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THE PROLIFERATION OF TV SETS

Nearly one in ten adults has five or more

televisions in their home, aordin! to "Soial

Trends#$ The %roliferation of TV sets means

%ro!rammes are &ein! 'athed around the house

( %artiularly &y hildren in their &edrooms and

in )ithens ( rather than sim%ly in the livin!

room$ As a result, %eo%le are s%endin! more time

!lued to the &o*$

Nine in ten adults 'ath television every

day of the 'ee), 'ith nearly a +uarter 'athin! it

for t'o or three hours a day$ One in ten vie's

television for more than seven hours a day$

The re%ort, &y the "Offie for National

Statistis# ONS-, su!!ests .ritain is in the

%roess of emulatin! Ameria, 'here the avera!e

%erson s%ends more time 'athin! TV and

surfin! the net than slee%in!$

/nited States researhers found that

Amerians s%end nine

hours a day in front of

a TV, on the 'e& or

tal)in! on a mo&ile$ A

third of that time is

devoted to usin! t'o or more media at one$

Ho'ever, the ONS disovered that,

althou!h modern tehnolo!y 'as "ever %resent#

in .ritain, readin! &oo)s and ne's%a%ers

remained %o%ular$ Indeed, ne's%a%ers are still

the main soure of ne's after television, 'ith

radio omin! third$ Almost t'o0thirds of all

%eo%le a!ed fifteen and over read a national daily

ne's%a%er, 'ith men tendin! to read ne's%a%ers

more than 'omen$ Ho'ever, television !uides

ma)e u% si* of the to% ten most0read !eneral

'ee)ly ma!a1ines$

I - A. True or false? Correct the false statements:

2$ 3hildren an 'ath television in their o'n &edroom$

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5$ Every day they turn on the television, &ut they only 'ath it for a short %eriod of time$

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6$ Amerians find it diffiult to use more than one media at the same time$

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