Answer — Exercise 1
7.1 - TV Globetrotters·Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book
Domanda
Work in pairs. Think of one similarity and one difference between the TV programmes. Use your dictionary to help if necessary.
Risposta
- Both show real life → a wildlife programme features animals, plants, etc.; a reality show features people.
- Both are dramas which involve a continuing story with the same set of characters → a costume drama is usually set in a historical context; a soap opera is set in a contemporary, modern context.
- Both are comedies / funny → a sketch show has a lot of short comedy pieces; a sitcom is normally a single story and the stories connect in some way from episode to episode although each episode is self-contained.
- Both are factual programmes → a documentary can be on any factual topic, e.g. scientific, historical, cultural, and is made from real footage; a docudrama is often about historical events and includes re-enacted sequences, i.e. sequences performed by actors but made to look real.
- Both involve more than one programme → a series can be factual or, in a drama series, each episode is usually a different story, but with the same characters; a serial is a single story broken up into different episodes.
- Both are exciting and often involve danger and facing and solving a problem → a thriller can be a combination of genres or types, it can include sci-fi, fantasy, detective, action type content, but it's always made to create excitement (or 'thrills'); a detective series usually focuses only on police work in connection with crime and as a series has the same characters with a different story every episode.
- Both involve a competition between teams or individuals → a game show can have many formats, including a quiz format; a quiz is limited to question / answer formats.
- Both are about real events / stories happening at the moment → a current affairs programme has feature stories about different topics in the news; the news is made up of shorter stories about the most current (immediate) events.