Tugas.

Look at the table of contents and answer questions number 1 – 5

18 Eminem’s Road Back from Hell 67 The Most Perfect Face in the World

Three years ago he almost died; now BTS Jin has the world's most perfect
he’s got the biggest record of 2010 so face according to Dutch Scientific
far. Analysis

22 Phil Collins’ Last Stand 73 SHINee's Taemin Returns

He has sold more than 150 million Taemin, the youngest member of K-
records. But now why the troubled pop pop boy band SHINee, will return to
star wants to call it quits. the K-pop scene next month with a
new solo record

26 Taylor Swift’s Huge Week 89 Moomoo Announce A Boycott

Speak Now sells a million copies in Mamamoo's Fan Union have opposed

seven days, the best first-week sale the new recent announcement by RBW
since 2005. to merge Youtube channels of
Mamamoo and stated a boycott of
 
Mamamoo’s online concert.

47 Kanye West’s ‘Dark Twisted Fantasy’  
As the rest of the world downsizes,
Kanye comes back with his most epic
album.
106  GFRIEND Confirmed to Leave Source
Music
On May 18, it was reported that the six
members did not renew their contracts
with Source Music and will be going
their separate ways.

52 Hermione of the K-pop  127  Chungha Halted All Activities

Day6 Bassist Young K amazes netizen K-pop musician Chungha has tested
after his military enlistment in KATUSA positive for COVID-19, but she
promises her fans that she'll be back to
work in no time.

1. What kind of target audience was the magazine published?

2. What is the magazine about?

3. On what page will you read if you want to know about the reasons a musician will not make
another record?

4. On what page will you find information about a protest done by a group of fans?

5. On what page will you find about a musician who is going to serve the Army?

 Skim the following text and answer questions number 6 – 10

While “Hallyu”, the Korean wave, has become a global phenomenon for decades, Chinese pop
culture has grown rapidly in prominence over the past couple of years, attracting more and more
global fans. Getting used to people talking about K-pop music and Korean dramas all the time, I was
surprised to see more and more people starting to watch and discuss Chinese dramas. As an
experienced viewer and enthusiast of both Chinese dramas and Korean dramas, I will discuss some
major differences that I noticed between them.

Chinese dramas are often pretty long, with 30-60 episodes, and may even go up to 80. Each episode
is often 30-45 minutes. Compared to this, Korean dramas usually have 16-20 episodes, each lasting
60-90 minutes. While many Chinese dramas are aired 2 episodes per day, Korean dramas are usually
aired 2 episodes per week. So it can be a torture to wait for K dramas to get updated compared to C
dramas. With complicated plots and multiple parallel storylines, C dramas usually need more time to
complete a story and often tell stories at pretty slow pacing. In comparison, K dramas, well known
for their compelling plot twists, tend to tell stories at faster pacing and with a well-knit plot. So K
dramas might be better at constantly attracting the audience’s attention than C dramas.

Chinese dramas and Korean dramas are good at portraying different genres. While C dramas are well
known for historical/costume and fantasy genres, K dramas are famous for modern-day and
romance genres. C dramas are overall better at the historical/costume genre and the fantasy genre.
Most of the top Chinese fantasy dramas are set in ancient China and thus fall into the costume genre
as well. In comparison, Korean historical dramas tend to put less effort into set design and art
design. Not only in visual design do Chinese historical dramas do a better job, they are also overall
more sophisticated and compelling in plot. But K dramas definitely have their strengths – they are
overall better at modern-day and romance genres. Korean modern-day romance dramas are overall
better at storytelling as well as shaping characters.

While K drama stories are mainly written by professional screenwriters, most of the top C dramas
nowadays are adapted from novels, which are called “Cultural IP (Intellectual Property)” in China.
Chinese streaming platforms and entertainment companies are competing against each other to buy
the intellectual property of popular novels, while professional screenwriters are having a hard time
selling their stories. This is because popular “IP” novels have already got a large enough fanbase, and
their quality has already been proven by the market. So, from investors’ standpoint, those “IP”
novels are often more worth investing than original screenplays.

The production systems of K dramas and C dramas are also pretty different. K dramas are mostly
shot live, which means that a drama is still filming as it starts to go on the air. The script is not
finished in advance, so the screenwriter and the director can change the story accordingly
depending on the audience’s expectations. This production mode makes the audience’s voices
heard, but there are risks – the over-intervention of their feedback may sometimes screw up the
story.

(Adapted from https://yanchinaentertainment.com/the-differences-between-chinese-dramas-and-
korean-dramas-2020/)

6. What is the text about?

7. What is the main pattern of organization from the text?

8. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

9. In which genre Korean dramas are better than Chinese dramas?

10. According to the author, what is the negative effect of taking the audience's opinion for drama
production?

JAWABAN

1. the audience of the news is everyone who has grown up

2. -Eminem’s Road Back from Hell
-Phill Collins’ Last Stand
-Taylor Swift’s Huge Week
-Kanye West’s Dark Twisted Fantasy’
-The Most Perfect Face in the World
-SHINee’s Taemin Returns
-Moomoo Announce A Boycott
-GFRIEND Confirmed to Leave Source Music
-Chungha Halted All Activities
3. 22 Phil Collins’ Last Stand
4. 127 Chungha Halted All Activities
5. 52 Hermione of the K-pop
6. The text about Chinese dramas and Korean dramas
7. -Discuss some major differences that I noticed between them (Chinese dramas and Korean
dramas)
-Episodes of Chinese dramas and Korean dramas
-Chinese dramas and Korean dramas are good at portraying different genres
-The production systems of K dramas and C dramas are also pretty different
8. Chinese dramas are often pretty long, with 30-60 episodes, and may even go up to 80. Each
episode is often 30-45 minutes. Compared to this, Korean dramas usually have 16-20
episodes, each lasting 60-90 minutes.
9. Korean dramas are famous for modern-day and romance genres
10. But there are risks – the over-intervention of their feedback may sometimes screw up the
story.