Televisione - Lessico - Trascrizione
Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some interesting English on some more words to talk about television.
Before starting, let me first explain that you’ll be listening to some useful English words, followed by an explanation and an example of how they are used.
So let’s start!
Woman: TV addict.
Man: An addict is a person who cannot stop doing something harmful. So a TV addict is somebody who cannot stop watching TV.
Listen to this example:
Woman: Can you turn the television off please?
Man: Just 5 more minutes.
Woman: You’ve been watching it all afternoon and all evening, that’s at least 8 hours.
Man: But I won’t be able to sleep, if I don’t watch the end of this programme.
Woman: You’re a TV addict, just 5 more minutes and that’s it.
Man: OK.
Woman: Couch Potato.
Man: A couch potato is an idiom. It is similar to a TV addict. A couch is another word for sofa, and it means that someone sits on the sofa for a long time watching TV.
For example:
Woman: Can you lift your legs off the sofa and make room for me?
Man: If I have to, I was so comfortable.
Woman: You’re a couch potato. Why don’t you get up and make us a drink?
Man: I will when the adverts come on.
Woman: Remote Control.
Man: A remote control is a system for controlling something from a distance. In this example, it is the gadget you use to change TV channels, and turn the TV on and off.
Listen to this short conversation:
Woman: Stop playing with the remote control, you keep on changing channels, and I can’t follow anything.
Man: I’m just trying to find something good on the TV.
Woman: TV Guide.
Man: A TV guide is a magazine containing a list of all TV programmes for each day. If you have satellite television, you can also press a button on your remote control to get a TV guide.
Listen to this:
Woman: I can’t see what time that film we wanted to watch is on.
Man: Pass the TV guide to me and I’ll have a look.
Woman: If you wish you can hear this lesson again. In the meantime we hope we have helped you to be more confident with your English. Watch out for the next topic. Thank you for using the EnglishBlog
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