My hobby

1. How has entertainment changed over the last 50 years?
Think about:
- movies
-books
-virtual reality/videogames
-travelling
-sports
-etc.
2.How will it change in the next 50 years?
3.What is some recent news you’ve heard about your favourite type of entertainment?
4.What are some urgent problems in this sphere?
5. What are the potential solutions?
6. How would the world change if we got rid of entertainment?
7. What are the benefits of entertainment?
8. What are the drawbacks?
9. Can you compare this sphere of entertainment to the one in any other country?
10. What role does entertainment play in your life?
Visual effects/green screen
Actors’ performance
Complacency
attention span of an insect
fast-moving plot
my forte
area of expertise
Touch upon/treat topic
Wide-spread/common
ameliorate
Be made redundant
spectacular

Tell about a book/film you have last read/watched.
Banal/mediocre
come out on screens
tedious
Grab attention
Succeed in…
flee
yeARS GO BY
AMBIGUOUS/VAGUE FORCE
ARGOT
inconspicuous
The action unfolds in…
Literary style
Author/director
Plot
4. author’s personal style/language
5. actor’s performance/ characters
Plot twist
Unforeseeable/unpredictable
Nobility
overdo
retouch
artificial
Character development

There is nothing better than…
fulfill
burnout
To be on tight budget
Carve out time for…
curl up with a book
have a quality time
board games
word games
It is a challenge to…
Noise pollution
hectic/chaotic/fast-moving
To make/introduce changes…
to accept changes
accept a challenge
to be faced with difficulties
… life-transforming
to revolutionize smth
to make a breakthrough
Can=to be able to= to be capable of doing= to have a capacity to do smth
Up-to-date=relevant
Get/do smth on the spot/in no time

1. Explain the phrases and provide your own context for them:
get away from it all
noise pollution
lead hectic lives
reflect on smth
break out from everyday routine
curl up with a book
sit back and relax
soothing
pamper yourself every now and then
2. Listen and say what phrases you hear. Then assess the ss’ performance in terms of the criteria below.
Indulge yourself in…
Breath out
Nerve-racking

Shall we start with…?
The + comp the +comp
cement

Questions to think about:
1. What is a review?
2. What register do we use?
3. What is its structure?

Step 1: Look at the task

1. Intro: title, genre, general impression
Write your introduction

Main body: answer the questions (1)

Main body: answer the questions (2)
Literate
illiterate
Character development
One-dimensional
multi-dimensional character
1st person narration/narrator
Out of the blue
Spark/sparkle one’s interest

Main body: 3
Oral practice