三.聽短文回答問題

今天我們要聽一篇介紹美國電視的文章. 這篇文章除了談到看電視是美國人 很喜歡的娛樂活動以外, 還介紹了美國的幾家主要電視臺.

現在請你注意聽.

The most common form of entertainment in the U.S. is television. Nearly everyone watches television at some regular time in their daily lives, whether in the morning, at night or on weekends.

Most families have color televisions and many have more than one set. Since its beginning, the television industry in the U.S. has been controlled by three companies.

Those companies have formed networks of television stations in cities across the country.

Each station televises its company's television programs.

The three national networks are ABC, American Broadcasting Company, CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System and NBC, National Broadcasting Company. Each network has news features, dramatic presentations,comedies and sports events. Each network competes for a larger percentage of the television audience by trying to present programs with wide popular appeal. The programs are financed by advertising.

Companies pay the television networks to display their products on television. The more popular a program, the higher the network can charge a company for commercials during the program.

There is also a public television network. It has no commercials. Instead it receives financial support from the government, some private corporations and individual donations.

Recently, a new type of television network has been gaining popularity. These networks are called cable television. Cable television companies sell television programing directly to the public. The viewer pays a monthly fee to the company. The company installs a special line to his television set to receive the programs which he has paid the company to watch.

剛才那篇文章如果你沒有全部聽懂, 沒有關系,等一會兒老師會再念一遍給你 聽. 現在我們先把今天測驗的三個問題聽一遍.

第一個問題是:

M: What are the three major television networks in the U.S.A.?

第二個問題是:

M: Who supports the public television network?

第三個問題是:

M: How do viewers receive programs from cable television companies?

現在我們聽老師用慢速度再把整篇文章念一遍.

The most common form of entertainment in the U.S. is television. Nearly everyone watches television at some regular time in their daily lives, whether in the morning, at night or on weekends.

Most families have color televisions and many have more than one set. Since its beginning, the television industry in the U.S. has been controlled by three companies.

Those companies have formed networks of television stations in cities across the country.

Each station televises its company's television programs.

The three national networks are ABC, American Broadcasting Company, CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System and NBC, National Broadcasting Company. Each network has news features, dramatic presentations,comedies and sports events. Each network competes for a larger percentage of the television audience by trying to present programs with wide popular appeal. The programs are financed by advertising.

Companies pay the television networks to display their products on television. The more popular a program, the higher the network can charge a company for commercials during the program.

There is also a public television network. It has no commercials. Instead it receives financial support from the government, some private corporations and individual donations.

Recently, a new type of television network has been gaining popularity. These networks are called cable television. Cable television companies sell television programing directly to the public. The viewer pays a monthly fee to the company. The company installs a special line to his television set to receive the programs which he has paid the company to watch.

現在請你回答下面三個問題, 你回答以后, 老師會念出正確答案讓你作個比 較, 看你答對了沒有.

第一個問題是:

M: What are the three major television networks in the U.S.?

F: They are ABC, CBS and NBC.

第二個問題是:

M: Who supports the public television network?

F: The government, some private corporations and individuals support the public television network.

第三個問題是:

M: How do viewers receive programs from cable television companies?

F: They pay a monthly fee to the cable television companies.