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Apr 21, 2013
Writing Feedback / "Who wants to be a millionaire?" - a popular TV Show [3]
Hi everyone, I want to improve my english skills so I came up with an idea. I decided to watch a random documentary everyday to improve listening skills and then write a small summary about it to improve my writing skills. Every criticism is accepted.
Television plays a significant role in today's society. Most kids and adults prefer to spend their free time watching TV series or shows. A very popular and successful show is "Who wants to be a millionaire?"
There was an episode of that show where the contestant cheated his way to the million. That specific episode was never shown on TV. The contestant's name was Charles Ingram, a British army major. Charles came to the show with his wife Diana who has also competed in the show. Charles answered the first questions with ease but at some point he struggled so is used two of his three helps early-on. The episode due to its length limit came on and. The recording would continue next night.
It was almost impossible for the competitor to answer the next, usually difficult, ten questions correctly so he came up with a plan. He would cheat. The basic idea was simple. He would slowly go around the four posible answers and when he said the correct one, his wife would cough. Through the game the show directors started being suspicious about Charles' behaviour. In some questions although he was certain that the correct answer was A for instanse, his final answer was something else simply because he heard the cought in another answer. Not only he was cheating, but he was also a terrible actor in my honest opinion. He was doing the exact same thing everytime, saying the answers slowly and in some cases although he heard three coughs he was still not sure and reapeted again the procedure. Right after he heard the fourth and last cough he gave his final answer.
But he did it. He answered the last question correctly and won 1 million pounds. Hopefully the crew of the show spotted this strange behaviour and caught Charles. They went to the court and Charles' million never gone home.
Hi everyone, I want to improve my english skills so I came up with an idea. I decided to watch a random documentary everyday to improve listening skills and then write a small summary about it to improve my writing skills. Every criticism is accepted.
Television plays a significant role in today's society. Most kids and adults prefer to spend their free time watching TV series or shows. A very popular and successful show is "Who wants to be a millionaire?"
There was an episode of that show where the contestant cheated his way to the million. That specific episode was never shown on TV. The contestant's name was Charles Ingram, a British army major. Charles came to the show with his wife Diana who has also competed in the show. Charles answered the first questions with ease but at some point he struggled so is used two of his three helps early-on. The episode due to its length limit came on and. The recording would continue next night.
It was almost impossible for the competitor to answer the next, usually difficult, ten questions correctly so he came up with a plan. He would cheat. The basic idea was simple. He would slowly go around the four posible answers and when he said the correct one, his wife would cough. Through the game the show directors started being suspicious about Charles' behaviour. In some questions although he was certain that the correct answer was A for instanse, his final answer was something else simply because he heard the cought in another answer. Not only he was cheating, but he was also a terrible actor in my honest opinion. He was doing the exact same thing everytime, saying the answers slowly and in some cases although he heard three coughs he was still not sure and reapeted again the procedure. Right after he heard the fourth and last cough he gave his final answer.
But he did it. He answered the last question correctly and won 1 million pounds. Hopefully the crew of the show spotted this strange behaviour and caught Charles. They went to the court and Charles' million never gone home.
