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Recreation

Recreation. Meeting Places. Restaurants food often takes 30 minutes or more to prepare this encourages conversation after dinner, people often order coffee and continue chatting. Meeting Places. Caf é s many styles of tea and coffee people drink, and chat “ Let ’ s go for a coffee. ”

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Recreation

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  1. Recreation

  2. Meeting Places • Restaurants • food often takes 30 minutes or more to prepare • this encourages conversation • after dinner, people often order coffee and continue chatting

  3. Meeting Places • Cafés • many styles of tea and coffee • people drink, and chat • “Let’s go for a coffee.” • some cafés also serve meals • Pub (England) or bar (America) • “Let’s go for a drink.” • popular with both students and adults

  4. Movies “Hollywood” = the mainstream American film industy • American films can be seen in many countries all over the world. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang • Hollywood films are sometimes criticised for being pure entertainment: • romance and excitement • no “art” and no “meaning”

  5. Movies • American film classification system: • G (suitable for any age) • PG (some material may not be suitable for children) • PG-13 (a stronger warning than PG) • R (children under 17 are only allowed to see these films if they are with a parent) • NC-17 (children under 17 are not allowed to see these films)

  6. Music • Rock music • developed in America in the 1950s • from African-American music styles • Pop music • singers are usually very good looking! • boy bands (Backstreet Boys, Human Nature) • sexy girls (Brittany Spears, etc)

  7. Music • Country music • one of the most popular styles of music in Ameria • Hip Hop music • mainly black performers • but popular (now) with both black and white listeners

  8. Music • Electronic music • made with a computer • often uses samples of sound from real instruments • may or may not have singing • some is very popular for dancing

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