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Unit4 Talking about your TV viewing habits

Vocabulary

documentarya television documentary about/on the future of nuclear powernewsto listen to/watch the newsreality showReality shows are relatively cheap to produce.weatherto listen to the weathersitcomThis sitcom is really funny.science fictionIt‘s a science fiction show,set in the year 2150.dramaShe loves watching historical drama.game showYou can win ten thousand dollars on this game show.sportsThere‘s a sports show on TV at 8 o‘clock.

Expressions

I‘m totally addicted to ....I‘m crazy about....I generally like...I don‘t really care for....I absolutely hate...I can‘t stand....I never miss....I almost always watch.....

Vocabulary

couch potatoprogramsfunnystressfulstupidsillychannelscable TVserious

Expressions

Now we‘re going to learn how to say how often something happens.occasionallyseldomgenerallyevery morningonce in a whileneveralmost always

Listening

Hearing adverbs

Adverbs can often be longer words,like occasionally or regularly,and when we‘re speaking,some of their syllables are made weaker
so they‘re easier to say,The -ly on the end is often not a very strong sound,but there are other parts that can be weaker,too.

Totally!I love it.

The -al in totally is a very quite sound compared to the other sounds in the word,and this part of a word is usually not strongly pronounced in English.

Listen for the sound of -ate in unfortunately in the next sentence.

unfortunately,I didn‘t see it.

The sound is very weak and makes the word quicker to say.Knowing that parts of words like -ate and -al will
usually be pronounced weakly can help usually
recognize them.You mighe also notice that un- is not strongly pronounced in this word either.