Cover of the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 15 - It's a bit of a myth for the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in groups. Which of the sentences in Exercise 6 do you think are myths? Why?

Answer

  1. myth (Although parents have been saying this ever since TVs first found their way into our homes, there’s no evidence to support it. The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) says that kids can actually focus up close without eyestrain better than adults, so they often develop the habit of sitting right in front of the television or holding reading material close to their eyes. However, sitting close to a TV may be a sign of near-sightedness.)
  2. true (Sitting and watching a screen is time that is not spent being physically active.)
  3. true (University of Maryland sociologists discovered that happy people watch on average one hour less television per day than those who suffer from depression.)
  4. myth (though widely believed; there is no real evidence to suggest any link)
  5. myth (although early exposure to TV violence can play a role in predicting violence in later life)
  6. true (Watching TV or using technology affects our sleep because of cognitive stimulation – it charges up our brain, increasing its electrical activity, which is the exact opposite of what should be happening before sleep. It also makes our bodies tense.)