Part Ⅱ  Television: The Modern Wonder Of

Electronics¹

Exercises:

Ⅰ. 1. Where does the name television come from ? What does it mean ?

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2. Why do we say that television works² in much the same way as radio?

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3. In what way is TV connected with the life and work of millions of people ?

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Ⅱ. Column³ A Column B

1.____  a. the national networks were broadcasting most of their programs in color.

2. ____  b. TV began to burst upon the American scene.

3.____  c. experiments leading to modern television took place.

4.____  d. TV became an industry.

5.____  e. early theories had been turned into working models.

6.____  f. stations that once telecast for only a few hours a day sometimes telecast around the clock.

7.____  g. television had grown into a major part of show business.

8.____  h. the first astronauts televised the “moon walk.”

9.____  i. people in San Francisco watched Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Lesson 107 Part Ⅲ