Work in pairs and answer some
following questions
1. What kinds of TV programs are there
in your country?
2. Give an example for each type of TV program ?
3. What your favorite TV programs are
and why ?
Discussion
A soap opera
A sitcom
A quiz show
A documentary
Reality
Current affairs
Some types of American TV programs
New vocabulary
A long-running TV series
About the imaginary lives of a group of people
Often shown every day or three or four times a week.
A soap opera
A sitcom A situation
comedy
A weekly TV series
A particular group of characters deal with an ongoing situation in a humorous way.
Reality TV A TV program in which ordinary people are put in situations that make interesting viewing.
Extended vocabulary
Long-running (a) that has been continuing for a long time.
Series (n): group of related things, events,…
Episode (n): one part of a story that is broadcast on television or radio in several parts.
Character (n) : all the qualities and features that make a person, groups of people different from others.
Rating: (n) figures showing the popularity of television programs.
ExercisesI- Fill in each gap with missing letters to make meaningful words based on the definition on the right.
1. S_t_o_.
2. R_a_i_y.
3.E_i_o_e.
4. V_e_e_s.
5. D_c_m_n_a_y.
a. Situation comedy
b. Something actually seen or experienced.
c. One of a story on television.
d. Persons who watch television.
e. Television program that gives information and facts.
II- Match a word from the first part of the text in A with a similar word in B.
the small screen
trials
trendy
encountered
grieving
sought
A
looked for
met
felling deep sadness
difficulties
television
fashionable
B
Listening Listen to the song “forever friends” and fill in the missing word in the lyric:
I (1)________ I can love
You give me your loving (2)_________I believe in what we are
I don't know where I would be
(3)_______ staying with me
Sometimes, I'm lost in (4)________
You will take me all the way, I'm not (5)_________
Oh, you and me, hand in hand
To everywhere (6)_________
Be my friend, oh friend
We are (7)_________ friends
Oh (8)________, you give me all the love I (9)__________
You are the(10) _________ one.
Answer key
I-
1. Reality
2. Sitcom
3. Episode
4. Viewers
5.documentary
1. Believe
2. Care
3. Without
4. Misery
5. Afraid
6. Amazing
7. Forever
8. Baby
9. Need
10. Only
LISTENING