8 * Fill in: as, so that, even though, such,
despite, in order to.
1 I didn't go to the play despite the fact
that I had paid for my ticket.
2 The cinema is closed
carry out repair work.
3 We couldn't go to the concert
all the tickets were sold out.
4 We decided to buy the painting
it was very expensive.

a moving
performance that we almost cried.
6 They put an ad in the paper
they could make the event known to the
public.
5 She gave​

35 years have passed since the time when he left his parents. He was 19 and he moved to home where there was no tv. He has read many books, seen many films, spent much time in talking to people, traveling, learning 15 languages. He has not been using brand names, never was afraid to go outside oat night. But at the same time he speaks great English, he knew all of his neighbors, has his own opinion about everything. He sure that there is a difference between tv viewing and all of the qualities of life he’s described. He think that being the audience for a tv is like a passive act. He has another view in watching tv, which tries to sell something, because he feels not like an average viewer. He realizes that tv manipulate his head when he turn tv on again. He has described the horror which he had felt many years ago while was watching tv news. He refreshed in memory how he had seen commercial and it was disgusting. Although there was a few great moments in front of tv. They are Detroit riots in 1966, the end of Reagan. Those events were free of commercial interruption. He think that tv is carefully controlled by a few huge corporations and information is fed to Americans so thev unable to understand it.
In April will be National TV-Turnoff Week, and he urges everyone who wants to see another world in this lifetime to join and learn how to live without tv.

Mark Swallow is very smart.  He was able to read Shakespeare and Charles Dickens when he was three years old.  At the age of seven Mark  was speaking French and German.  When he became 12, he started a university degree in English literature.  

Another brilliant girl is 12-year-old Samantha Price.  She started piano lessons when she was only three. Samantha can also play classical guitar, clarinet and cello.  

And how about Jordan Welsh?  She learnt painting before she could walk.  

These children will be a part of new documentary series.  They will be interviewed and asked about future plans. We will find out what makes them so special.