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Vocabulary. . A commercial: An advertisement on TV A couch potato: a lazy person who sits around all day watching TV A documentary: an educational TV program or movie usually describing nature or history A drama: a serious TV program, movie or play that involves all the emotions
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Vocabulary . A commercial: An advertisement on TV A couch potato:a lazy person who sits around all day watching TV A documentary: an educational TV program or movie usually describing nature or history A drama:a serious TV program, movie or play that involves all the emotions Nope:this is an informal way of saying "no"
. Prime-time: The time between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM every night. The most popular shows are shown during prime time. A sitcom:a half-hour comedy show A trivia: unimportant or useless information
TV Commercials
Couch-potato Documentary
Prime-time A sitcom
Vocabulary Follow-Up • Fill in all the gaps using the following vocabulary: 1. Senara is in East Africa helping to make a __________ on the Maasai tribe for the BBC. 2. Research shows that humor is a very effective marketing tool. That's why you see so many funny _________ on TV. 3. When they asked me if I wanted to help them move, I replied, “___________. I hate packing boxes and carrying furniture." 4. Larry is the king of _____________. He knows millions of useless facts! 5. I need to start getting out more and exercising so I don't turn into a ____________ . 6. Soap operas are usually inexpensive television programs shown during the day. They are made quickly and cheaply and lack the production quality seen in ____________ dramas. 7. Although I like stand-up comedy and comic films, I don't really care for _____________ . The stories always seem the same to me. 8. I love that ____________ on Thursday nights about the difficulties of working in an inner-city hospital. commercials couch potato documentary drama Nope prime-time sitcoms trivia