4. Answer the questions. 1. What does the writer want to show by using the phrase “spread like wildfire”? (line 10) 2. Why is the word family in quotation marks? (line 28)

Перевод задания: Ответь на вопросы.

1. What does the writer want to show by using the phrase “spread like wildfire”? The writer wants to show that the idea of Big Brother became popular very quickly and spread to many countries. (Автор хочет показать, что идея Big Brother очень быстро стала популярной и распространилась во многих странах.)
2. Why is the word family in quotation marks? The housemates are not a real family; they are unrelated people living together in the Big Brother house. (Участники шоу не настоящая семья: это не связанные родственными узами люди, которые живут вместе в доме Big Brother.)