Prime Time 7, Coursebook plus Semester Self-checks

Goals • Comment on surveys and pictures. • Discuss media issues. • Explain headlines. • Present information about media phenomena. Gossip sells Choose one of the three magazine headlines above and make up a story. Try to invent a report as gossipy and outrageous as possible. The best thing in the world In the box above you can find the results of a survey carried out among British children in 2006. The top-ten list shows what the under-10-year-olds regarded as the best thing in the world. a) Explain the first three entries: What does it mean to be a celebrity, to have good looks and to be rich? b) Why do you think these three answers were given by the majority of children interviewed? 2  3  What do you think is the very best thing in the world?  1. Being a celebrity  2. Good looks  3. Being rich  4. Being healthy  5. Pop music  6. Families  7. Friends  8. Nice food  9. Watching films 10. Heaven/God Johnson admits to having Botox Guess who’s out of rehab 95 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv