Warm up questions:
1. What is your favorite TV show?
Why do you like it?
When is it on?
Does you mother/ father like it, too?
2. Will you watch TV tonight? If so, what will you watch?
3. How often do you watch TV?
4. What kind of TV shows do you dislike? Why?
5. Do you like Super brain Vietnam/ Amazing Race/ Running Man/ Lightning Fast/ Road to Olympia Peak...?
6. Do you think it is good for children to watch TV?
7. What is your favorite channel? Why?
8. Do you think that TV is a good thing?
9. Do you have cable TV? What's your favorite program?
10. Do you prefer listening to the radio or watching TV?
Types of TV shows:
Sports
Sitcom (situation comedy)
Documentary /ˌdɑːkjuˈmentri/
Soap Opera
Cartoon
Travel/ Holiday
Kids/ Children
Drama
Comedy Drama
Teen Drama
Romantic drama
Family Drama
Medical Drama
Legal Drama
Crime Drama
Horror Drama
Historical Drama /hɪˈstɔːrɪkl/
Space Drama
Political drama /pəˈlɪtɪkl/
Musical Drama
Reality TV
Game show
Talk show
Variety shows
Sci-fi and fantasy
Anime /ˈænɪmeɪ/
Stand up comedy
Other vocabularies:
Episode
Rerun (n)
Example:
reruns of old TV shows
Season
Example:
The play opens for a second season in London next week
Program (n)
Example:
My favorite news program is CNN
Network
Broadcast
Cable TV
Channel /ˈtʃænl/ (n)
Example:
a music/sports/movie channel
Streaming (adj)
Example:
Internet video streaming has not replaced television.
Download /ˌdaʊnˈləʊd/ (v)
Example:
You can download the app for free
The show is on
On the air
Example:
The Simpsons has been on the air for over twenty years!
Audience /ˈɔːdiəns/ (n)
Example:
We encourage audience participation during our show.
Spectator /ˈspekteɪtər/ (n)
Example:
The new football stadium will hold 75 000 spectators.
Viewer /ˈvjuːər/ (n)
Example:
The average American TV viewer spends five hours a day watching the small screen
Hilarious /hɪˈleriəs/ (adj) = Super funny
Example:
a hilarious joke/story
Action packed (adj)
Example:
We had an action-packed weekend
Suspenseful (adj)
Example:
a suspenseful thriller
Rating /ˈreɪtɪŋ/ (n)
Example:
‘The Big Bang Theory’ was the network show with the highest rating.
TV commercial
Example:
“Most sports programs send me to sleep, but I quite enjoy watching tennis and volleyball.”
Tear-jerkers /ˈtɪr dʒɜːrkər/
Example:
“I love watching most types of films – even tear-jerkers.”
Binge-watching /ˈbɪndʒ wɑːtʃɪŋ/ (n)
Example:
Sometimes nothing beats a night of binge watching on Netflix
Violence (n)
Violent (adj)
Example:
domestic violence
Educational (adj)
Education (n)
To get into
Example:
She really gets into Korean Drama, she watches it almost everyday.
I got into photography when I was a teenager
In the background
Example:
He prefers to remain in the background and let his assistant talk to the press
Put something on in the background
To feel guilty
Example:
I feel very guilty about watching drama all day at weekends
To get addicted to
Example:
Many young people really get addicted to playing video games
It's fun to
Example:
It's fun to read books and listen to music sometimes
Example:
He's obsessed by computers.
Go through phases
Example:
I went through a phase of being obsessed with superhero movies this summer.
At some point
Example:
At some point I decided she was no longer my friend
To get tired of
Example:
Sometimes I really get tired of those negative comments
Take a break
Example:
We should take a break between the classes
Broadcast TV = traditional TV
Streaming services
Old fashioned /ˌəʊld ˈfæʃnd/(adj)
Example:
old-fashioned clothes/styles/methods/equipment
Weird /wɪəd/ (adj)
Example:
I had a really weird dream last night
That makes sense
Example:
This sentence doesn't make sense
At a specific time = at a certain time
Skip the ad breaks
Example:
I always skip the ad breaks when watching youtube.
Ads = advert = advertisement
Advertising
Netflix
Plot (n) = Storyline
Predictable /prɪˈdɪktəbl/ (adj)
Example:
The ending of the book was entirely predictable
Go downhill
Example:
After my parents opened my report card and saw how bad my grades were, it all went downhill
Cliffhanger (n)
Example:
The first part of the serial ended with a real cliffhanger
To resolve
Example:
Attempts are being made to resolve the problem of security in schools
No spoilers!
Example:
Warning: this review contains spoilers
An ending
A happy ending
A sad ending
To get distracted
Example:
It's very easy to get distracted when we work or study from home
Naked = nude /nuːd/ (adj)
Explicit scenes /ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/
Example:
I feel shy when watching explicit scenes on TV with my parents
Billboard (n)
Big name actors = in-demand actors
Example:
Nicolas Cage is one of the top 10 big name actors in Hollywood
Prevent someone from doing something
Example:
Nothing would prevent him from speaking out against injustice
or something
Her name is Mary or Margaret or something
It depends
You know what?
Example:
You know what? I'm hungry
A (little) bit of everything
Example:
What do you do on the farm all day?
A bit of everything, I guess. There's always something to do
Check it out
Example:
You wanna check it out?
Take a look
Example:
Let's take a look at this news, it's really shocking!
Wanna date?
