unit eae nS ‘A Match the popular TV shows with the years they started. Check your answers on page 64. a 1958 b, 1960 «1976 dd, 1981 ¢, 1994. 2002 B Can you name a show for each decade from your country? Do you watch the shows now? eee! love watching game shows. 4 Vocabulary Types of TV shows A) Match the TV shows and the pictures. Then listen and check your answers, a. acartoon d. agameshow —g. a sitcom b. adocumentary €. the news h. a soap opera ©. adrama f. arealityshow i. atalk show 7 Oi B Pair work What was the last show you watched on TV? What type of show was it? Tell your partner, “1 watched a cartoon with my son. tt was 2 Language in context TV preferences ‘A ©) Listen to four people talk about their TV preferences. Who doesn’t watch TV very much? | watch a lot of TV. I really enjoy baseball. | don’t like reality shows at all. | love to ‘And | hope to get a big new TV soon. watch documentaries and game shows. Jessica = Gustavo I ove soap operas. My favorite is Our life. | hardly ever watch TV. | prefer to listen to I like seeing my favorite actors. the radio, | hate to miss the news. Lucas = Min-hwa B Which person in Part A are you similar to? 563 Grammar «) rena Tor) Verb + infinitive Verb + infinitive or gerund [hope to get a big TV. | like to see / seeing my favorite actors. | want to see every baseball game. | love to watch / watching game shows. | prefer to listen / listening to the radio. Verb + gerund hate to miss / missing the news. | enjoy watching football games. | dislike watching TV. A Circle the correct verb forms. If both forms are correct, circle both Then practice with a partner. 1. A: What types of TV shows do you like to watch /-watching late at night? B: Actually, | dislike to watch / watching TV at night. | prefer to be’/ being online. 2. A: What do you wantite watch / watching on TV tonight? A reality show? B: | hate to watch / watching those shows. | enjoy to watch / watching dramas. o you want to see / seeing a movie tonight? }: No, not tonight. My favorite TV show is on, and | hate to miss'/ missing it. B Complete the questions with a correct form of the verb. Then compare with a partner. 1, Do you enjoy Watching _ (watch) cartoons on TV? 2. What do you want __Watch __ (watch) on TV this weekend? 3. Do you like ___Guess__ (guess) the answers on game shows? 4, What types of TV shows do you dislike _ Watching _ (watch)? C Pair work Ask and answer the questions in Part B. Answer with your own information. 4 Speaking TV talk A Add one more thing to the chart. “Find someone wha ss. 9 Name enjoys watching documentaries wants to buy a new TV . hopes to meet a famous actress or actor hates missing soap operas a Peps B Class activity Find classmates for each sentence. Write their names. ‘A: Do you enjoy watching documentaries? B: Yes, | do. 5 Keep talking! Go to page 137 for more practice.| don't really agree. 1 Interactions A Look at the picture, What are the people doing? Do you think they like the TV show? B 4) Listen to the conversation. Why doesn’t Vasco like talk shows? Then practice the conversation. : Let's see what's on TV, ... Oh, nol Fred: Really? | disagree. | think some of 1 don’t lke this talk show at all. them are pretty interesting. think it’s terrible Vasco: | don't think any talk shows are Vasco: | agree. Actually, | hate all talk interesting. shows. | think they're really boring. Fred: Well, would you like to watch something else? C 4) Listen to the expressions. Then practice the conversation again with the new expressions. ST! TPE wea aT \ agree. | disagree. | agree with you. | don’t really agree. | think s0, too, Vm afraid | disagree. D Complete each response with one of the expressions from Part C. Then practice with a partner. 1. A; Most TV sitcoms are funny, 8; __Idisagree I never laugh at them, 2. hz Reality shows are great. B: _lagree | watch them all the time. 3. A: Game shows are exciting. i disagree | think they're boring, A. hs Is good to watch the news. i disagree | watch it every night. 