Many people don’t think that TV shows are educational. It is true that lots of shows are meaningless. However, some shows are good and we can learn many things from them. Here are a few of my favorite shows.

Blue Peter When I was a child, this was the only show I could watch. I watched it on Monday, Wednesday and Sunday every week. You can learn about different countries around the world from it. As the show is for children, the language in it is easy.

The Great British Bake Off This show is about making bread, cakes and so on. The show wants to find Britain’s best amateur baker (业余烘焙师). You can watch the show and learn how to bake different kinds of bread and cakes by following their steps.

Frozen Planet This show is about life in cold places. There are many special animals in this show. I love this show not because of the cute animals, but because it teaches us why we have these animals and what we need to do to save them.

Pointless This show is great for you to think. It is a quiz (知识竞赛) show. It may be about sports, weather, movies and so on. I learnt lots of things from this show.

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The second season of How China works out, the documentary series was shown on Youku (优酷) projects, up-to-date technologies, lifestyle changes and covering some of the country’s most ambitious influence of the Internet on society.

The documentary was prepared in 2013, when the producers planned to examine through the eyes of a foreigner how a large country like China operates well.

With a score of 7.9 points out of 10 on Youku, the latest season has been played on Discovery as well. The season is expected to reach 393 million viewers in over 200 countries.

As a host in the United States, Forster graduated from Harvard University and became popular for hosting the Discovery Channel documentary series Extreme Engineering. His special style contributed (贡献) a lot to the popularity of the first season in 2015. For nine months between 2016 and 2017. Forster led a production team of six and travelled to more than 10 Chinese cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Harbin and Tianjin, to make the second turns rather adventurous.

While filming the Hong Kong-zhuhai-macao Bridge, Forster entered an elevator to climb to the top of the bridge, which is 200 meters above the sea. At that time, the bridge was still being built. Another time, he even entered a laboratory to watch the frozen Ebola (埃博拉) virus. The series also has interesting moments with Forster’s efforts to understand local hobbies and modern lifestyles.

In 1995, only 600,000 people used the Internet, but now the country leads the world with more than 730 million web users according to the documentary. Since How China Works out started, the team has also witnessed many changes in China.

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How has technology changed the way we watch TV?

Watching TV shows has become the most popular activity. A survey points out that people have many ways to watch shows besides cable TV. They include smart phones, computers, and tablets. Technology has not only changed where but also how we watch TV. Streaming(流媒体) networks have helped viewers watch their favorite shows when it’s most convenient for them.

Binge-watching(刷剧) has become a new trend. Without having to wait for next week’s episode(集), viewers can watch the whole season in a day, or at whatever pace(速度) they choose. In the US, content(内容) providers also release a choose-your-own-adventure movie, where your choices can affect(影响) how the story ends, an idea not possible before with traditional TV.

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