Unit 10, vocabulary

Part 1

·         TV programmes:

1.      Chat show --- famous people speak about themselves

2.      Game show --- people play games and answer questions, quiz

3.      Music videos

4.      Sitcom --- a television or radio series about a particular group of characters  who deal with situations in a humorous way (situation comedy)

5.      Comedy show

6.      Series --- a set of programmes which are all about the same person or people

7.      Documentary --- deals with real people and events

8.      Reality TV --- doesn’t use actors to show real events

9.      Soap opera --- a television or radio series about the imaginary lives of a group of people

·         Adjectives used to describe programmes:

1.      Disappointing – below the expectations

2.      Depressing – makes you feel very sad

3.      Dreadful – very bad, terrible

4.      Entertaining – interesting, keeps your full attention

5.      Amusing – interesting, entertaining

6.      Exciting – you want to watch more

7.      Exceptional – one of a kind; the very best

8.      Fantastic -- wonderful

9.      Original – exceptional, one of a kind

10.  Boring – opposite of exciting

11.  Slow – nothing really happens

12.  Hilarious – super funny

13.  Popular – lots of people watch it

14.  Famous –known by everyone

15.  Enjoyable – one likes watching it

16.  Satisfying – up to one’s expectations, opposite of disappointing

17.  Suitable – for the right age or group of spectators

18.  Unbelievable – hardly believed

Part 2

·         Leisure time (n) – free time

·         Cast (n) – a group of people who act in a film or a programme

·         Script (n) – contains all the words that actors have to learn

·         Audience (n) – the spectators, people watching a show

·         Rehearsal (n) – a practice of a performance

·         Audition (n) – test for actors before they get the part

·         Play (n) – theatre performance, show

·         Critic (n) – a person

·         Review (n) – a judgement or opinion of a film, book, theatre performance

·         Stage (n)  - a place in the theatre where actors stand and perform

·         Act (v) – what actors do, to pretend you are someone else

·         Performance (n) - play

·         Performers (n) - actors

·         Backstage (n) – area behind the stage where all actors go when they finish acting

·         On the air/ off the air (phr) – live broadcast, shown on TV or radio/ NOT broadcast

·         Season (n) – set of series that belong to the same edition, broadcast in one part of the year

·         Schedule (n) – timetable, all the things that need to be done at a certain time

·         Broadcast (v) – to emit, to show to viewers