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1) She started work _____ .

a) late at night
b) early in the morning
c) at noon

2) She would transcribe _____ .

a) lectures
b) audio
c) video

3) She had expereince before in _____ .

1386 Working in Television a) TV
Sarah talks about how she worked for a television station and b) radio
explains what it was like behind the scenes. c) theater

4) She had _____ jobs.

Adam: Sarah, I heard you worked in reality
TV. Can you tell us a little bit about that? a) two
b) three
Sarah: Yeah. When I was living in Orlando, c) five
Florida, I ___________ production company
that filmed reality television. And first of all, it
was an interesting ___________ worked 5) She says the TV show was _____ .
Sarah Adam
from 7 o’clock at night until 5 in the morning. a) exciting
It was me and four other guys. And I was the only person
___________ to film school that was working there. b) realistic
c) fake
And overnight we would transcribe Reset Quiz Show Answers
video footage. So ___________ do is Grammar Puzzle
we would watch the extended footage Put the following words
of the reality shows that this company in the correct place
produced, and we would type out
everything that ___________ . And I they were saying
Vocabulary
quickly came to realize that everything who hadn’t been
in television is scripted, even reality job because I
television because ___________ them to say transcribe
prompt the people what to say on the what we would
shows. and the staff We would transcribe video footage.
worked for a
Adam: Interesting. Was the producer over and over Transcribe means to write spoken
there on camera prompting they would often language down on paper or print
___________ things that you saw but material. Notice the following:
we as viewers might not see?

Sarah: Oh yeah. So all the producers ___________ are all 1. All the videos for elllo.org are
around and in-between takes, you know, they’ll try to get them to transcribed.
2. Written language and transcribed language are
say things a certain way. And so they’ll often retake scenes
___________ again until they get the kind of footage that they slightly different.
want.
type out
Adam: Interesting. Can you tell us
what TV show you were filming? Would type out everything.
Sarah: No, I probably can’t say Here 'type out' means to type something
that. onto a computer or paper. Type out and
type up have the same meaning. Notice
Adam: How did you get a job like the following:
that if you didn’t have the same
filming background that your 1. He types out the whole transcript in one minute.
colleagues had? 2. I take notes in pencil and then type them up for
review later.
Sarah: I grew up in radio, so
because I had radio, media on my prompt
resume, they hired me.

Adam: Were you interested in They would often prompt the people
reality TV before you got that job? what to say

Sarah: Not at all. I was just trying to pay rent and pay my bills. So When you prompt someone, you
actually at that time, I was working five different jobs. That was encourage them to say or do something
just one of them. you want them to do. Notice the
following:
Adam: Wow! That’s amazing. Pulling all-nighters as well.
1. The photographer prompted them to smile.
Sarah: Yup. 2. Teachers often prompt students to say phrases.

Adam: Was there a reason that you had to work at night? take
Sarah: That particular job, that’s what they hired me for because
they had people who did that job during the day, too. The staff are all around and in-between
takes.
So we were the night shift.
A take is a scene that is filmed in a
Adam: So that’s really interesting. So when you watch reality TV movie. When you retake a scene, you
show today, how do you feel? Can you sense what the producers film it again. Notice the following:
are trying to do or can you enjoy it? How do you feel about
watching reality TV now? 1. That scene took over fifty takes to get it perfect.
2. The actors rest in-between takes.
Sarah: I never really liked reality television before I worked with
reality television. And now, I like it even less because I realized it pull an all-nighter
is all fake and all scripted, and it’s not very interesting to me.
That’s amazing. Pulling all-nighters as
Adam: How did the actors or the members of the reality TV show well.
casts, how did they feel about this scripting of the TV show?
When you pull an all-nighter, you stay
Sarah: They seem to be fine with it because they, you know, up all night and do not go to sleep.
signed all the contracts and the things to be on the show. So they Notice the following:
don’t really mind it.
1. In college I pulled many all-nighters before tests.
Adam: Wow. That’s really interesting. 2. He works hard and has to pull all-nighters
sometimes.
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fake

Speaking Challenge It is all fake and all scripted

Something that is fake is not real. Notice
Answer these questions related lesson. the following:
1. My Gucci watch is fake.
Q1 Have you ever done an all-nighter for a test? 2. We have a fake Christmas tree.
A1

Vocabulary Quiz
Q2 Do you ever buy fake products?
A2

take • transcribe • type out

Q3 Do you usually read the transcriptions on elllo? prompt • nighter • fake
A3
1. Transcriptionists spoken
Q4 How much TV do yo watch on a regular basis? speech.
A4
2. I need to my notes.
3. This diamond is .
Q5 Would you like to be on a reality TV show? 4. Teachers sometimes
A5 students to speak.
5. He pulled an all- for his
final.
6. They filmed the scene in one
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