Lesson 110

Part Ⅲ  Communication In Modern Times

Exercises:

Outline

Ⅰ.A. Introduction

Communication  has become a  highly developed art.

B. Telephone  has new possibilities.

1.Direct dialing----between most large cities in the U.S.A. and into parts of Canada

2. 90 million phones and some 287 million calls a day in the United States(Americans----second most talkative people in the world)

3. Dialing certain numbers to find the correct time and to hear the weather report----possible in many cities.

C. Movies were dealt a hard blow by television.

1. Attendance² at movies----cut in half overnight

2. Old movies----sold to television  networks 

3.Half the old theaters---- converted³ into bowling⁴ alleys  or garages

4.Movies being made today on a grand scale---- paying big  money

D. Television has reached into all homes and spilled out all sorts of programs.

1.News and top sports events

2.Presidential campaigns

3.Commercial  advertisements

4.Crime shows,  mediocre⁵ Westerns and comedies

5.Educational programs

Ⅱ.E.

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