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Radio is very popular among the British. Many people rely on the radio to learn the latest news. Radio is convenient to listen to while driving a car to and from work in the morning and in the early evening. Later in the evening the British prefer to watch TV programmes.
The main television and radio broadcasting organization in Britain is the British Broadcasting Corporation (the BBC). The BBC World Service broadcasts in English and about forty other languages of the world. There are some independent radio and television stations which compete with the BBC. A lot of people listen to local radio and watch local TV.
The first public demonstration of television in Britain was given by John Logie Baird, a Scottish inventor, in 1926. The BBC began the world's first high-definition TV service6 in 1936: The centre of the British newspaper industry is considered Fleet Street in London.
The first television picture that was ever seen was not exciting. But to the inventor, John Logic Baird (1888-1946), it was wonderful. Baird was always interested in science, but not all of his experiments were successful. When he was twelve years old, he and some friends built a private telephone system. It worked well, but one night a storm pulled down the wires that were stretched across the street by the boys. A man in the street was hurt and the boys’ telephone system had to be closed down.
When John finished school, he got a job in a power station that supplied electricity to the Clyde Valley in Scotland. However, once, because of his experiments, all the electricity in the Clyde Valley was cut off! That was the end of the job. Later he studied electrical engineering at the Royal Technical College and the University of Glasgow.
Television now plays an important role in our life. It is difficult to say if it is good or bad. It is clear that television has advantages and disadvantages.
In the first place television is an entertainment. But it is not only a convenient entertainment. For a family it is more convenient and less expensive to sit comfortably at home than to go out to find entertainment in other places. They don’t have to pay for expensive seats at the theater or cinema. They turn on the TV set and can see interesting films, concerts, football matches.
But some people think that it is a waste of time to watch TV. Those who watch TV needn’t do anything. We are passive when we watch TV. Television shows us many interesting programmes. But again there is a disadvantage here: we watch TV every evening, and it begins to dominate our lives.
1. I’m trying to study. I have been trying to study for the last hour, but something always seems to interrupt me. I think I’d better go to the library.
2. The children are playing basketball right now. They have been playing for almost two hours. They must be getting tired.
3. The telephone has rung four times in the last hour, and each time it has been for my roommate.
4. The telephone has been ringing for almost a minute. Why doesn’t someone answer it?
5. It has been raining all day. I wonder when it will stop.
6. We have had three accidents so far this week. I wonder how many more we will have if you keep using the tools carelessly.
7. We have been living here since last June.
8. My little son is dirty from head to foot because he has been playing in the mud.
9. What’s the matter? Your eyes are red and puffy. I hope you have not cried. Oh, now I understand. You have been peeling some onions.
10. Hello, Rob. I’m happy to see you again. I haven't seen you for weeks. What have you been doing lately?
11. I haven't been able to reach my boss on the phone yet. I have been trying for the last twenty minutes, but the line has been busy.
12. We have had three major snowstorms so far this winter. I wonder how many more we will have.
13. I have written to them three times, but I still haven’t received a reply.
14. A: Dr. Harrison is a good teacher. How long has he been teaching at the university? B: He has been teaching here for almost 25 years. 15. A: What are you going to order for dinner? B: Well, I have had pizza. So I think, I’ll order that.
16. My uncle has been painting the outside of his house for three weeks and he’s still not finished.
17. The Smiths are presently in Tunisia. They have been travelling throughout North Africa since the middle of May. They’ll return home in another month.
C) Use THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS to fill in the blanks:
1. I’m tired. We have been walking for over an hour. Let’s stop and rest for a while.
2. The zoo isn’t far from here. I have walked there many times.
3. I have written to my friends at least a dozen letters since I left home and came home.
4. Sally is writing a letter to her boyfriend. She has been writing it since she got home from class. It’s going to be a long letter.
5. The telephone has rung four times in the last hour, and each time it has been for my roommate.
6. The telephone has been ringing for almost a minute. Why doesn’t someone answer it?
7. She is 80 and she has never read a book in her life.
8. The secretary is very tired. She has been typing all morning.
9. Tom is reading a book. He started two hours ago and he is on page 53. He has been reading for two hours.
10. Hello! I have been cleaning the windows. So far I have cleaned five of them and there are two more to do.
11. My grandfather died 30 years ago. I have never met him.
12. A: Is your father at home?
B: No, I’m afraid he has gone out.
A: When exactly did he go out?
B: About ten minutes ago.
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