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Exercise 4. Give the main idea of the listened text.
Exercise 5. Skim the text “Talk Shows”. Speak on “panel discussion” (use about 15 sentences) 
The television talk show is, on the face of it, is a rather strange institution. We pay people to talk to us. Like the soap opera, the talk show is the invention of the twentieth century broadcasting. It takes a very old form of communication – conversation- and transforms it into a low cost but highly popular form of information and entertainment through the institutions, practices and technologies of television. A talk show, on the other hand, is as a show that is quite clearly and self-consciously built around its talk. To remain on the air a talk show must adhere to strict time and money constraints, allowing time, for instance, for the advertising spots that must appear throughout the show. The early television stations began to steal away the actors and writers from older, established radio stations. These writers brought their scripts with them, and suddenly many of the shows which had been favorite radio programs for years were being adapted for television. The first, and longest running TV talk show of all time is of course, NBC’s classic “Meet The Press”. This panel discussion program, created by Lawrence Spivak and Martha Rountree, began as a radio show in 1945 and moved to television on November 6, 1947. Just as, NBC’s “Tonight” show dominated late-night programming in the early years of television, the “Today” show (NBC) has long been the standard in early-morning programs. “Today” is network television’s longest running daytime series, as well as one of the most profitable shows in the history of television.
Exercise 6. Use the English equivalents of the down given expressions and discuss their definitions
мыльная опера-
вести передачу-
вечерний эфир-
идти в эфире-
отдел новостей-
