TELEVISION

A. Read this TV listing and complete it by writing the type of programme next to its

summary.

ESCOLA SECUNDÁRIA DE ALCANENA ANO LECTIVO 2008/2009

ÀREA DE COMPETÊNCIA:

Cultura, Língua e Comunicação (CLC) – INGLÊS

Núcleo Gerador: Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação (TIC) Domínio de Referência: DR3 – Contexto Institucional Tema: Media e Informação Competência: Relacionar-se com os mass media reconhecendo os seus impactos na constituição do poder mediático e tendo a percepção dos efeitos deste na regulação institucional

Cartoon news documentary soap opera wild life sport

18:30 – Pingu Pingu’s birthday:

Another adventure with that lovable and sometimes misunderstood little penguin. Pingu celebrates his

birthday.

19:00 – Extinct Celebrities tell us stories about animals in danger of extinction.

20:00 – Events of the Day Summary of the main events of the day.

21:00 – Masters Tennis You can watch the semi-finals of the Masters Tournament.

22:00 – General Hospital Nick goes to see Sam and brings her a box of Belgian chocolates. Sam asks Nick to take her to see Jason.

Elizabeth enters the room and tells Nick that moving Sam is out of the question since she is recovering

from serious brain surgery.

23:00 – Nation on film A programme about life in post-war Britain.

B. Read the poem and decide if the sentences are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). Correct the false ones by quoting from the text.

Turn Off the TV By Bruce Lansky

My father gets quite mad at me

My mother gets upset

When they catch me watching

Our new television set.

My father yells, “Turn that thing off!”

Mom says, “It’s time to study.”

I’d rather watch my favourite TV show

With my best buddy.

I sneak down after homework

And turn the set on now.

But when she sees me watching it,

My mom yells out, “No!”

Dad says, “If you don’t turn it off,

I’ll hang it from the tree!”

I rather doubt he’ll do it,

‘Cause he watches more than me.

He watches sports all weekends,

And weekday evenings too,

While munching chips and pretzels

The room looks like a zoo.

1. The boy’s parents don’t mind if he watches too much TV.

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2. He prefers watching TV to doing his homework.

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3. His parents let him watch TV after his homework is done.

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4. He thinks his father will hang the TV from the tree.

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5. His father’s favourite free time activity is also watching TV.

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6. His father enjoys watching sports.

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C. Read the sentences and write them in the right column. Add some more if you

remember any.

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1. It’s a good source of education.

2. It makes you passive: you just sit and watch.

3. It’s a good way to relax.

4. It keeps you informed and shows you what’s going on in the world.

5. It shows too much violence.

6. It stops communication within the family.

7. It allows you to see live shows or events that sometimes happen on the other

side of the planet.

8. It stops people from doing other things, like reading.

9. …

A Formadora: Filomena Claudino