4B LET´S WATCH TV

1. LISTENING 4.1
1.1. Listen and practice the conversation.

A: What is your favorite TV program? A: Why do you like that TV program?

B: Well, I watch a lot, but the one I like best is “How’s it made”.
A: Is that an international TV program?
B: Yes, it is. It’s available in Canada, Europe, Australia, New
Zealand, Southeast Asia, and so on.
A: What is the TV program about?
B: Its name somehow describes the content, which is about the
process of making things like lipsticks, balls, candy, toys,
chocolate and so on.
A: How often do you watch that TV program?
B: Almost every day after dinner.
A: Who watches that program with you?
B: I love learning new things, especially about how
everything is produced. I would love to run a
business about hand-made cosmetics.
A: How does that TV program change you?
B: I know more about the world around me. It also
supports me in my career path to make my dream
come true.
A: Who is its target audience?
B: It particularly aims at families and younger
audiences.
A: Would you recommend that TV program to
your friends?

B: My family watches it together. My younger brother can’t wait B: Yes, of course. They would be crazy about the
to turn on the TV. program, I bet

A: What channel is it on?

B: A very common one, Discovery channel, which focuses on

popular science, technology, and history.

2. READING 4.2 2.1. Read the text.

TELEVISION
What do you think? Is television good or bad? I loved it when I was a kid. My eyes were glued to the TV
screen for hours and hours. I watched cartoons and other kids’ shows non-stop. It was good at the time, but
maybe I should have been outside playing or doing something more useful. There is a lot of garbage on
television. There are so many programs that you watch just because you’re too lazy to do something useful.
A lot of people turn on the TV and sit in front of it all day or all night. What a waste of time! I think television
programs are getting worse. Reality TV and celebrity chat shows are the worst. The only good things on TV
nowadays are the news, live sports, and comedy shows, plus, an interesting documentary or two.

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2. VOCABULARY TV SHOWS

2.1. WRITE THE FOLLOWING MOVIE GENRES UNDER THE TV POSTERS.

1 Talk show 2 cartoons 3 quiz show 4 police drama 5 comedy 6 Soap 7 Sitcom
show opera
8 news 9 Documentary 10 weather 11 Music 12 Sports 13 Film 14 Reality
forecasts programs show

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3. VOCABULARY IN USE TV SHOWS

3.1. What TV programs are they? Read the definitions and write the types of programs.
1. A program where you try to answer questions.: ___________________________
2. A story about the lives of a group of people, that is on TV every day or several times each week.:
______________________________
3. Words that tell people about things that have just happened.: ___________________
4. A film about true things.: ______________
5. A film about cowboys in the west of the USA.: ______________________________
6. A funny play or film.: _________________
7. Words on TV that tell you what the weather will be like.: __________________________
8. A kind of dancing that tells a story with music but no words.: ____________________
9. A film made with drawings, not pictures of real people.: __________________________
10. A film that shows frightening things: _____________

4. TELEVISION PHRASAL VERBS

4.1. Complete the sentences with the phrasal verbs from the list.
1) Please____________ the TV. I´m too tired (press a button to start it working) IS ON

SWITCH OVER

2) Please ____________ the TV (press a button to stop it from working) TURN DOWN

TURN OFF

3) Please ____________ the TV (make the volume louder) TURN ON

TURN UP

4) Please ____________the TV (make the volume quieter)

5) The program___________ now (It is being shown on TV now)

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