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4 Language in use: Teen television addiction You are going to read a text about television addiction among teenagers. Some words are missing from the text. Use the words in brackets to complete each gap (1–11) in the text. Write your answers in the spaces provided at the end of the text. The first one (0) has been done for you. Television shows such as 90210 , The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Pretty Little Liars have created addiction among teenagers. They are … (0 design ) to make teens watch a certain show for weeks on end, whether it is for one or eight seasons. “I just love Pretty Little Liars , and I have watched it since day one,” student Leah Tepera said. “It is so … (Q1 addiction ) because every episode has a huge cliffhanger at the end. You just have to watch the next episode to find out what happens next.” The … (Q2 produce ) and directors of the show have a way of making the plot very realistic. The girls in the series have to go through the same things as regular teens, such as boyfriends and … (Q3 problem ) families. This makes shows like this especially … (Q4 attraction ) to teenage girls. “The problem with teen TV addiction is that kids are not interacting with other people and are not getting out there and have a … (Q5 reality ) relationship with their friends and family,” Spanish teacher Judy Garret said. Yet not all TV shows are a success from beginning to end. Some series have an original and … (Q6 promise ) start, but after a few seasons are regarded by students as boring and repetitive. However, some teens will still continue to watch the show out of … (Q7 curious ) about what happens to the characters. In the end, they will have used their time watching a show for so long that has turned out to be boring. One example for this phenomenon is The Secret Life of the American Teenager . When this show was first aired, it contained an original plot about the … (Q8 grow ) number of pregnant teenagers. With the show reaching its … (Q9 five ) season this March, it now focuses on the struggle of being a teen rushed into parenthood. “I used to watch The Secret Life of the American Teenager back in middle school, but I … (Q10 final ) stopped when almost every girl in the school got pregnant,” junior Bailey Farrell said. “The show got so boring I had to quit. It was hard to stop at first but new shows like Pretty Little Liars came out which were ten times more interesting.” Like in every addiction, there are always some major consequences. For some, television takes up more than five hours of their time per week. Important things like homework and grades are put on hold when students spend hours watching their … (Q11 favour ) shows. 0 designed Q6 Q1 Q7 Q2 Q8 Q3 Q9 Q4 Q10 Q5 Q11 5 Agree to disagree Complete the following phrases with suitable words to express an opinion. A: I’m worried (1) about the effect of violence and swearing in many of today’s TV programmes. B: I’m (2) I don’t agree with you. I don’t (3) that has much effect on how people behave and talk themselves. In my (4) , it’s families and friends that people get their values from. A: I’m afraid I see it (5) . I’m (6) that what people see on their screens does have some influence. ✔ 18 Fifteen minutes of fame • Media-mad 5 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv