June 4_Reading Practice

Alivenotdead.com was originally conceived as a promotional website for the documentary film The Heavenly Kings. The film is a about a talentless Canto-pop boy band named 'Alive' and its rise to fame via the local media. The film makes fun of the Hong Kong entertainment industry by showing how the media manipulates audiences into buying manufactured fluff.

What is this paragraph about?

• popular social networking websites

• using the Internet to generate publicity

• a website for the Hong Kong entertainment industry

• a website about Canto-pop artists

The members of 'Alive', along with the film’s executive producer and co-founder of the film review website Rottentomatoes.com, Patrick Lee, decided to recreate the Alivenotdead.com website into a forum addressing issues facing artists in Hong Kong. Alivenotdead.com would be a place for artists and the public to have their say about the state of the entertainment industry.

What is the writer’s attitude to Alivenotdead.com?

• unsure

• uncertain

• positive

• negative

The members of Alive, along with the film’s executive producer and

co-founder of the film review website Rottentomatoes.com, Patrick Lee, decided to recreate the Alivenotdead.com website into a forum addressing issues facing artists in Hong Kong. Alivenotdead.com would be a place for artists and the public to have their say about the state of the entertainment industry.

What can you find on the website Rottentomatoes.com?

Though it’s still evolving, Alivenotdead.com has achieved great success in realising its founders’ vision. The site has developed into a unique community, uniting artists with their audiences, and helping artists showcase their work and connect with other artists.

Which word means 'developing'?

Though it’s still evolving, Alivenotdead.com has achieved great success in realising its founders’ vision. The site has developed into a unique community, uniting artists with their audiences, and helping artists showcase their work and connect with other artists.

Look at the word ‘realising’. The word has different meanings. Read the dictionary entries for ‘realise’ below. Which meaning corresponds with that?

• to know the importance of something

• to start to know something that you had not known before

• to an amount of money by selling something

• to achieve a hope, goal or ambition

With Alivenotdead.com, you can upload a profile, write blogs, tag photos and leave comments. The major difference is that the site’s featured artists are genuine producers, artists, musicians, and actors. Fans can keep abreast of their favourite personalities by logging onto the artists’ personal blogs. This is a unique opportunity to get to know celebrities you admire.

Name THREE types of social networking services that Alivenotdead.com provides.

With Alivenotdead.com, you can upload a profile, write blogs, tag photos and leave comments. The major difference is that the site’s featured artists are genuine producers, artists, musicians, and actors. Fans can keep abreast of their favourite personalities by logging onto the artists’ personal blogs. This is a unique opportunity to get to know celebrities you admire.

Find a phrase which means the same as ‘stay in touch with’. (a phrase = some words)

With Alivenotdead.com, you can upload a profile, write blogs, tag photos and leave comments. The major difference is that the site’s featured artists are genuine producers, artists, musicians, and actors. Fans can keep abreast of their favourite personalities by logging onto the artists’ personal blogs.

How can fans get to know the artists they admire on Alivenotdead.com?

• They can log on to the artists’ personal blogs.

• They can upload their profiles to the website.

• They can send emails to their favourite artists.

• They can contact the site's featured artistis.

Many people log on regularly and stay on Alivenotdead.com for many reasons. What keeps people coming back is that the site really feels like a community. People interact with each other on the blogs and guestbooks and many members even get to know each other in real life. The administrators encourage the artists to blog about their lives and interests.

The main reason for Alivenotdead.com’s popularity is that the site feels like a _____.

Who would be the most likely to say the following about Alivenotdead.com?

‘I found a fantastic photographer on the site and we’re working together on publicity shots for my new album.’

• an administrator

• a journalist

• an artist

• a fan