Mass Media. Match the following words with their definitions: 1. An advertisement 2. a soap opera 3

Mass Media. Match the following words with their definitions:

1. An advertisement
2. a soap opera
3. sports news
4. a talk show
5. a music program
6. a weather forecast
7. the Internet
8. the quiz

Definitions:
a) a statement predicting the weather for the next day or the next few days;
b) a global system of interconnected computer networks;
c) newly received information about recent or important sports events;
d) a television or radio drama series dealing typically with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters;
e) a TV or radio program that broadcasts music;
f) a television or radio show in which famous people talk to each other in an informal way and are asked questions about different topics;
g) an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job;
h) a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or teams) attempt to answer questions correctly.

II. Complete the sentences with the following words (quiz shows, celebrities, channels, talk show, current)

My elder brother Tom is a TV enthusiast. He spends hours in front of a TV switching between the channels. He watches the news to stay updated about current affairs and sports news to test his knowledge and intelligence. He claims that every TV program has educational value. For Tom, even a talk show, in which an interviewer talks to a well-known personality, provides a lot of useful information. Well, I think that he just loves gossip about the lives of celebrities like Ronaldo or Messi.