Prepare 7. unit 10. Reading

First color TV.

These days the internet, laptops, mobiles and video games are part of normal life. My son and daughter can’t understand how people lived without them. But life wasn’t always like this. I was a child in the seventies, when things were very different.

I remember my family’s first TV very well. In the seventies you could only get three channels – and they were in black and white. Everybody watched live TV all the time because you couldn’t record TV programmes. And you couldn’t watch TV all night because there weren’t any programmes after midnight!

Then, in June 1974, my life changed for ever. I came home from school and there it was – our family’s first colour TV. I was really excited because I could watch all my favourite programmes in colour! After dinner my father turned on the TV for the first time and my grandfather took a photo. Then the whole family watched TV together until midnight with biscuits and cups of hot chocolate. It was one of the best evenings of my life – and I’ve still got the photo!

Of course, now you can choose from hundreds of TV channels and watch anything you want at any time of day. You can watch TV programmes online and download them onto your mobile. So I think children today are very lucky – but I can’t explain this to my kids because they’re too busy watching football on our 3D TV!

The children can understand life without the internet.

First color TV.

These days the internet, laptops, mobiles and video games are part of normal life. My son and daughter can’t understand how people lived without them. But life wasn’t always like this. I was a child in the seventies, when things were very different.

I remember my family’s first TV very well. In the seventies you could only get three channels – and they were in black and white. Everybody watched live TV all the time because you couldn’t record TV programmes. And you couldn’t watch TV all night because there weren’t any programmes after midnight!

Then, in June 1974, my life changed for ever. I came home from school and there it was – our family’s first colour TV. I was really excited because I could watch all my favourite programmes in colour! After dinner my father turned on the TV for the first time and my grandfather took a photo. Then the whole family watched TV together until midnight with biscuits and cups of hot chocolate. It was one of the best evenings of my life – and I’ve still got the photo!

Of course, now you can choose from hundreds of TV channels and watch anything you want at any time of day. You can watch TV programmes online and download them onto your mobile. So I think children today are very lucky – but I can’t explain this to my kids because they’re too busy watching football on our 3D TV!

There were three TV channels in the 1970s.

First color TV.

These days the internet, laptops, mobiles and video games are part of normal life. My son and daughter can’t understand how people lived without them. But life wasn’t always like this. I was a child in the seventies, when things were very different.

I remember my family’s first TV very well. In the seventies you could only get three channels – and they were in black and white. Everybody watched live TV all the time because you couldn’t record TV programmes. And you couldn’t watch TV all night because there weren’t any programmes after midnight!

Then, in June 1974, my life changed for ever. I came home from school and there it was – our family’s first colour TV. I was really excited because I could watch all my favourite programmes in colour! After dinner my father turned on the TV for the first time and my grandfather took a photo. Then the whole family watched TV together until midnight with biscuits and cups of hot chocolate. It was one of the best evenings of my life – and I’ve still got the photo!

Of course, now you can choose from hundreds of TV channels and watch anything you want at any time of day. You can watch TV programmes online and download them onto your mobile. So I think children today are very lucky – but I can’t explain this to my kids because they’re too busy watching football on our 3D TV!

TV was in colour in the 1970s.