Question

6 Read the text again . Mark the sentences ✓ ( right ) , x ( wrong ) or ? ( doesn't say ) .
1 Parents and teachers agree that teenagers watch too much TV .
2 Teenagers in Britain usually have a TV in their bedroom .
3 Middle - aged people watch more TV than teenagers .
4 Pensioners wotch six hours of TV a week .
5 Teenagers don't watch TV because they prefer to be outside in the fresh air .​

Answer 1

Ответы:

• 1) Right
• 2) Doesn't say
• 3) Right
• 4) Wrong
• 5) Wrong

Пояснения:

1) Parents and teachers agree that teenagers watch too much TV. — Right.

• Аргумент: "Parents and teachers always say that teenagers are 'couch potatoes' and spend all their time in front of stupid TV programmes"  (абзац 1)

2) Teenagers in Britain usually have a TV in their bedroom. — Doesn't say.

3) Middle-aged people watch more TV than teenagers. — Right.

• Аргумент: "For example, middle-aged adults (aged forty-five to sixty-five) watch about five hours a day. But young people aged twelve to seventeen only watch about two and a half hours a day" (абзац 2)

4) Pensioners watch six hours of TV a week. — Wrong.

• Аргумент: "And a typical pensioner watches about six hours a day!"  (абзац 2)

В утверждении сказано, что пенсионеры смотрят телевизор 6 часов в неделю; в тексте говорится о том, что они смотрят телевизор 6 часов в день.

5) Teenagers don't watch TV because they prefer to be outside in the fresh air. — Wrong.

• Аргумент: "Do they [teenagers] perhaps spend all their free time in the fresh air, away from the TV? The simple answer is no, they don't. The favourite free time activity of British teenagers is now surfing the internet — typically about thirty-one hours a week!" (абзац 4)

В утверждении сказано, что подростки не смотрят телевизор, потому что они предпочитают проводить время на свежем воздухе; в тексте говорится о том, что они не проводят время на свежем воздухе, а предпочитают сидеть в интернете.

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