Lesson 110

Part Ⅲ  Communication In Modern Times

Exercises:

Outline

Ⅰ.A. Introduction

Communication  has become a  highly developed art.

B. Telephone  has new possibilities.

1.Direct dialing----between most large cities in the U.S.A. and into parts of Canada

2. 90 million phones and some 287 million calls a day in the United States(Americans----second most talkative people in the world)

3. Dialing certain numbers to find the correct time and to hear the weather report----possible in many cities.

C. Movies were dealt a hard blow by television.

1. Attendance at movies----cut in half overnight

2. Old movies----sold to television  networks 

3.Half the old theaters---- converted into bowling alleys  or garages

4.Movies being made today on a grand scale---- paying big  money

D. Television has reached into all homes and spilled out all sorts of programs.

1.News and top sports events

2.Presidential campaigns

3.Commercial  advertisements

4.Crime shows,  mediocre Westerns and comedies

5.Educational programs

Ⅱ.E.

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