Упр.7 Unit 6 Reader ГДЗ English Кузовлев 10-11 класс
Here is an extract from the article Our Titanic Love Affair published in Newsweek from February 23, 1998. James Cameron is a director of the film Titanic, which became very popular all over the world.
Why is James Cameron a little bit mystified?
Even James Cameron was, as he says, “a little bit mystified” by the passionate reaction to his movie. Like all megahits, the movie has become a kind of religion. And as with all religion, you don’t worship at the altar just once. Normally, films draw a 2 per cent repeat audience; Titanic is drawing 20 per cent. Consider these highly unusual statistics: 45 per cent of all the women under 25 who have seen the movie have seen it twice. And 76 per cent of all people who have seen the movie at least twice plan to see it again. What’s particularly surprised the studios is that 37 per cent of the audience is older than 25, a larger percentage of adults than was expected.
- This diagram shows how many men and women saw the film. Draw such diagrams to show the age of audience and the percentage of repeat audience.
1) James Cameron is a little bit mystified because the reaction to his movie was much more passionate than he expected. The film became a kind of religion, and people kept coming back to see it again and again.
2) The diagrams should show these facts:
- Age of audience: 37% of the audience is older than 25, so adults made up a larger part than expected.
- Repeat audience: normally films draw a 2% repeat audience, but Titanic drew 20%. Also, 45% of women under 25 who saw the movie saw it twice, and 76% of people who had seen it at least twice planned to see it again.
Answer: James Cameron was a little bit mystified because the audience’s reaction to Titanic was unusually strong and many people watched the film more than once.