5. ‘A: Cartoons are just for children. i) They're for adults, too. 58unit 2 Listening What else is on? ‘A 4) Listen to Dan and Amy discuss what is on TV. Number the TV shows from 1 to 5. (There is one extra picture.) B *) Listen again. Look at Amy's opinion of each show. Write Dan’s opinion. Amy's opinions: Dan's opinions: 1. boring 1. _great 2. great 2, __great 3, interesting 3. _ Boring _ 4, exciting 4, _interesting 5, fantastic 5. __boring 3 Speaking My opinion A heck (/) the statements you agree with. Then make the statements you disagree with true for you. exciting Ci documentaries are boring: boring, Citak shows are very interesting. Borring DAI sports programs are exciting. (Comost siteoms are very 1288.9 Clits FABUPBIE to watch the TV news. Interestin Ci Reality shows are boring. ° B Group work share your ideas. As In my opinion, documentaries are exciting. B: | don’t really agree. | think they're pretty boring. C: What about talk shows? | think they're very interesting. ‘| agree with you. Ican agree and disagree with an opinion. @ 59I'm recording a documentary. 4] Vocabulary Television ‘A ©) Match the words and the definitions. Then listen and check your answers. 1. Loften record my favorite show. _¢_ ‘a. to play a show at high speed 2. | usually fast-forward through the boring to not watch something parts of shows. _C_ to store a show to watch it later | always skip the sad parts of movies. _B acivertiseincines 6 prowuicts | watch reruns of ald sitcoms. _G_ a nonprofit TV network | never lose the remote control. __H. a service that sends TV shows to ‘Most commercials are funny. OD _ homes through a dish You can learn a lot from public TV. _E_ repeat showings of a TV show | think satellite TV is great. a device used to control a TV from a distance re B Pair work Which sentences in Part A describe your opinions or habits? Tell your partner. ‘A: | often record my favorite show. B: Really? | never record my favorite show. 2 Conversation I'm going away this weekend. A 4) Listen and practice. Nora: Hi, Zack. How are you? Zack: Oh, hi, Nora. 'm fine. Actually, I'm going away this weekend, so | want to record some TV shows. Nora: Really? Which shows? Zack: On Friday night, I'm recording the soccer game. The Hawks are playing the Lions. Nora: Oh, I'm watching that at Lisa’s. She's having a soccer party. She has satelite TV now. Zack: Well, 'm watching it on Sunday night. That way 1 can fast-forward and skip the commercials. Nora: Good idea. | hate watching commercials. So what else are you recording? Zack: On Saturday, I’m recording a documentary on Channel 11 called TV Is Dead. B 4) Listen to the rest of the conversation. What is Nora watching on TV this weekend?unit 3 Grammar «) Present continuous for future plans I'm recording the soccer game. | IsZack watching the game on Sunday? i'm not recording the sitcom. Yes, heis. No, he’s not. / No, he isn't. She's having a soccer party this week. ‘Are they watching the game on Sunday? ‘She's not visiting her family. ‘Yes, they are. No, they're not. / No, they aren't. They're playing the Lions this weekend. | What else are you recording on Friday? ‘They're not playing the Sharks. 'malso recording @ movie. A Complete these conversations with the present continuous form of the verbs. Then practice with a partner. 1. A: What _Are you___40__(o) this weekend? _are you going _(go) anywhere? 8: No, |_am-stay. (tay) home all weekend. Some friends _are coming (come) over to watch a basketball game. The Tigers play _ (play). 2. As |___getting (get) satelite TV on Wednesday - finally! what are you __doing (do) on Friday? Do you want to come over? B: I'd love to, but | can’t. Joe and | Visiting (Wisit) his parents this weekend. We __leave (leave) on Friday after work. B What are you doing this weekend? Use these verbs to write about your weekend plans. Then tell your partner. 1. (meet) __metting my best friend 3. (play) Playing vidego games Weekend 2. (watch) Watching anime saturday 4, (go out) __ Going to dinner to sunday 4 Pronunciation Sentence stress ) Listen and repeat. Notice how the important words in a sentence are stressed. I'm going to Colombia on Monday. She’s staying home this weekend. 