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the development of TV and audio devices? TV and audio devices: a review Reading strategy: understanding subtitles Subtitles appear after titles and give you more information about the text than the titles. types _______history of audio devices Tape recorders and players ________goes digital TV Audio devices Early time modern Early Sounds ______history of TV age: Cable TV, satellite TV, digital TV,… The in order of ________ (By _______ of equipment) _______ First reading: read the text and finish Part A on P2 ? 1. When did regular public TV broadcasting begin around the world? ? 2. What is WebTV? ? 3. What was invented in 1954? It began on 11 May 1928 in New York and in London on 20 August 1929. It is the TV set bined with the World Wide Web. The cassette recorder. Careful reading:Read the text again and plete Parts C1 and C2. C1:True or false exercises 1. Thomas Edison made the first recording of a human voice. 2. Until 1972, most people used blackand white TV. 3. Satellite TV is delivered with greater clarity than digital TV. 4. The first record player was invented before 1877. 5. Transistor technology was first used to receive radio programmes, and then to develop cassette recorders. 6. CDs were invented about ten years before the MD player was invented. 7. MP3 technology began in Germany in 1987. Digital TV satellite TV after for military use C2: Fill in the form Year Event 1877 First recording of a human voice was made 1925 1948 1951 1954 1958 First public showings of wireless TV transmissions were made in the USA. Cable TV began in the USA。 3 American scientists invented the transistor. Colour broadcasts began in the USA. Invention of transistor led to the development of cassette recorders. First LPs(longplay records) came onto the market. C2: Fill in the form Year Event 1962 1982 1987 1989 1992 1996 Satellites began to be used to broadcast TV. First CDs produced by using digital technology were made available. Development of MP3 technology started in Germany. International standards for digital TV were established. Development of MD player began. First WebTV settop boxes came onto the market. 1. When and where was the first longdistance TV broadcast made? A. In 1925 in the USA. B. In 1926 in the UK. C. In 1928 in the UK. D. In 1928 in both the USA and the UK. 2. Who might be the inventor of the first TV? A. Vladimir Zworykin from Russia. B. Philo Farnsworth in the USA. C. John Logie Baird from Scotland. D. It remains uncertain. 3. How many countries have put digital TV into operation according to the passage? one. B. Already two. C. At