In 1957,as many as 900,000,000 people went to the cinema,whereas the number of TV viewers was 400,000,000.Three years later,500,000,000 cinema-goers vs 500,000,000 TV viewers the same.In 1963,the cinema fell,compared with TV.In 1974,only 70,000,000 went to the cinema,but as many as 800,000,000 people watched TV.
Although the cinema has its own unreplacable merits,the television can do most of the things the cinema does,and more importantly,people can stay at home with their famfiy,watching what belongs to both TV and the cinema.In rainy days no one wfil think of the cinema except for some special reasons.
People like TV better for another reason.They can choose anything they like,just by switching from one channel to another.But in the cinema,you have no choice,if you don't want to come again for something different.
2.A survey has been conducted in the United Kingdom about cinema admissions and television licenses over the period 1957 to 1974.The purpose of the survey was to discover the changes of the popularity of cinema and television in this period.
According to the graph,it can be seen that the trend was towards a decrease in the popularity of the cinema.There was a dramatic fall in the number of cinema admissions from 1957,when about 900 million people went,to 1959,when the attendance figure was roughly 550 million.From 1959 to 1963 the rate of decrease slowed down,the figure for the latter year being about 350 million.From this year on,there was a more gradual reduction in the popularity of the cinema,reaching a figure of about 125 million in 1974.
Therefore,it can be concluded from the graph that over the period 1957 to 1974 the cinema admissions became lower and lower while the television viewing licences became higher and higher owing to the advantages of watching television at home than going out to the cinema though it does not show directly in the graph.
Film Is Giving Way to TVDirections:You are allowed to write a composition on Film Is Giving Way to TV based on the following chart in three paragraphs.You should write at least 120 words.You should base your composition on the outlines below.1．电影观众越来越少.2．电视观众越来越多.3．然而,还是有人喜欢电影,因为……Film Is Giving Way to TV If you are good at observation,you may find that fewer people today prefer to going to the cinema to watching TV at home.And this phenomenon is proved by the above graph.Let's look at the graph.It shows that from 1975 to 1985,the number of TV watchers increased steadily,while the number of film-goers drastically decreased.There aret I think,at least two reasons for this trend.Fist of all,one,sitting in front of the TV,can always find his/her favorite program,for there is always a great variety of programs which can satisfy different tastes.But in this respect,the cinema can never be compared with TV.Secondly,it is simply easy and comfortable for people to watch TV indoors.Watching TV saves people the trouble of going out and lining up for tickets and so on.They just sit somewhere,and,with the remote controller in hand,enjoy themselves.Nevertheless few as they are,some people always enjoy going to the cinema.TV can never take the place of the film for these people.For them,the film always has its unique charm.They go to the cinema for the particular atmosphere and the feeling of getting involved in the action.As we know,no dish suits all tastes.Similarly,while many people prefer watching TV at home,a few like go to the cinema.