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Listen to the recording.
What forms of entertainment do Anita and Neil talk
about?
Circle your answers below.
a) radio
d) movies
b) newspapers
e) books
c) television
f) magazines
Listen to the recording again.
Answer the questions below.
1.
What kind of TV programs do many people like to watch in
India?
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2.
What does Hum Loge mean?
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3.
Does Anita prefer listening to the radio or watching TV?
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4.
What is the Indian movie industry called?
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5.
According to this interview, which industry produces the most
films, Hollywood or the Indian movie industry?
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6.
What are three characteristics of a typical Indian movie?
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Listen to the recording.
Fill in the gaps below.
Neil:
Well, welcome Anita to the studio today.
Anita:
Hello, Neil.
Neil:
Thank you for coming.
Anita:
You’re welcome.
Neil:
Ah, we’re going to talk about TV. So, Indian TV...yeah
________ Indian TV _____?
Anita:
Well, in India, people... they watch... they like
watch ing TV _______ __ _____ and uh they like
watching soap operas.
Neil:
Ok, wh, wh, which is the most, which is the ______
__________ TV soap opera right now in India?
Anita:
“We
Uh, right now, it’s uh, the Hum Loge. It’s, it means uh
people,” and it’s the drama about uh about the family.
Basically ____ ________ the normal story of, of the
Indian people.
Neil:
Right, right, right.
Anita:
So.
Neil:
How long _____ it _______ __________?
Anita:
It’s ________ ____ TV for maybe three years.
Neil:
Ok, ok. So, _____ you _________ listening to the
radio or watching TV?
Anita:
I _________ watching TV.
Neil:
What, what kind of programs do you like watching?
Anita:
Uh, well uh, I _______ _________ soap operas and...
Neil:
Of course.
Anita:
...I like watching movies. Indian movie industry ____
called Bollywood. They produce ________ movies
______ the Hollywood,
Neil:
Each year.
Anita:
Each year. Yeah, so it’s a big industry ____ India and
Indians they love movies.
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Neil:
How would you ____________ a, a typical Bollywood
film?
Anita:
A typical Bollywood film is there is a hero and
___________ and of course, they have some drama,
how they meet. And then there’s some tragedy, like the
parents they ________ ________ them to get marry
and then finally it’s... they just get marry. There’s some,
again there’s the tragedy or climax that, that the hero
impress the parents and then ________ happily
married. So that’s the Indian...
Neil:
Do you like them?
Anita:
Well, yes, I like...
Neil:
Oh, come on...
Anita:
_________ __________ they uh, they like because it’s
very romantic and there’s some tragedy, climax and...
so.
Neil:
Alright, ah thank you very much for coming today.
Thank you.
Anita:
You’re welcome.
Look at the sentences below.
Fill in the blanks with for or since.
I have been studying English ______ 1995.
I have been studying English _______ 13 years.
Remeber that ‘for’ is used with a length of time, and ‘since’
is used with one time.
Complete the sentences below with your own information.
1.
I have been studying English since ______________.
2.
I have been living in _____________________ for
________________________ .
3.
I have been working at _______________________
since ______________________.
4.
I haven`t been a high school student since _________.
5.
I have been a fan of ______________________ for
_______________________ .
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Match the words on the left with the definitions on
the right.
1. soap opera
Indian version of Hollywood
2. running
something very bad happens
3. Bollywood
TV program about human
relationships that runs
weekly for a long time.
4. heroine
shown on TV
5. tragedy
female hero
6. climax
make people think good of
you
7. impress
dramatic moment
In the space below, write about characteristics in a
typical Japanese TV program.
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