Стр.87 Unit 10 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 8 класс

ANTENNA Survey: Are you a TV addict?

1. When do you usually watch TV?
2. Do you ever watch TV in the morning?
3. How many hours of TV do you usually watch in a week?
4. Have you got a TV in your bedroom?
5. Do you ever argue at home about which programme to watch?
6. Would you like to live without TV for a week?
7. What do you enjoy doing instead of watching TV?

Alternative Activities for Kids and Families

1. Organise a community clean-up.
2. Paint a picture, a fence or a room.
3. Ask an older family member to tell you a story about his or her childhood. Write about it.
4. Bake two batches of cookies – one for your family and one for a norkeli.
5. Play with your pet.
6. Go camping (even if it’s just in the backyard!).
7. Have a party to celebrate a screen-free week.

READING AND SPEAKING

1. In pairs, check the types of TV programmes below. Then think of a programme in our country for each type.

   Soap operas, documentaries, talk shows, comedy series, game shows, debates and discussions, reality shows, sports programmes, quizzes.

2. Complete the sentences with the types of programmes in Exercise 1. Then compare your answers with your partner.
   1. On TV in my country there are too many ______ and there aren’t enough ______.
   2. The most popular programmes in my country are ______, ______ and ______.
   3. My favourite TV programmes are ______.
3. Read the text as you listen to it and match headings 1–6 with paragraphs A–D. There are two headings that you don’t need.
   1. Turn off your TV
   2. Better things to do
   3. TV and education
   4. The positive side of TV
   5. Reasons why TV is harmful
   6. Why TV is good for our brains
4. Read the text again. Are the statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
   1. Screen-Free Week is a new idea.
   2. The organisers say that the week has been a success.
   3. TV news is the best media for helping us understand the problems in the world.
   4. The anti-TV campaign websites don’t suggest many different activities.
   5. Screen-Free campaigners are against all forms of media.
   6. Annie Davidson believes that TV is good because it is a good subject for conversation.
   7. Ms Davidson is going to ignore Screen-Free Week.
5. In pairs, complete the table with arguments from the text. Can you add any more arguments? What is your opinion on TV?
   

   The pros and cons of TV
   Pros	Cons
   TV can be educational	TV doesn’t really explain the news

6. In pairs, find nine different alternatives to watching TV in the text. Then read the list of Alternative Activities for Kids and Families. Which activities are mentioned in both the text and the list, which only in the text and which only in the list? Can you think of any more ideas?
7. Complete the survey for yourself and two other people. Decide who is the biggest TV addict.
   1. When do you usually watch TV?