Talent competitions are very popular on Vietnamse television. Vietnam’s Got Talent is one of the most famous talent show in Viet
nam and has been running for four series already. In this programme, people from around the country come and perform a live audition in front of famous judges, like the music businessman Huy Tuan, the actress Thanh Loc and the model Thuy Hanh. In the first episodes of the show, people come and show off lots of different talents. Some of them are really impressive. The other day I watched an audition in which an 80-year-old lady danced extremely fast! You can also hear some really gifted singers, of all different types of music, as well as magicians and dancers.
Some of the auditions are not very good though. The producers select some of the worst ones to show on television. I once saw a man who wanted to make his pet owl do tricks but the owl didn’t move: it must have been very embarrassing for him! There are also people who don’t sing or dance very well, and sometimes the judges can be quite mean to them.
This is why some people disapprove of Vietnam’s Got Talent. Sometimes they can seem a bit humiliating for the people performing and the famous judges can give quite hurtful comments. Other people think that it is just harmless fun and a great way to see lots of different performers on the same TV show. The viewing figures for the programme are always very high and it has already been announced that it will return in 2020. People can’t get enough of talent on television!
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A. Decide whether the statements below are True, False or Not Given. Write T for True, F for False and NG for Not Given.
Statements
T/ F/ NG
1. Britain’s Got Talent is a competition for only people who come from UK.
2. The 80-year-old lady had to practise a lot to be able to dance fast.
3. Most participants take part in Britain’s Got Talent to sing and dance.
4. The shows always shows the best performance.
5. Some of the auditions does not reflect the real talent.
6. The famous judges always give positive comments.
7. All people enjoy watching Britain’s Got Talent.
8. The number of audience watching the show are always high.
9. The next season will have less audience than the previous one.
10. The ninth season will be shown in 2020.
B. Read the sentences below and fill in the blank of each sentence with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS:
1. People who are from all the country come to Britain's Got Talent to perform a
to the judges.
2. Some of the performance are really
and makes people like them.
3. Beside the good performance, Sometimes, the producers try to choose the
performance to show on TV.
4. It was very
for the man whose the owl did not perform.
5. The judges of the show can give
comments to the performers.
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