Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Study the boxes above.
1. English(speak) in many countries around the world.
2. Much of the world’s coffee(grow) in Brazil.
3.Many photos(take) of the beautiful scenery near the mountain.
4. The flowers(water) every evening by the gardener.
5. How many books(check out) from the library every week?
6. Millions of dollars(make) on the stock market every day.
7.My friend’s salary(pay) by his company every two weeks.
8. Many criminals(catch) with the help of modern technology.
9. The department store doors(open) to customers at 9 a.m.
10. Letters and packages(pick up) by the postman every day.
11. The rooms)clean) by the hotel maids every morning.
12. Canada(know) for its long, cold winters.
13.Patients(give) very good care at that hospital.
14. Monopoly(play) by people in many parts of the world.
15. A new president(elect) every four to eight years
2) You waste much time while looking through different numerous ads.
3) Very often some interesting shows are on late at night at inconvenient time.
4) Very often the shows are silly and dull.
5) Too many soap operas and few serious educative and interesting films.
pluses
1) you may listen and watch home news as well as world news.
2) you can watch scientific and educational programmes or movies.
3) you may relax watching entertaining shows and programmes.
4) there are special programmes for different people, for example, for those who love to cook, or to knit, or to travel and much more.
5) there are also programmes for people of different age: Healthy Life style for elderly people and for children they show funny cartoons, which they like very much.
Address information to the public easily
It keeps people aware of what is going on the world (news)
It gives weather updates and tells us what we should wear for the next day
It addresses a lot of important societal problems such as corruption, addiction, etc.
There are a lot of movies, shows and cartoons for entertainment
Disadvantages:
Most of the time the resources and information are unreliable
The government rules the TV station, so most of the time information is censored
People get addicted to shows, which is unhealthy to one's mind
There are a lot of inappropriate shows, that kids end up watching
Watching a lot of TV can cause eyesight and ear problems