорогие билеты в театр или кино. Они включают телевизор и смотрят интересные фильмы, концерты и футбольные матчи.
Но некоторые люди думают, что смотреть телевизор вредно. Телезрителям не надо ничего делать. Когда мы смотрим телевизор, мы пассивны. Телевидение демонстрирует нам много интересных программ. Но в этом есть и недостаток: мы смотрим телевизор каждый вечер, и он начинает доминировать в нашей жизни.
Мой друг сказал мне, что когда у него сломался телевизор, то он и вся его семья обнаружили, что у них появилось больше времени на то, чтобы что-то сделать или поговорить друг с другом. Есть и другие аргументы «за» и «против» телевидения.
Часто показывают плохие программы. Иногда в фильмах и новостях много насилия. Также по телевизору показывают много поп-музыки и рекламы. В целом, реклама удобна для взрослых. Но разве полезно детям смотреть всю эту рекламу, где показывают разное нижнее белье и что угодно?

Questions:

1. What advantages does television have?
2. What disadvantages does television have?
3. What did my friend find when his TV-set broke down?
4. What do they sometimes show?

Vocabulary:

Entertainment — развлечение
to turn on — включать
passive — пассивный
to dominate — доминировать
to break down — ломаться
argument — аргумент
violence — жестокость
pop music — поп-музыка
ads (advertisemets) — реклама, объявления

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