Joho Daly: Watching TV occupies our
time to communicate with our families. TV provides a ready means of relaxation
for people who spend their days doing routine and busy jobs. As soon as TV
enters into our home, most of our free time is controlled by it. What is more,
the one-eyed monster requires absolute silence and attention. If any member
dares to open his mouth, the others order him to shut up immediately. Therefore
we communicate less with our family members. John
Courtis: Thanks to hardworking TV workers, we enjoy more TV
channels and more colorful TV programs. But a question has arisen: it is
difficult for families to choose a common channel because they have different
interests. It is inevitable to give rise to quarrel among them. Ian Wright: For instance, a person who watches too
many idealized programs may become unrealistic. In addition, unhealthy programs
which contain obscene and violent contents may cause people’s
curiosity. John Wallace: Children can
learn a lot of thing by watching TV rather than learning negative things. There
are many great programs in TV show, such as science and international. When I
was a kid, I had always watched science TV show, especially space. It was
easiest to learn what I want by watching TV. Moreover, my friend’s kid always
watches international program, which shows different countries’ kids to speak
one word in their own languages. As a result he can say "good morning" with
seven different languages. Watching TV enables to learn a lot of things. In
other hand, there are many TV shows which are negative effect on children to
watch TV. However, parents are able to manipulate TV show by modern technology.
Consequently, kids are unable to watch the TV shows that have bad effect on
them. John Barnes: TV program provides us
much topic to talk within family. For example, when I was kid, before we ate
dinner, I always watched TV. Then, we could talk about what I had watched before
dinner. Everyone in my house talked one topic. Sometimes we talked about animal.
Other day we talked not only nature, but also my parents’ wedding through
watching TV. As a result, watching TV gave us many topics in our
family. Now match each of the persons (61 to 65) to the
appropriate statement. Note: there are two extra
statements. Statements [A] Families often quarrel over what
programs they should watch. [B] Poor-quality TV programs can
have severe effects on people’s mood and behavior. [C] TV is
playing a more and more positive role in modern life. [D] We
should reduce the time spent in front of the little screen and spend more time
with our families together. [E] We should choose proper programs
at proper time for people in different ages. [F] There is a way
to learn great education by watching TV. [G] Watching TV is a
way to make more conversation with family. Joho Daly