(Use of English: pt 2 open cloze) write your answers in the boxes
Simplemente Maria was a Peruvian soap opera about a domestic employee who 1. her fortune through her skills with a sewing machine. It provided the model for an entertainment education revolution and was especially popular in Mexico, 2. it was rumoured to have received higher viewing figures than the 1970 World Cup. read on
In 1975, half of Mexico's workers were unable to read and 3. the government had started a public adult reading programme, it had a low take up. Mexican television writer Miguel Sabido, who had studied the Simplemente Maria phenomenon, created a series called Ven Conmigo, 4. which an elderly man graduated from reading class and in an emotional scene read a letter from his daughter for the first 5..
In 1984, Sabido was invited to India by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to work 6. the first serial drama series on the subcontinent. He created Hum Log, a series that took on big issues 7. as caste harmony and womens´ rights - and drew a regular viewing audience of more than 50 million. 8. of the characters, a girl from a Hindu family, 9. in love with a Muslim detective, and another wants to marry a woman from a lower caste.
Each episode concluded 10. a message from the famous actor Ashok Kumar, who encouraged viewers to discuss issues raised 11. the programme. Over its 17-month run, he received more than 400,000 letters from young viewers, asking him to convince their parents to let them marry the man or woman of their 12..
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