Running man
Superbrain Vietnam
Amazing Race
The Voice (adults & kids)
The road to Olympia Peak
The face Vietnam
Phrases for talking about a TV show:
“My favorite program is…”
“I love watching…”
“I adore watching…”
“I hate watching…”
“I can’t bear/ stand watching…”
“That program keeps me on the edge of my seat”
“I can’t bear to miss an episode of…”
“The special effects are…”
Part 1: Talking about TV habits
Do you watch much TV? And how often do you watch TV?
Example:
I go through phases...
Sometimes I get really into a show...
I binge - watch a show over a few days...
I put something on in the background while i'm doing other things...
How much time do you spend on watching TV?
I spend...
most of my time
3 or 4 hours
only 30 minutes
...on watching TV
Who do you often watch TV with? And where?
I often watch TV alone/ with my husband/ wife/ family...in the bedroom/ living room/ kitchen...
What TV program do you often watch?
I usually/ always/ sometimes watch...
What was the last show you really got into?
The last show I really got into was....
game show
talk show
drama...
Have you ever binge - watched a show? why?/why not?
Yes/ No
I used to, but now i'm too busy, I don't have time
Because...
Do you like to put TV on in the background when you're doing housework or working?
Yes/ No
Not really
Why? or Why not?
How do you watch TV?/ Do you watch broadcast TV, streaming services or both?
Streaming
Broadcast
Both of them
...
Which one is better? Why is it better?
Streaming services are better because....
Broadcast TV is better because...
Part 2: How to describe a TV show in more details:
Why do you like that program?
I like/ enjoy/ love it because:
- It's so awesome
- It's really great
- It's amazing
- That show is hilarious
- It's super funny
- It's fascinating
- It's a really interesting show
- It's interesting/ exciting/ fascinating
- It's great fun
- It's uplifting
- It's realistic
- It's amazing
- It's addictive
- It's stimulating
- It's thought-provoking
What kind of thing do you watch?
I mostly watch crime series
I watch a mix of documentaries and medical drama
I watch a bit of everything
What's it about?
It's about Sports/ Music/ Traveling/ Cooking...
Who's in it?
Many big name actors like...
My favorite actress...
Is it funny/original/ exciting/ boring/ tear-jerker...?
Yeah, it's kinda/ kind of/ really/ very/ quite...
Where's it on?
It's on HTV7/ VTV3...
Example:
I'm watching a game show called Lightning Fast .
It's about solving tricky quizzes between 2 teams.
They invite many celebrities like actors, actresses, models, singers and so on to attract the viewers.
This show is quite relaxing/entertaining and lots of fun. The team members have to be quite smart and very quick to give the correct answers to the MC's.
It's on HTV7 channel. But I never watch it on TV because I don't really know the schedule of this show, then I often watch it on Youtube or on Facebook or something when I have free time, it's more comfortable and convenient.
Part 3: Talk about a TV show you dislike:
Describing bad TV Shows
- Terrible
- Lame
- Awful
- Boring
- Frustrating
- Mindless
- Not funny
- Cheesy = Too emotional/ too fake
- Scary
- Depressing
- Sad
- Unrealistic
- Soppy /ˈsɑːpi/
Examples:
“I think soaps are boring.”
“In my opinion, news and weather programs are usually depressing.”
“I find wildlife documentaries totally thought-provoking. “
Other examples:
It went downhill in later seasons.
Some storylines made no sense.
Every episode finished with a cliffhanger.
They had a lot of plot threads to resolve.
No spoilers!
Example:
In my opinion, there're some bad TV shows and one of them is The Face Vietnam or some Beauty Contests because I think there're some arranged results, the candidates are not really outstanding or talented and they don't have unique, gorgeous and naturally beautiful faces and bodies.They try to create as many dramas or scandals as they can to attract the viewers and audiences. Then the results are always disappointing/ frustrating, boring and argumentative.
More questions to practice:
1. Do you think TV is educational?
2. Do you think there is too much violence on TV?
3. What are the advantages of watching TV?
4. What are the disadvantages of watching TV?
5. What TV commercials do you like? Why do you like it? Which ones do you hate?
6. What is the purpose of advertising a product?
7. When you drive or walk, do you get distracted by advertisements on buses or billboards?
8. When you go food shopping, do you buy foods you've seen in TV commercials?
9. Do you think it's right to see naked women in TV commercials selling beauty products?
10. What types of TV program are there?
Which type do you like best?
11. When do you usually watch TV?
12. Do you think that TV makes people lazy?
13. Do you think too much time is spent watching TV?
14. Does TV make a person passive?
15. Does TV take away a person's ability to think for himself or herself?
16. Do you think that TV prevents people from communicating?
17. What do you think of TV shows that are designed to "discover new talent?"
18. What do you think about reality shows? Would you participate in one if you were invited?
19. Which channel does your family like the best?
20. Do you like watching TV alone or with your family?
21. Who decides what to watch: the parent or the child?
22. Is television one of the best inventions of all times?
23. What do you think of the "rubbish" programs on TV which are only dedicate to gossip about famous people?
24. There is a famous English saying that goes "you are what you eat." Does this apply to television? Can the programs you watch affect your behavior?
25. What kind of entertainment do children like?
26. Do you think children watch too much TV these days?
27. Do you think there are any possible dangers to society from the material broadcast on TV channels?
28. How do you feel when watching explicit scenes on TV with your parents? How do your parents usually react?
29. Does violence on TV influence some young people to engage in violent behavior?
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