Добавил:
Upload Опубликованный материал нарушает ваши авторские права? Сообщите нам.
Вуз: Предмет: Файл:
УМК 3 РГФ new 1.doc
Скачиваний:
119
Добавлен:
08.11.2019
Размер:
8.5 Mб
Скачать

2.2.2. Look back at the text and answer these questions.

  1. Why are TV commercials a vital part of modern media culture?

  2. Do TV commercials work according to the same rules in different countries?

  3. What are the basic conditions of advertising?

  4. What is an “account” in an advertising campaign?

  5. What kinds of products are advertised on TV?

  6. When an advertising agency has a new “account” what does it do first? Why?

  7. What is a concept? What are the most popular concepts nowadays?

  8. What are the members of a team of an advertising agency?

  9. How long does it take to film a commercial?

  10. What is “a slot”?

  11. What does the price of a slot depend on?

2.3.  Add the following adjectives or their adverbial forms.

possible / flexible / subtle / actual / funny / real /

memorable / figurative / literal / interesting / extreme /

psychological / emotional / immediate

Advertising works very (1) ____. Because English is a very (2) ____ language, it plays with words. It is interesting therefore (3) ____ to take a slogan (4) ____ or (5) ____.The cleverer the pun, the more (6) ____ the slogan. The consumer may not buy the product (7) ____, but he will probably react to it (8) ____ or (9) ____ in such a way that he buy it later. The criticism of modern advertising is that although it may be (10) ____ (11) ____ or (12) ____ (13) ____ in fact it tells you nothing about the (14) ____ product.

2.4. “Catchy slogans”. Look at these slogans from advertisements. What products do you think they are advertising?

  • Don’t leave home without it.

  • Because your signature deserves the best.

  • Fly the friendly skies.

  • Just do it!

  • The uncola

  • What you want is what you get at ____ today.

  • Your true colors

  • It’s the real thing

Useful expressions: I think it might be advertising …

This could be an ad for …

That’s used in the … ads.

2.5. With a partner, look at this headline. What do you think the article might be about?

Between the Lines

2.5.1.  Now read the text and see if your ideas were correct.

Not for nothing have advertisements earned the name “the hidden persuaders”. Advertising is no longer a matter of simple encouragement and bald fact. The emphasis today favours a less factual and more subtle approach, creating what has been called a time-bomb effect.

As a consequence of this trend, the language of advertising in Britain has changed substantially in character. Its traditional functional element, the adjective, has lost meaning because such words as “new, giant-sized, improved, terrific, even better” have been applied to so many goods of the most diverse sort and quality that they no longer have any function as genuine description. The emphasis has shifted away from the external qualities as described by adjectives and towards less tangible features, features not always present in the goods themselves. Often, in fact, the language of an advertising slogan is designed solely to stick in the mind without relating to the actual product.

The power of such slogans lies in the “catchiness” of the words, often consolidated by a catchy musical jingle, so that ultimately the humour and novelty of the slogan – in short, its appeal – are more important than the qualities of the actual product. In some happy cases, the flexibility of the English language allows for this “catchiness” without sacrificing the literal meaning, as in the clever advertisement for Stork margarine: “It’s good enough to eat with nothing on”.

Often such double meanings have a quality of untranslatability. Even the simple pun of “Players please” loses in translation, as does the powerful conciseness of the “clunk-click” campaign for safety belts. Such adverts use language to do more than merely describe; they ignite some sort of emotional or psychological spark in the consumer which will keep the name of the product burning in his memory.