Unit 5 Reading and television

Lesson A.(1) popular fiction : usually refers to novels written more for entertainment than as serious literature. Crafts (n): includes activities, such as woodworking, sewing, knitting, carpentry, and other hobbies.

Lesson A.(2) to pick something up: to learn something informally. Inspired (adj): filled with confidence and eagerness and feeling that something difficult or special can be achieved. To engage (v): to attract and keep someone’s interest.

Lesson A 2.(6) Possible answers 1. You learn practical things like vocabulary. 2. you learn someone else’s point of view. 3. you can see what it would be like to be a different person. 4. you can learn about different cultures. 5. you learn different styles of writing. 6. you can be inspired by the characters. 7.you learn to develop your imagination. 8. you learn facts about different subjects.

LessonA.4(3)Possible answers 1. Supposedly people nowadays rarely read serious literature. 2. Love stories clearly are the biggest moneymakers among novels. 3. Apparently girls read more fiction than boys. 4. Not surprisingly some people think that movies will eventually replace many forms of literature.

5. Predictably no one is surprised to hear that movies and TV have a bad effect on students’ reading and writing skills. 6. Obviously reading is an important skill for using the internet, and writing skills are essential for communication. 7. Frequent use of the internet potentially could improve people’s reading and writing skills.

8. Unquestionably more people are literate now than ever before. 9. Paper will probably be so expensive in the future that books will become unaffordable 10. Electronic books will possibly replace paper books sooner than we think.

Lesson A.8.(A5) answers 1. The incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford. 2. a Siamese cat, an old English bullterrier, and a young Labrador retriever 3. My favorite of the three was the old bullterrier. Because of his age, the journey was the most difficult for him, but amazingly he found the strength to make it. 4.The central problem the animals must resolve is how to survive life in the wilderness in order to arrive home. Because they care for and help each other, they all survive the journey and are reunited with their owners.

Lesson B.2(A) answers 1. f 2. b 3. e 4. g 5. c 6. a 7. d

Lesson B.3 (4) answers 1. Seldom do quiz shows require participants to know a subject in any depth. 2. Hardly ever do young people watch soap operas. They cannot relate to the stories or characters. 3. Rarely are political and social issues explored in depth on television. 4. seldom do news programs report facts incorrectly. 5. Rarely does television cover important world events except in a very superficial manner.

LessonB.4(2) answers 1. Nature documentaries these days are so incredibly well filmed that it is often hard to imagine how they took the shots. 2. Many TV programs show so much violence that people are becoming desensitized to it. 3. There are so few good movies on TV these days that people are returning to movie theaters.

4. Television news reporting is so superficial that people are forced to get in- depth information elsewhere. 5. Sports broadcasts attract such huge audiences that TV stations can charge large amounts for advertising.

Lesson B. 6(2) to be jam-packed with: to be full of people or things that are pushed closely together. rating: the percentage of the public that is listening to or viewing a particular radio or television program. at the top of (its field): performing at the highest level.

Intrigue (v): the making of a secret plan to do something, often something that may harm another person. pop culture: culture of or for the general public. hip (adj): knowing a lot about the most modern fashion, especially in music, social behavior, and styles of clothes.

trendy (adj): influenced by or expressing the most recent fashions or ideas ; modern in style craze (n): an activity, style, or fashion that is very popular, usually for a short time

Lesson B.6(A5) answers

LessonB.8(B2) possible answers Advantages of the family’s decision: The family has time to develop other interests, to have conversations, read, go to the movies, and play games with each other. Disadvantages of the family’s decision: The kids cannot participate in discussions at school about TV programs. Valuable educational programming would be missed.

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