On Friday, February 22, 2013
Television, or TV, is one of
humanity's most important means of communication. It brings pictures and sounds
from around the world into millions of homes.
People with a television set can sit
in their house and watch the president makes a speech or visits a foreign
country. They can see a war being fought, and they can wacth government leaders
try to bring about peace. Through television, viewers at home can see and learn
about peopl, places, and things in a away lands. Television even takes viewers
out of this world as the astronauts explore outer space.
In addition to all these things,
television brings its viewers a steady stream of programmes that are designed
to entertain. In fact, TV provides many more entertainment programmes than any
other kind of information media. The programmes include action-packed dramas,
light comedies, soap operas, sports events, cartoons, quizzes, variety shows
and motion pictures.
More than 83 million homes in the
United States - or 98% of all the country's homes - have at least one
television set. On the average, a television set is in use in each home for
about 6 3/4 hours each day. As a result, television has an important influence
on how people spend their time, as well as on what they see and learn. After
they arrive from work, they usually watch TV. Then, the importance of
television is proven. (Taken from The New Book of
Knowledge)