5 Speaking What are you recording? A Imagine you're going away next week, and you can’t watch TV. Decide where you're going and make a list of five shows you are recording. B Class activity Compare lists. ts anyone recording the same shows? Find classmates with a similar list. ‘A: I'm visiting my mother next Tuesday, so I’m recording . B: Me, too. llove..., and 'm recording .. G Keep talking! Go to page 138 for more practice. ean describe future plans. eB 61Popular TV 4 Reading «) 62 AA Read the article. Match the headings and the descriptions of the reality shows, a. Improvement shows —_b. Game-style shows ¢. Documentary-style shows Reali ted eet gi re aca ne Tek otter Ny realize there are different types of re SN eT 8 lin this type 2g canta wi 3 Te Pie aan “Toney or, i Be a . eae | week, one person leaves the stiow until there is only. ome newt ce ‘Sometimes the contestants vote on ee goes, sometimes the TV viewers at home vote, and other times the show's judges | “choose. One example Is Top Chef. In this show, contestants cook dishes for the hast and the three judges. The winner usually receives money, a trip, and an article in a food magazine. Chis type of reality show looks like @ soap opera, but it is about one or more ‘eal people and their daly lives. Some of these shows are about people on the job, such as police offices, firefighters, or hospital workers. Others are about regular people in unusual situations, and some even follow famous people. One ‘example of this type was The Osbournes. This show was about the daily life of British singer Ozzy Osbourne and his family In these types of shows, there is no prize money and no winner. LA |These shows are about a person or people who need a change. Other people telp this person in one area, such as home, style, health, or relationships. An example of this is What Not to Wear. On this show, two hosts give feshion advice to someone who needs a new "look." The hosts go to the person’s closet and ‘throw away clothes that they don’t like. The person then receives money and a ‘rip to New York City to shop for new clothes, B Read the article again. Look at the questions. Check (/) the correct answers. ives money v v gives a tip a ew, has celebrities is about fashion Vv is like a soap opera vw C Find the words in bold in the article. What do they mean? Match the definitions and the correct word. ‘A person / People who . . . a. presents a TV show __host watch a television program viewers 'b. participate in a competition _contestants_ d, decide who wins or loses _ judges D Pair work Imagine you can be on one type of reality show. Which would you choose? Why? Tell your partner.unit 2 Listening Favorite shows back home A ©) Listen to three students talk about their favorite TV shows in their countries. What type of show does each like? Write it in the chart. Valerie the models the end of each show Young-he the costumes the actors Claudia the teenagers the stories B 44) Listen again, What is their favorite thing about the show? Circle the correct answers. 3 Writing My favorite TV show A\ Think of your favorite TV show. Answer the questions. © What type of show is it? What happens on the show? ‘© Why do you enjoy watching it? ‘© Is there anything you don’t like about it? B Write a paragraph about your favorite TV show. Use the ‘model and your answers in Part A to help you. C Group work share your writing. Do you agree with each other's opinions? 4 Speaking Reality shows ‘A Group work Read about these reality shows. Which ones sound interesting? Why? StarStruck the Philippines The Amazing Race the US. My Favorite TV Show like to watch the reality show “Project Runway.” The contestants are fashion students. The winner receives money and an article in a fashion magazine. | enjoy watching the show because the clothes are fantastic, but sometimes | disagree with the judges. My Favorite Cartoons "ANIME" Ilike watching cartoons, anime in particular, they are mixed stories, action, fiction, romance, etc. They ‘entertain you every fraction of a second. The visual and sound effects are unique as if it were a movie. How Clean Is Your House? the UK. Two cleaners vi Pairs race one another around Teens compete in a talent clean them up. They share their top cleaning tips, show. It's famous for the saying “Dream. Believe. Survive.” the world, The winners receive 2 million dollars, Bo you ever watch similar shows in your country? Why or why not? “1watch a show similar to StarStruck. | don’t really like it, but | always watch it!* ‘can give my opinions about popular TV shows. @ 63