1. Television:pros and cons

2. The effects of television
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
You can learn a lot.
You can get the news very fast.
You don’t have to buy tickets to the theatre or cinema.
You don’t have to go to the stadium to watch a football match.
It takes a lot of time.
It is bad for your eyes.
You talk with your parents less.

3. The effects of television
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
You can learn a lot.
You can get the news very fast.
You don’t have to buy tickets to the theatre or cinema.
You don’t have to go to the stadium to watch a football match.
It is an enjoyable way to relax.
It has increased the popularity of sports and art.
It has made us aware of our global responsibilities.
It takes a lot of time.
It is bad for your eyes.
You talk with your parents less.
Television can make us passive.
You don’t have to think and your brains become lazy.
It encourages you to buy unnecessary things.
It takes away time from sports and reading.
It gives a false picture of society.
It makes some people violent.

4. Types of programmes News Sports Educational Entertaining children’s
Crime
Shows
Music
Series, films, comedies, etc.
Eurosportnews Report, Vremya, Vesti, Road Patrol, Moscovia, Segodnya, Culture News
Soccer: EUROGOALS, Sailing: Louis Vuitton Cup in New Zeland, Auckland, Ski Jumping: World Cup in Willingen, Germany, Live Tennis; WTA Tournament in Antwerp, Belgium, Boxing.
Mistery of the Ghost Galleon, The Edge: Secrets of the Clouds
Good Night, Kids; Pereputovy Ostrova (Teens)
Dezhurnaya Chast, Petrovka, 38
The Weakest Link, Bolshaya Stirka, Slaboe zveno, What Women Want, Gordon, Girls’ Tears (Talk Show)
Classical Music
Series: “Land of Love”, “Russkie v Gorode Angelov”, “17 Mgnoveny Vesny”, “Murder, She Wrote”, “Xena:Warrior Princess”; Film:”The Patriot”, “Beware, Modern – 2” (Comedy)