Prime Time 4, Coursebook

Reading: Have influencers become too confident? a) Read the text and write the numbers of the missing sentences in the boxes. … 1 Usually, they are personally invited by hotel brands to come and stay a few nights – for free. In exchange, they will post pictures of themselves in the hotel room on social media. … 2 So many “influencers” (with not that many followers) feel so confident that they are expecting to stay at the most beautiful resorts, of course, without having to pay for anything. “You can tell very quickly who’s a professional influencer and who’s just a wannabe. … 3 Most e-mails we get are really badly written. They sound so informal, as if these “influencers” were texting a friend, trying to invite themselves over for dinner,” the manager of a five-star resort in the Maldives complains about this new form of celebrity endorsement. Influencers say that they help hotels directly target new audiences in a natural way. … 4 For lots of hotels it is quite attractive to work with influencers, as the photos they take often look amazing. But surely, it’s not wrong for hotel managers to remain critical. … 5 This is not completely wrong. But lately, hotels have become more careful. They should look carefully at who they are inviting to stay for free. For some of the most well-known influencers these days, working means travelling the world. 1 The wannabes just seem a bit silly. b) Read the grammar box and highlight the adjectives that are used after a verb in a). Video: It’s unbelievable! a) Watch the video and tick the main idea. You shouldn’t … order anything online. trust your friends. believe everything you see in ads. b) In the video, the opposites of these adjectives are used. Write them in your exercise book. c) What do you think about the video? Use some of the phrases to tell your partner. 5 5 10 Grammar For more details see 1 G 25 Adjectives after verbs Most influencers think they look amazing . But sometimes their posing seems so silly and their post can sound a bit stupid . I have become so bored of them. I wish I felt more confident ! G 6 g2c2ak tidy • comfortable • expensive • perfect • believable • honest Useful phrases looks (un)professional • (not) well done • seems a bit silly/done in a rather silly way • so bad it’s good • the acting could be more natural/is (un)natural • makes me uncomfortable/laugh/smile • find it surprisingly witty/unusual/really bad • of high/low quality • would have done … differently • could be better/worse • appeals to me/doesn’t appeal to me • unbelievably (un)cool • quite sexist • Clearly, this is … P 123 15 one hundred and twenty-three Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv