Номер 4, страница 65 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс учебник Вербицкая, Каминс Карр

Unit six.

Track forty-two.

Culture Clash.

Part one.

It was the World Cup final of France ninety-eight that sparked the introduction of television into Bhutan. The three-nil victory of the home side over Brazil was watched by thousands on a big screen in Bhutan's National Square.

It was such a success that a year later, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his coronation, the king decided to begin the Bhutan Broadcasting Service, B B S.

Six months after that, global T V broadcasting was allowed in. It was this second development that really made people wake up to life in the twentieth century and caused profound change, according to T V analyst Shock Shank Peck.

Young people are now much more in tune with globalization and what is happening around the world, she says. The risk is that the more we learn about the world, the more we lose of our own culture.

Bhutan has no film industry to speak of, and after a diet of cultural and educational programs from B B S, some Bhutanese began to look for something a little more spicy. So they turned to multi-channel T V through satellite in the countryside and cable in the towns.

The T V avalanche began, and along with it came a change in people's lifestyles.

Residents of the capital, Timpu, say they are now glued to the T V for several hours a day and often stay up late to watch the non-stop stream of programs. Long-running Indian soap operas beamed from across the border are hot favorites.

One viewer, Chocky Wangmo, says that her children go out and play less and that television dominates family discussions these days. Her son, Oogien, admits that his studies are affected because he cannot concentrate in the classroom. I keep thinking about what will happen next in the story, he says.

Also popular are cartoons, football matches and the wrestling series from the U S. The latter is at the center of a debate about the influence of television on Bhutan's young people.

Kindley Dorji, Bhutanese politician, says that when T V first came in, he received several paid letters from students saying they were shocked. Bhutanese kids who have grown up in this quiet country, this very rustic society, suddenly saw these big men beating each other up on television. They couldn't understand it.

However, it was not long before the children started doing it themselves. We received a report from a school where a student broke his arm after being thrown to the ground by his friend who was emulating the wrestlers.

Kindley Dorji says that television is splitting Bhutanese society.

He explains that the thinking in the country is that it will never be a military or economic power. So its strength must be its unique society. He believes that T V represents a direct threat to this. He also links television to a rise in crime over the period that it has been broadcasting.

If you look at the items being stolen, like T V sets, tape recorders and clothes, it's directly related to what they're seeing, he adds.