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Unit 19 advertising

The active vocabulary of the unit

to drive consumer behavior

to pander to

to rely on

with respect to

subliminal

a digital advertisement

viable

to be a coincidence

commercial

to associate sth. with

to soak up

an online promotion

public service announcement

by-products

physical advert

wares

to be laid off

product giveaway

in part

to deteriorate

loyalty program

to be aimed at

obsolete

to draw in

to convey information

to go far beyond

an ultimate goal

to be misleading

to haunt

ambient media

to a certain extent

word-of-mouth advertising

to grab one’s attention = to get in one’s face

  1. Work in pairs, say what you think of the recent experiments in advertising. Can you think of any new and innovative ways to advertise?

  • Interrupting telephone conversations with advertising messages (in exchange for free phone calls).

  • Talking ads at bank cash machines.

  • Ads on toilet walls.

  • Advertising on small television screens on supermarket shopping trolleys.

  1. Read the following advertising messages and say where it is most possible to see or hear them.

  • So where do you want to have dinner tonight? Eat at Amadeus – the best restourant in town.

  • Now you have got some cash. Come and spend it all at the music store next door.

  • Go on, she’s not looking. Put some beer in.

  1. Many advertisements contain a slogan or a short phrase to attract the consumer’s attention. Effective slogans are usually short, easy to remember, easy to repeat and easy to translate for international markets.

Sometimes translations of slogans into other languages bring problems to companies.

Read the statements about translations of slogans and brand names, and note the problem in each case. Provide your own examples.

a) In Taiwan, the translation of the Pepsi slogan “Come alive with the Pepsi generation” came out as ’Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead’

b) Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue the name of a French pornographic magazine.

c) When Braniff Airlines translated a slogan of its comfortable seates, “fly in leather” it came in Spanish “fly naked”.

d) When Parker marketed a pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to say “It won’t leak in your pocket and embarrass you.” However, the company translated “embarrass” as “embarazar” which means “to become pregnant”. So the ads said “It won’t leak in your pocket and make you pregnant.”

Pre-reading task:

Think and discuss

  • Does advertisement have a great influence on you?

  • Which products do you usually buy: widely advertised or not?

  • What, in your opinion, is the best and the worst advertised product?

  • Which ad (advertisement) do you consider to be the best on TV? What do you like about it?

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