Make Your Way 5, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Look at the chart of soap opera viewing habits for the UK. 5 1 Why do you think soap operas are more popular with women than men? 2 What reasons can you think of to explain why children watch fewer soaps than any other age group? 3 Why do you think people over 65 watch more soaps than any other age group? 4 How can you explain the fall in popularity in the age group 35–44? Soap opera consumption Decide if these sentences are true, false or not given. • Discuss these questions with a partner. • After 21 years “Brookside” was terminated in November 2003.  “Crossroads” was a popular soap that ran from 1964–1988. It was relaunched in 2001 but cancelled in March 2003 because it was not successful enough. true false not given 1 Women spend twice as much time watching soap operas as men. 2 Old people spend more time watching soap operas   than any other age group. 3 Children spend about one and a half hours a week watching soap operas. 4 Men in their late 30s spend less time watching soap operas than they did   in their late 20s. 5 “Coronation Street” and “EastEnders” are the most popular soap operas   with all age groups. 6 “Crossroads” was only popular with older people. 7 “Hollyoaks” is targeted at younger people. 8 “Neighbours” is the third most popular soap opera on British TV. 9 “EastEnders” is the most popular British soap opera of all time. Brookside Coronation Street Crossroads EastEnders Emmerdale Family Affairs Hollyoaks Home and Away Neighbours Men 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Hours Women Children 16–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 65+ 141 2 Compact unit 2: Soap operas Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv