Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Metric received their first major public exposure in August 2001 with the television commercial `` Be Afraid '' , advertising Polaroid 's I-Zone Pocket Fortune film .
Simplified: Metric was heard for the first time by many in August 2001 with the advertisement `` Be Afraid '' , advertising Polaroid 's I-Zone Pocket Fortune film .