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THEME 10 TELEVISION

Culture Corner

1928 - General Electric made the first 1936 - This television increased the 1954 - RCA produced an expensive
mechanical television and introduced image by adding a lens to make it 8 TV, which was $7850 in today's money.
it to people. Spinning wheels powered inches, and it played at 25 frames per People could see the images in all their
the TV at that time. second. colours.
1930 - People began to buy tube 1946 - Philo Farnsworth invented the 1958 - This TV's style is well known
The History of TV images. It played the world's first live II. It had a 10-inch screen and weighed screen. It was the widest screen at that
RCA 630 TV in 1939. It became very
televisions for the first time. It
for its futuristic design. It had a 21-inch
transmitted the first wireless moving
popular in 1946, right after World War
time.
about 38 kilos.
TV broadcast. It was a play named The
1981 - The Japanese developed the

Man with a Flower in His Mouth.
first HDTVs for the first time.

1998 - People witnessed the first flat-screen television. It had a VCR and a DVD player. It had many more channels, and the screen
size was largely increased and improved.
2007 - The televisions were flat and had high resolution, one of the first of their kind with plasma.
2012 - A company introduced Smart TVs. They can connect to the Internet, have multiple apps, and have 3D features.
2013 - Two companies introduced the first curved screens, which gave the perfect viewing angle at any spot. It is over a hundred
times faster than LED TVs and has incredibly consistent contrast. It also includes a new smart remote with gesture and voice
control. Basically, the curved TV is supposed to be better in every way.

Read the information about the history of TV and write true (T) or false (F) in the blanks.
1 The first TV was powered by a steam engine in 1928. _______________________

2 People witnessed the tube television after they experienced flat-screen TV. _______________________
3 People saw some images on TV with in colour in 1954. _______________________

4 In 1946, they produced a lighter TV. _______________________
5 The origin of high-definition television is Japan. _______________________

TONGUE TWISTER
Read the tongue twister and practise saying it as fast as possible.

I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish
the wish the witch wishes, I won’t wish the wish you

wish to wish. When you wish the wish the witch wish,
the threaders wish the darkness and din.

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