1a Work in pairs. Interview your partner and discuss how many of the following you agree with agree
disagree
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1 Reading is one of my favourite pastimes.
2 Reading is OK if there is nothing else to do.
3 I only like reading in English if the
language is made simple.
4 I don't like reading simplified books
because the language in them is not
natural.
5 I like books to have a good story-line.
6 I prefer short stories because I get
bored/tired easily.
7 I don't like to give my opinion about
what I've read.
8 I like someone to translate the words ]
don't understand.
9 I prefer one long story to several short
stories.
101 don't like books to have pictures. It is
childish.
11 Pictures help me to understand. I like them.
12 I read a lot at school. Reading is no fun!
13 I read a lot for fun/pleasure in my own
language, but not in English.
It is often cruel, exposing the participants to gross humiliation for our amusement. This makes it the modern equivalent of going to laugh at the lunatics in Bedlam. The present row over racism on Big Brother shows how nasty it can be.
It exploits the vulnerable, and has been condemned by the Mental Health Foundation for doing so.
Popularity should not be the ultimate test of what is permissible. Public executions used to be popular and still are in some countries.
It is nonsense to say that broadcasters shouldn't set standards or be obliged to adhere to codes of behaviour. We don't for instance allow them to promote racism or sectarianism or to incite violence. Reality TV is debasing and should be strictly controlled, if not banned altogether.
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It is often cruel, exposing the participants to gross humiliation for our amusement. This makes it the modern equivalent of going to laugh at the lunatics in Bedlam. The present row over racism on Big Brother shows how nasty it can be.
It exploits the vulnerable, and has been condemned by the Mental Health Foundation for doing so.
Popularity should not be the ultimate test of what is permissible. Public executions used to be popular and still are in some countries.
It is nonsense to say that broadcasters shouldn't set standards or be obliged to adhere to codes of behaviour. We don't for instance allow them to promote racism or sectarianism or to incite violence. Reality TV is debasing and should be strictly controlled, if not banned altogether.
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