A1        SEMINAR 10 – ANSWER KEY

                                          Popular Culture


Tasks 1 - 5: based on class discussion

Task 2: 1) soap operas, music, best selling novels, fashion, holidays, celebrations.

3) any original document, music, TV, novels, pop music, genre fiction – mysteries, romances

Task 6

1) scribbling, 2) paintings, 3) development,  4) railways, 5) chalk, 6) buildings, 7) boundaries,
8)continued, 9) colourfully, 10) trains, 11) immortalize, 12) developed, 13) drawings, 14)
associated


Task 7 & 8: based on class discussion


Task 9

1 The films at the festival will be simultaneously translated.

2. All the guests were warmly welcomed at the reception.

3. The study was done in a holistic way.

4. The material of his suit feels very smooth.

5. Although the children were enthusiastic, the new fad was received coldly by the parents.

6. He stayed up all night and worked hard to get his project done on time.

7. The singer’s voice sounded very clear at last night’s concert.

8. She looked beautiful in her designer evening dress.

9. The audience responded very appreciatively.

10. Although he looked hard at the photo, he hardly recognized anyone.

11. The musician played so romantically on his guitar.

12. He looked at the project from a scholarly and aesthetic point of view.*

Note: * The word scholarly is an exceptional adjective.

13. Some people in the audience were so noisy that I could hardly understand what the actors were
saying.

14. Let´s go straight home after the performance ends.

15. I nearly missed the beginning of the play.

16. As an actor he is highly appreciated.

17. I have a monthly subscription to the theatre.