Go back to passage 1. Look it through and comment on the sentence: “The educational role of press is extremely great”. Prove your opinion by examples from your own experience.
11. Scan passage 2. Pay attention to the positive and negative features of television. Discuss them with your partner. Use the following word combinations in your discussion:
a
Admitted the one-eyed monster into our homes; used to have hobbies, to entertain our friends and be entertained by them; used to read books and listen to music; used to go outside for amusements, to theatres, cinemas, restaurants and sporting events; grow addicted to the telly; watch rubbishy commercials or spectacles of sadism and violence; encourage passive enjoyment; cut off from the real world.
b
Nobody imposes TV on you; enjoy civilized pleasures; watch to be well informed; considerable variety of programmes; cheap source of information and entertainment; enormous possibilities for education; language teaching; ideals of democracy, political argument, etc...; world net communication via satellite; unifying force of the world.
12. Look through passage 4 and decide what the phrase “rip and read” means:
a
the announcer reads paper news reports for some five minutes;
b
he gives detailed analysis of the events.
Scan passage 5 and discuss with your partner all possible uses of the Internet. Speak about the role of the Internet in your life.