CONVERSATION

Exercise 1. Answer the questions.

1. What invention was the center of attention at the World Fair in New York in 1939? (the first black-and-white television set) 2. What stopped the TV production? (World War П) 3. What influence has had television on people's life and way of thinking? (great influence; boundaries of time and space have disappeared) 4. What kinds of TV exist now? (satellite, cable, colour, digital and high-definition television) 5. What is the latest and the most important stage in the development of television since the appearance of colour television? (high-definition television) 6. What is the advantage of high-definition television? (the television of much higher resolution) 7. What technology makes HDTV commercially practicable now? (plasma display panel technology) 

1. The first black and white TV was presented

2. TV production was stopped due to the first world war

3. television has had a great influence on people; the boundaries of time and space have disappeared

4. Now there are such types of television as: satellite, cable, color, digital and high-definition television

5. The latest and most important stage in the development of television since the advent of color television, high-definition picture appeared

6. The advantage of television good clarity has become higher resolution

7. Plasma technology is making HDTV commercially viable now.