New Progress 5 Unit 1I want to be famous

Vocabularies

• Reality show (n) a show that is based on real people (not actors) in real situations, presented as entertainment

• Launch date (n) the date a program, show, etc. is aired for the first time

• Series (n) a set of television programs that are about the same subject.

Vocabularies

• Producer (n) a person or company that arranges for sb to make a program for radio or television, or a record, C.D. etc.

• Program (n) something that people watch on television or listen to on the radio

• Proposed (v) suggested a plan, an idea, etc. for people to think about and decide on

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• Chief writer (n) a person responsible for writing the script for the program

• Script (n) a written text of a play, film/movie, broadcast, talk, etc.

• Genre (n) (formal) a particular type or style of literature, art, film or music that you can recognize because of its special features

More vocabularies

• Concept (n) idea

• Lookalike (n) (often used after a person’s name) a person who looks very similar to the person mentioned

• Impersonate (v) to pretend to be sb in order to trick people or to entertain them

• Convince (v) make people believe in sth

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• Idols (n) people or things that are loved and admired very much

• Synopsis (n) a summary of a piece of writing

Do you know the following?

• Fantasized (v) imagined that you were doing something that you liked to do, or that something you wanted to happen was happening.

• Ordinary (adj) common• Once in a life time chance (noun phrase) an

opportunity that only comes around one time during one’s life

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• Made over (phr.v.) have had make-up put on the face to make one look different

• Widest (adj) greatest in number

• Appeal (n) a quality that makes people like it

• Fresh (adj) new and different

• Contemporary (adj) modern

Have we finished?

• Feel (n) the way that something generally seems to you

• Viewers (n) people watching television

• Transformed (v) changed with amazing effects

• Tension (n) pressure

What now?

• Episode (n) the part of a story that are broadcast on television or radio in several installments

• Curious (adj) the desire to want to find out more about something

• Host (n) the presenter of the show

• Follow-up (n) what comes after sth

Are we done?

• Glamour (n) the attractive and exciting

• quality that makes a person, a job or a place seem special, often because of wealth and status

• Bling-bling (n) expensive shiny jewellery and bright clothes that attract attention

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• Verdict (n) final decision

• Rationale (n) the principles or reasons which explain a particular decision, course of action, belief, etc.

• Approved (v) officially agreed to a plan, request, etc

• Unique (adj) one of a kind

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• Humorous (adj) funny

• Substantial (adj) large in amount, value or importance

• Revenue (n) the money that a government receives from taxes or that an organization receives from its business