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    Reading Exercise 5 Squid Game

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    Squid Game has become a global hit and Netflix's most watched series ever. People around the world want to use the tracksuits and jumpsuits from the show for Halloween costumes. Internet stores have been flooded with orders for the costumes. A clothing factory in South Korea is scrambling to sew 6,000 green tracksuits for toddlers and children to keep up with demand sparked by the show's popularity. The series features 456 players who are in debt and play children's games for a $40 million prize, with the potential for death if they lose - another example of South Korean culture gaining popularity worldwide.

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    Squid Game has become a global hit and Netflix's most watched series ever. People around the world want to use the tracksuits and jumpsuits from the show for Halloween costumes. Internet stores have been flooded with orders for the costumes. A clothing factory in South Korea is scrambling to sew 6,000 green tracksuits for toddlers and children to keep up with demand sparked by the show's popularity. The series features 456 players who are in debt and play children's games for a $40 million prize, with the potential for death if they lose - another example of South Korean culture gaining popularity worldwide.

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    Squid Game has become a global hit and Netflix's most watched series ever. People around the world want to use the tracksuits and jumpsuits from the show for Halloween costumes. Internet stores have been flooded with orders for the costumes. A clothing factory in South Korea is scrambling to sew 6,000 green tracksuits for toddlers and children to keep up with demand sparked by the show's popularity. The series features 456 players who are in debt and play children's games for a $40 million prize, with the potential for death if they lose - another example of South Korean culture gaining popularity worldwide.

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    Reading Exercise 5 Squid Game

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    Squid Game has become a global hit and Netflix's most watched series ever. People around the world want to use the tracksuits and jumpsuits from the show for Halloween costumes. Internet stores have been flooded with orders for the costumes. A clothing factory in South Korea is scrambling to sew 6,000 green tracksuits for toddlers and children to keep up with demand sparked by the show's popularity. The series features 456 players who are in debt and play children's games for a $40 million prize, with the potential for death if they lose - another example of South Korean culture gaining popularity worldwide.

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    Reading Exercise 5: “Squid Game”.

    Flooded/hugely/toddlers/enough/hold/sew/demand/industry

    People around the world are trying to get (1) _______ hugely ______________ of clothes worn by
    characters in the (2) _____________ industry ________ popular South Korean TV series "Squid
    Game". In particular, the "Made in Korea" green tracksuits and pink jumpsuits from the show are
    in huge (3) _____ hold__________ as a Halloween costume. Internet stores worldwide have been
    (4) ______ Flooded _______________ with orders. Garment factories in South Korea are struggling
    to make (5) _______ enough _______ of the clothes to keep up with demand. Clothes factory
    owner Kim Jin-ja from Seoul said: "October is usually a slow month for the sewing (6) ______
    demand ______________, but thanks to Squid Game and Halloween, we are scrambling to (7)
    ____________sew_________ enough clothes." She added: "We are now sewing 6,000 green
    tracksuits for (8) __________ toddlers ___________ and children."

    Hit/following/survival/result/including/culture/broadcast/debt

    Squid Game is a (9) ________ survival_____________ drama series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk. It
    was first (10) ______ broadcast _______________ on Netflix on September the 17th. It has since
    become a global (11) ______Hit_______________ and is Netflix's most watched series ever. It
    reached number one in 90 countries, (12) _________ result ____________ the United States. Netflix
    estimated that over 142 million people watched Squid Game in the 28 days (13) _______
    following ______________ its release. The series is about a contest between 456 players who are
    in a lot of (14) ______ debt _______________. They all play children's games to try to win a $40
    million prize to get out of debt. However, the simple games could (15) _________ including
    ____________ in their death. Squid Game is another example of South Korean (15) _________
    culture _________ becoming popular around the world, following K-pop and K-dramas.

    1. How popular does the article say Squid Game is?

    _______________ global
    hit____________________________________________________________________

    2. What do people want to use the tracksuits and jumpsuits for?

    ____________ Halloween costume______________ ______________________________________

    3. What has been flooded with orders?

    _______________internet stores worldwide ___________________________

    4. What does the article say October is for the sewing industry?

    _______________ October is usually a slow month for the sewing________________________

    5. How many green tracksuits is a clothing factory making?

    _______________ 6,000 green tracksuits___________________________________________


    6. How many people watched Squid Game in the first four weeks?

    _____________ Netflix estimated that over 142 million people watched Squid____________

    7. How many contestants are there in Squid Game?

    __________________456 players
    _________________________________________________________________

    8. What are all the contestants in?

    _____________ they are in a lot of debt __________________________

    9. How much is the Squid Game prize money?

    __________________ $40 million


    __________________________________________________________________

    10. What does the article say Squid Game an example of?

    ____ South Korean culture becoming popular around the world____________________


    ________

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