A: do you think children watch too much tv?
B: I only allow my child to watch up to an hour a day. I dont think that tv is bad for kids. I think that kids should be active and not become couch potaoes.
A: perhaps I should impose a limit on how much tv my kids can watch. They dont do much else in their free time. At least they always do their homework first.
B: if you decide to put a limit on the amount of tv they can watch, remember to have something else for them to do. If you dont, theyll get bored and misbehave.
A: they could go out and play with their friends.
B; sure. You could talk to other parents in your neighbourhood and plan it so that all the kids are free at the same time.
A: perhaps I could ask my husband to teach them foot ball or some thing. He watches too much tv too.
B: thats a good idea. Remember that if the parents watch too much tv, the kids will probably follow suit.
Intermediate
A: what kinds of tv programmes do you enjoy watching?
B: I like current affairs programmes and documentaries, especially wildlife ones. How about you?
A: I like those kinds of programmes too. Theyre very informative1. I think that many people underrate the education value of tv.
B: I agree. People often criticize tv for showing too much sex and violence.
A; yeah. And thats so funny because most people prefer watching sex and violence to watching something more educational!
B: right. You cant blame the tv stations for showing popular kinds of programmes. They need to make money from adverti百度竞价推广ents shown during and between programmes.
A: in my country, theres a time limit on the adverti百度竞价推广ents that can be shown. I think its about six minutes per hour.
B: thats great idea. But dont the tv station lose a lot of money because of that?
A; no. they dont. they simply charge higher prices at peak times. Is there no limit on the amount of adverti百度竞价推广ents that can be shown on tv in your country?
B: not as far as I know. We have so many adverti百度竞价推广ents . the interruptions are unbearable2 sometimes! Thats one reason that many people prefer satellite or cable tv, where you pay a fixed3 amount each month.
A: some people have satellite and cable tv in my country, but people dont seem to keen to pay for their tv programmes. Besides, the terrestrial channels offer a good range of programmes.
B: well, theres a wildlife documentary on tv in a few minutes. Shall we?
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