Упр.4 Юнит 5 Урок 34 Рабочая тетрадь 2 ГДЗ Happy English Кауфман 9 класс
4 Read the text, translate it into Russian and answer the questions.1. What kind of film is called a soap opera?2.
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4 Read the text, translate it into Russian and answer the questions.
1. What kind of film is called a soap opera?
2. Are there usually a lot of characters in a soap opera?
3. What people particularly like soap operas?
4. What is initiating about soap operas?
5. Why do some people like to watch soap operas?
The phenomenon of soap operas
Do you like soaps? If not, you are likely to have a good taste. If yes, have you ever thought what makes you wait impatiently to see what happens next?
A soap opera can last for months and even years. The action is rather slow. If you miss a series, or even ten, you find that the plot has not developed much. While one character loses his memory and keeps looking for his or her baby child, another one may think for weeks if he should go to the cinema or not. Why are all these little things of no importance interesting to us?
I think it happens because we get used to the familiar characters. They become close like family. In real life we take interest in everything that happens to our nearest and dearest. You can phone your mother or your granny or a friend to find out how they are, what they have bought recently and who has visited them. You are very unlikely to hear about crocodiles, killer sharks or the latest news of David Beckham, and yet every little thing about our family and friends is important to us. Probably the same happens with soap opera characters. They might be neither interesting nor clever, but with the time they become like a part of your family: everything about them becomes important.
Old people are particularly fond of soap operas. They feel lonely and isolated. A long film about people who never existed gives them an illusion of life and makes them forget about real problems. If their real children and grandchildren arc too busy to phone them or visit them, soap opera characters are always at hand.