V. Make an outline of the article.

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IV. Find the information dealing with scientists' contribution to the development of television. Say it to your group-mate.

Notes

Motion pictures – кіно

With other ends in view – з іншими цілями

The list is long even when selective – список довгий, навіть якщо він зроблений вибірково

To bring the scattered work together – з'єднати розрізнені роботи

There is still controversy about contribution and priorities – все ще іде дискусія стосовно міри та пріоритету.

II. Say whether the following statements are true or false:

1. The invention of television was no single event or series of events. 2. In each of the stages the development of television depended on inventions made with other ends in view. 3. It is not difficult to separate television, in its earliest stages, from phototelegraphy. 4. The means of transmitting still pictures and moving pictures were discovered. 5. There was great rivalry between systems, but there is no controversy about contributions and priorities. 6. The decisive transformation of industrial production created new needs and possibilities.

III. Answer the questions on paragraph 1:

1. Has television altered our world? 2. Did the invention of television depend on a complex of inventions and developments in other fields of science? 3. Television has developed as a specific technological enterprise, hasn't it?