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Прочитай текст, познач True / False в реченнях після тексту: What TV does to children Many years ago scientists and doctors began serious study of the influence of television on children and young people. And now they say that after parents television has the greatest influence on children today. Of course, watching TV has its good and bad sides. From TV children get information about the world, they learn new words and begin to use them in their speech. But TV also influences the development of a child in a negative way. When children spend all day in front of TV sets they cannot usually find time to read, to play games outside, to talk to their parents and friends. Some teachers say that children who watch TV every day talk too much at school at the lessons. They can’t talk at home while watching TV and so they began to talk at school. TV influences the creative abilities of pupils. Pupils who watch TV a lot can’t understand an easy story without pictures, tables and illustrations. Television usually makes children passive. When a child watches TV he lives the lives of TV heroes, he travels with them, does everything with them. But he is not doing anything he is just sitting in an armchair and watching TV. When a child watches TV, everything seems very easy to him. And real life begins to seem very easy. He can not work hard, because watching TV does not need hard work. 1.TV has only positive influence. 2.Children may learn everything from TV. 3.While watching TV children have no time for anything else. 4.Teachers believe that pupils talk too much at the lessons because of TV. 5.TV improves the creative abilities of pupils. 6.Children who watch TV a lot are very active.

Answer 1

Reading the given text about the influence of television on children, we can determine whether the following statements are true or false:

1. TV has only a positive influence. (False) 2. Children may learn everything from TV. (False) 3. While watching TV, children have no time for anything else. (True) 4. Teachers believe that pupils talk too much at the lessons because of TV. (True) 5. TV improves the creative abilities of pupils. (False) 6. Children who watch TV a lot are very active. (False)

Explanation: 1. The text mentions that watching TV has both good and bad sides, indicating that TV does not have only a positive influence on children. 2. Although children can get information from TV and learn new words, it is not possible to learn everything from TV. 3. The text states that when children spend all day in front of TV sets, they usually cannot find time for other activities, such as reading, playing games outside, or talking to their parents and friends. 4. According to the text, some teachers believe that children who watch TV every day talk too much at school during lessons. 5. The text states that pupils who watch TV a lot may have difficulties understanding an easy story without pictures, tables, and illustrations, suggesting that TV does not improve their creative abilities. 6. The text mentions that watching TV usually makes children passive, indicating that children who watch TV a lot are not necessarily very active.