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Note Making Example 4: Read the, following passage: (Question Paper, CBSE, 2020), , 1. How does television affect our lives?, It can be very helpful to people who, carefully choose the shows that they, watch. Television can increase our, knowledge of the outside world; there, are high quality programmes that help, us understand many fields of study,, science, medicine, the different arts, and so on. Moreover, television, benefits very old people, who can't, leave the house, as well as patients in, hospitals. It also offers non-native, speakers the advantage of daily, informal language practice. They can, increase their vocabulary and practise, listening., , 2. On the other hand, there are several, serious disadvantages of television. Of, course, it provides us with a pleasant, way to relax and spend our free time,, but in some countries people watch, television for an average of six hours, or more a day. Many children stare at, the TV screen for more hours a day, than they spend on anything else,, including studying and sleeping. It’s

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perro ere yo ttm repro, , clear that TV has a powerful influence, on their lives and that its influence is, often negative., , 3. Recent studies show that after only, thirty seconds of television viewing, a, person's brain ‘relaxes’ the same way, that it does just before the person falls, asleep. Another effect of television on, the human brain is that it seems to, cause poor concentration. Children, who view a lot of television can often, concentrate on a subject for only, fifteen to twenty minutes. They can, pay attention only for the amount of, time between commercials.

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4. Another disadvantage is that, television often causes people to, become dissatisfied with their own, lives. Real life does not seem so, exciting to these people. To many, people, television becomes more real, than reality and their own lives seem, boring. Also many people get upset or, depressed when they can't solve, problems in real life as quickly as, television actors seem to., , 5. Before a child is fourteen years old,, he or she views eleven thousand, murders on the TV. He or she begins, to believe that there is nothing strange, about fights, killings and other kinds of, violence. Many studies show that, people become more violent after, viewing certain programmes. They, may even do the things that they see, in a violent show.

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(a) One the basis of your reading of, the above passage, make notes on, it using headings and subheadings., Use recognizable abbreviations, (minimum four) and a format you, consider suitable. Supply a suitable, title to it. (5), , (b) Make a summary of the above, passage in about 80 words. (3), , Solution 4:, Suggested Notes as per CBSE, , Advantages and Disadvantages of, Watching Television, , 1. Benefits, , 1.1 increases know., , 1.1.1 of outside world, , 1.1.2 science, , 1.1.3 medicine, , 1.1.4 diff. Arts, , 1.2 recreation for old ppl. & patients, 1.3 informal lang. practice, , 1.4 increases vocab. & helps practise, listening, , 2. Disadvantages, , 2.1 ppl. watch for 6 hrs. or more, , 2.2 students stare at screen for hrs., , ie : a

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2.3 negative influence, , 2.4 effect on human brain, , 2.4.1 poor conc., , 3. Impact, , 3.1 feels life not very exciting, 3.2 TV more real, life seems boring, 3.3 depression when can't solve, problems, , 4. Violence shown on IV, , 4.1 children become violent, , 4.2 killings seem normal