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Complete the text with appropriate words. Write one word ffi Ask and answer the questions in exercise 4. Give
only in each gap.
reasons and examples.
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2-television like, unlike or as. Then listen again and check.
Ieenogers who wskh several hours u doy do wors*
3- a And she's 'Why are you watching that rubbish?,
ol school ond ore less likely to grudunle lheir peers! 0 new
b My parents are a bit _ that too.
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c I don't have a TV in my bedroom, Chris does.
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USA found thd lhose wutrhing more thon three hours of TV u doy were d We watch dramas and films mainly, and series,
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holf os likely rontinue their edurstion post high srhool"
Heroes.
e The stories are fascinating, _
ln fie mid-1980s scientists begon interviewing I4-yeur-olds from 678 are the characters.
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fomilies obout their television viewing hubits" They rko osked the feens' Heroes,losf is set in the real world.
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porenls os whether ihe youngsters hod ony behuviourul or
arodemic difficulties. Ihe reseorchers continued rollecting informution -
from the porents ond interviewed the teens ognin ot nge-l 6, ond ngoin
ot uges ?2 snd 33.
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Al oge i 4, most of the rhildren wst(hed snr und three hours
sf television each doy, while thirteen per (eni wqi(hed more *on {sur
hours, und ten per rent wutrhed less lhun one hour. The seienti$s {ound
lhot 30 per cenl of students who wntrhed msre fhon three hcurs of
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lelevision ol age I4 hsd uttention problems _suhsequent yeurs,
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und fell hehind or failed to grcduote hy oge ?2. rounpurison,
only fifteen per rent of those who watched less thun one hour of Td ut
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Read lhe Learn this! box. Match the sentences (a-f) from
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r0- exercise 6 with uses 1-6.
study does not provide slrong evidenre o rcusul reiutionship
between television viewing nnd subsequent utieniion dif{iruhies. Teeni like, unlike and as \ ;
"- leurning disorders might simply he more likely io wuteh o lot We can use like or os to describe simitarities.
of TV becuuse they find adivitim 12_ us reuding textbooks too 7 like is a preposition and comes before a noun or
chollenging. pronoun.
You're like a child! 1
ffi Discuss this question: Should parents restrict the 2 os is a conjunction and comes before a clause (subject

amount of W their children watch? Justify your opinions. and verb / auxitiary).
She's scared, os we oll are.
$ f .OA Listen to three people discussing television. What 3 We often use like as a conjunction instead of as. lt's
reasons for watching W do they mention? Choose from: less forma[.
h,;rit*'i,*r'r'i e:rli.,ir;i;:rli ir*:t{.ireiii- a**jr:rfrn*nl. ;J:,r..jiri:1n! He fooled me, like he fooled everybody. 2 _
i#r'ntiir eil"siuil,!, i!:ti151 t.;".r ii,,grni; :)i ."/r) ri:L,*x,l$:i*t 4 We sometimes invert the subject and verb after as (but
never after like).
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.. r ..r.1 " : ..i".r. ,. ," { He's toll, os is his father. )
5 We use the prepositi on unlike to describe differences.
Complete the questions with the words below. Use the Unlike you, I love American comedies. 4_
correct form ofthe verbs. 6 We use /ike to give examples. 5_
j 7 ln very informalspeech, we can use be + liketo
pr--ii'giii'.,, i'ud:lfui*ll tiflt ilr:th;*, *nysiilr.i lryre!l iir;;.,i,,: j introduce somebody's words. !
1 Do you watch W i He was like, 't'm so hoppy!' 6 _ i
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2 Do you agree there's a lot of _ on TV? i-*---""_-*_.-"*."__*-.-*--_"."--._--1 i
3 Do you tike _ romantic comedies?
4 Are you critical of the way women on TV? Uml$ $&,lfl{WA{ Uiiil}rl il.,:i: .,tS .{ru'} li,{rr p,&Sn :! i ri {Xm
5 Can you think of a reatty character in a W series? ffiffi Discuss with a partner. Do you thinl< men and
6 Do you prefer fantasy series to TV dramas _ in the women have different tastes in films and W programmes?
real world? Give reasons and examples.

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