Television in Modern Life

How do people usually answer the question like, "What are your plans for tonight?" or "What are you doing at the weekend?" In other words, how do people spend their free time?

Some tventy or thirty years ago the usual answers used to be: "We are going to the theatre (or the cinema)" or "We are going to a party" or "We are having some friends round". Now you quite often hear, "We are going to stay at home and watch the telly."

Television (colloquially known as TV or telly) is now so popular in the whole world that it is hard to believe that it appeared only about fifty years ago.

A first-rate colour TV set has become an ordinary thing in the household today, and a video cassette recorder (VCR) is quickly becoming one.

Modern television offers the viewers several programs on different channels. In addition to regular news programmes, you can see plays and films, operas and ballets, and watch all kinds of contests, quizzes, soap operas, serials and sporting events. You can also get a lot of useful information on the educational channel. A good serial (perhaps, a detective story or a screen version of a classical novel) can keep the whole family in front of the telly for days, and don't we spend hours and hours watching out favourite football or hockey team in an important international event?

Television most definitely plays an important part in people's lives. But is it a good thing or a bad one? Haven't we become lazier because of the television? Don't we go out less often? Don't we read less? And yet a lot of people believe that the telly has made our life more interesting and can't imagine their everyday life without it.

Ex. 4. Складіть 3 запитання до тексту: «Television in Modern Life»

Ex. 5. Заповніть пропуски:

1. We are going to stay at home and … the telly.

2. Television is now so … in the whole world that it is hard to … that it appeared only about fifty years ago.

3. Modern television offers the viewers several programs on … channels.

4. Television most definitely plays an … part in people's lives.

Ex. 6. Поєднайте типи телевізійних програм:

1. People trying to answer questions

2. Actors doing and saying funny things

3. People discussing politics

4. The animal life of Antarctica

5. Guns, murder and police

6. A long interview with a famous person

7. Everyday lives of the same group of people

8. Characters played by moving drawings

9. Someone talking about a new soap powder

10. A person telling you what happened today

1. a detective series

2. a commercial

3. soap opera

4. a comedy series

5. a talk show

6. a current affairs program

g) a nature documentary h) the news

i) a quiz show

i) a cartoon

Ex. 7. Які з цих прикметників позитивно описують фільм, а які ні:

old-fashioned	dull	exciting	thrilling
difficult to understand	boring	superficial	sentimental
depressing	truthful	romantic	complicated
informative	biased	objective	entertaining
interesting	naive	violent	funny

Домашнє завдання:

Ex. 1. Вивчіть новий лексичний матеріал.

Ex. 8. Розкажіть яку роль радіо та телебачення відіграє в вашому житті.

Питання дня самоконтролю:

1. Як часто ти слухаєш радіо?

2. Яка музика тобі подобається?

3. Як часто ти дивишся телевізор?

4. Який твій улюблений телеканал?

Unit.14. Контрольний зріз знань.

Unit.15. Українські митці та вчені.

Ex. 1. Прочитайте та запам’ятайте наступні слова та вирази:

tumultuous – безладний

subjugation – підпорядкування

homemade – саморобний

canvas – полотно

Ex. 2. Прочитайте та перекладіть текст:

The Art of Ukraine

Ukrainian identity, born of a relationship to land, is equally defined by a tumultuous and dark history of political subjugation and resistance. Not surprisingly, the work of creative artists, musicians, writers, poets, potters, dancers, singers, composers, sculpturers, wood carvers, weavers, actors, designers, authors, and folk artists have laid claim to the shifting tides of this history.

Over many centuries, Ukrainian artists have integrated the mystical symbols of the Tree of Life, the sun, and the goddess into their woven textiles, ceramics, woodwork, metalwork, and paintings. Perhaps the most widely recognized art form, the pysanky, a colorful, patterned Easter egg, is believed to possess a talismanic power to grant wishes of wealth, a rich harvest, and good health. Intricate patterns drawn on the egg with wax become word pictures, communicating feelings of love, mystery, faith, despair, and hope, after dye is added to give the egg color and the wax is removed.

A lesser recognized art form, the icon painted on wooden board or homemade canvas, dates back to the 17th century. Primarily a folk art created by farmers and peasants, icons resided in a central location in virtually every village house, playing significant spiritual roles in the births, weddings, and deaths of family members. Though much of the icon's value is traditionally Biblical, the origins of the icon are firmly rooted in legends and folklore and unique in both in its rich color and floral design. Suppressed in the 1920s by the Soviet regime, this folk art has experienced a renaissance over the past few years as exhibitions of both antiquated and new pieces are curated.

Ukrainian paintings, in the tradition of Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine’s most celebrated artist and poet, depicting the beauty of the land and people continue to thrive today in the work of Anatoly Haydamaka, Andrily Hlazovy, and Karlo Zvirynsky. Yet, a new voice, born out of the Orange Revolution, is calling on artists of every creative form to reassess Ukrainian culture and the country's place in the world in the 21st century. A recent exhibition, entitled Ukrainian Hermitage, bringing together a group of fifteen young artists, called into question "traditional" art forms. Making a case for continuing the Orange Revolution through the medium of art, the artists are cutting a new path in the history of Ukrainian creative expression.

Ex. 3. Складіть три запитання до тексту

Ex. 4. Доповніть речення:

1. Ukrainian identity, born of a relationship to land, is equally defined by…

2. A lesser recognized art form, the icon painted on wooden board or homemade canvas, dates …

3. Though much of the icon's value is traditionally Biblical, the origins of the icon are firmly rooted in legends and folklore and …

4. A recent exhibition, entitled Ukrainian Hermitage, bringing together a group of fifteen young artists, called …

Ex. 5. Прочитайте та перекладіть текст:

Eugene Paton

Eugene Paton was born in 1870 in the French town Nizza. Paton was an outstanding constructor and a scientist. From 1929 Paton was the member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. He graduated from the Polytechnical Institute of Dresden in 1894 and St. Petersburg Institute of Civil Engineers in 1896. In 1904-1939 Paton was the professor of Kyiv Polytechnical Institute. Heading the laboratory of testing the bridges, he formulated the main scientific principles and discovered the scientific technology of testing the bridges. In 1896-1929 he constructed 35 bridges, among them the main bridge across the Dnieper in Kyiv. Now this bridge bears his name. In 1929 Paton organized the laboratory of electric welding, which became an Institute in 1934. Eugene Paton died in 1953 in Kyiv.

Ex. 6. Складіть два запитання до тексту.

Ex. 7. Опишіть подані нижче картини:

Домашнє завдання:

Ex. 1. Вивчіть новий лексичний матеріал.

Ex. 8. Розкажіть про вашого улюбленого митця або вченого.

Питання для самоконтролю:

1. Яких українських митців ви знаєте?

2. Яких українських вчених ви знаєте?

Unit 16 Розвиток науки і техніки в Україні.

Ex.1 З’єднайте наступні англійські слова з їх українськими еквівалентами:

Part I

1. Discovery а) застосування

2. Achievement b)генетика

3. Disease c) дослідження

4. Diagnosis d)відкриття

5. Transplant e)спостереження

6. Research f) конкуренція

7. Genetics g) трансплантант

8. Application h) досягнення

9. Competitiveness i) діагноз

10) observation j) захворювання