Tv

TV or not TV

Genres:

• Science fiction – Star Trek, The Next Generation • · Paranormal – X-Files • · Hidden camera • · Drama - serious TV movies about real problems in life • · Crime – Sopranos • · Cops and Robbers (policemen and criminals) – Hill

Street Blues, Cagney and Lacy, SWAT, • · Fantasy – Dungeons and Dragons • · Sports – Football, Basketball; Super Bowl, Sunday Night

Football

•· Situation comedy "sitcom" - Frasier,

Cheers, Friends; Malcolm in the Middle• · (Tabloid) talk show, Interview – Oprah Winfrey,

Jay Leno, David Letterman (Br. Chat show)• · Medical drama - Dr. House, Grey’s anatomy • · Superhero – Heroes, Hulk • · Reality TV - Big Brother, The Fly on The Wall• · Soap opera – Dallas, Gossip Girl, General Hospital• · Variety show – Saturday Night Live, i.e. A theatrical

entertainment consisting of successive unrelated acts, such as songs, dances, and comedy skits.

• Serial drama - Lost • · Cartoons – Tom & Jerry, Mickey Mouse • · Documentary – National Geographic, History • · News – CNN, BBC World, Voice of America • · mini-series - A televised dramatic production, as of a

novel or film, shown in a short number of episodes.• Travel or holiday programmes• Makeover• Cookery · • Fishing and hunting

Other vocabulary words:

•· A commercial - an advertisement on TV

• · A couch potato - a person who watches TV all day on the sofa.• · Flip through the channels, channel hop – to change channels frequently • · prime-time – the best time to watch TV, between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM every

night • · to broadcast - To transmit (a radio or television program) for public or general

use. • · Episode - A separate program that is part of a television or radio series. • · Anchorman> news presenter (also known as newsreader, newscaster, anchorman or ... a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.

• · Talk show host - A person, such as Jay Leno, David Letterman or Oprah Winfrey, who is the main speaker of a talk show.

• · Leading actors - The main actors in a TV series.

Speaking• How many types of TV programmes can you

name in English?• Which type do you like best?• What is one of your favourite TV shows? • What do you usually watch on TV?• What kind of TV shows do you not like? Why?• Do you think TV is educational?

• Do you think we spend too much time watching TV?• What do you think of TV shows that are designed to "discover

new talents?• Does TV make a person passive? Does TV take away a

person's ability to think for himself or herself?• Do you think it is good for children to watch TV? • Could you live without TV for a week? • If you couldn't watch TV at home but had to stay there, what

would you do?• What TV commercials do you like? Why?

A presentation by Dulce RosalesSOURCE: http://www.madridteacher.com/English/television-speaking.htm