All Work and no Play

Forms of entertainment
Marine park
Football match
Opera
Circus
Rock concert

Forms of entertainment
amusement
park
bullfighting
disco
aqua park
zoo
ballet
musical
casino
Slot machine
theatre
cinema
Comedy
show
concert

Positive and negative features of different
forms of entertainment
Positive
exciting
entertaining
educational
interesting
civilized
thrilling
funny
intellectual
cultural
relaxing
elegant
emotional
cheap
energetic
enjoyable
lively
fascinating
Negative
childish
boring
addictive
cruel
barbaric
violent
dull
loud
tiring
crowded
noisy
upsetting
horrifying
dangerous
offensive
harmful
expensive
uncivilized

Expressing opinion
I’d like/love to…
I’m (not) keen on…
I don’t fancy…
…is not my cup of tea.
I (don’t/wouldn’t) enjoy…
…is right up my street.
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I like going to the theatre because I find it very civilized form of entertainment. I wouldn’t enjoy watching bullfighting because it is cruel and barbaric.

Listening
A I enjoy most types of theatre performances.
B I find theatre tickets really expensive.
C I don’t mind paying a lot to watch
performances.
D The theatre isn’t really my cup of tea.
E I’m frequent theatre goer.
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F I can’t see the kind of performances I
like in my town.