Номер 2, страница 4 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс рабочая тетрадь Афанасьева, Михеева

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Television in American families.

It is often said that Americans are glued to TV screens, and that a typical American watches television six or seven hours a day. I would like to make a few remarks on how much television a typical American really watches. Obviously, there is a lot to watch in a great variety of it. Live sports events are televised at full length and attract a lot of viewers.

Recent movies are also popular. Some people prefer old Westerns or Japanese horror films that start after midnight and go on until three or four AM. And then, there are many television series which seemingly never end. Statistics show that the number of hours spent watching television are the highest for women over fifty-five years of age and the lowest for young men between eighteen and twenty-four years. The popular press is often not very careful when reporting statistics of television viewing times. The US statistics tell how long a television set in a typical American household is turned on each day and night. It gives no information about how long an American is actually watching television. And such differences are important. The household might include parents and children of different age groups. While parents might watch local and national news programs each evening, their little children will hardly do it. Their older children might be interested in some popular shows. The teenagers would possibly like to switch to the famous channel with rock and modern music videos. What is counted then? Isn't it the total time the TV set is turned on? I assure you, TV sets in American homes are mainly turned on as background music and noise. In other words, television is only watched when something really interesting is heard. If our typical American was actually glued to the tube an average six to seven hours a day, seven days of the week, very few people would be going to school, getting university degrees, raising families, working, running business or even getting much sleep. And few would have time to read the press, newspapers and magazines published in the country.