Prime Time 4, Coursebook

Listening and writing: Xciting or seXist computer games? a) Look at the two ads and decide which statements match which ad. Write 1 or 2. 3 1 2 CliXity – Where the whole world is only a click away! CliXity – Where the whole world is only a click away! 1. To describe this ad, you would probably use the words colourful and peaceful . 1 2. You can easily tell that this ad was designed to attract girls. 3. The characters are fighting each other aggressively. 4. You can see the figures’ faces quite clearly. 5. Obviously, this ad was designed to attract boys. 6. You can hardly see the figures’ faces. 7. The characters are talking with each other in a friendly way. b) Read the adjectives and decide which ones could be used in a radio ad for the computer games shown in a). Use two colours to highlight them. cute cool exciting scary sparkling beautiful little adventurous excited fastest powerful perfect brave delicious evil wonderful c) Listen to the radio ads. Make a tick if you were right in b), and a cross if you weren’t. d) Look at the grammar box and highlight the adverbs in a). e) What do you think about the ads? Use some of the phrases to express your opinion. Write about 50 words. 2.20 r6kp23 Useful phrases Personally, I think … Clearly, this is … Obviously, these ads … Frankly, I believe … Surely companies should … P Grammar For more details see 1 G 24 Different types of adverbs (revision) Personally , I think ads for kids are usually done rather well . They clearly appeal to children and try to sell the product in an exciting way . But lately I’ve noticed that some of these ads are just terribly sexist. This is definitely a development we should watch quite carefully . G 121 15 one hundred and twenty-one Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv