Prime Time 7, Coursebook plus Semester Self-checks

7 Reading: Reality TV celebrities Read the text about TV celebrities. Some parts are missing. Choose the correct part (A–H) for each gap (1–5). There are two extra parts that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. Reality TV celebrities: Exactly what do they do? 1  Reality TV has given the world dozens of new celebrities who are famous for – being on reality TV. Fans follow the narrative of their lives, even if it’s nothing. …  0  A celebrity nowadays is a person who, by the very process of living, provides entertainment for us. All sorts of people are celebrities who would never have been 30 years ago. Reality TV has given us more celebrities because it has given us more and more narratives. Sometimes it seems as if anyone could be a celebrity. …  1  In fact, shows like The Real World (debut: 1992), Survivor (2000), and hundreds more have widened the celebrity arena. …  2  These ordinary people have all opportunities, as long as they are ready to expose every bit of their lives in blogs, forums, on magazine covers and in celebrity-gossip rags. We need to know about their sizes, shapes and weight, pre-, peri- and post-pregnancies, clothing, how they look in bikinis or without, about their news or revelations. …  3  That’s the point. If you see them, if you hear about them, they’ve done their job. …  4  In shows such as American Idol , viewers take on roles once performed by professionals, from talent scout to judge, and then end up buying the CD they helped make. That wears down the walls between show and beholders. …  5  And that’s a clue to a shift in pop culture: We’re our own producers, our own self-published, self-videoed, self-recorded celebrities. Reality TV closes the gap between the people “up there” and the people “down here”. It’s part of a people’s uprising against what used to constitute authority, expertise, talent and fame. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 A Such programmes seem to offer room for ordinary people – access to stardom. 0 B  B But narrative is what makes people celebrities. 1 C It’s the involvement I have or could have with what I see in the celebrity world. 2 D Furthermore, reality TV is interactive to a degree unimaginable before. 3 E That’s the promise: This could be you. 4 F We’re more than stars – we’re star-makers. 5 G Ordinary people ascend to celebrity because they get covered. H No surprise that the first big US reality show, The Real World , was on MTV. ✔ Can scan quickly through long and complex texts, locating relevant details. (B2) 106 Celebrities Check-out Now you can • Talk about what makes a person a celebrity. • Present celebrities and explain what makes them special. • Discuss the production of films, especially in the context of Bollywood. • Explain the characteristic features of Bollywood films. • Talk about the tabloid media, its readers and paparazzi. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv