三.听短文回答问题

今天我们要听一篇介绍美国电视的文章. 这篇文章除了谈到看电视是美国人 很喜欢的娱乐活动以外, 还介绍了美国的几家主要电视台.

现在请你注意听.

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.

刚才那篇文章如果你没有全部听懂, 没有关系,等一会儿老师会再念一遍给你 听. 现在我们先把今天测验的三个问题听一遍.

第一个问题是:

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

第二个问题是:

M: Who supports the public television network?

第三个问题是:

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

现在我们听老师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.

现在请你回答下面三个问题, 你回答以后, 老师会念出正确答案让你作个比 较, 看你答对了没有.

第一个问题是:

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

F: They are ABC, CBS and NBC.

第二个问题是:

M: Who supports the public television network?

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

第三个问题是:

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

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