CHAPTER 4 ENTERTAINMENT AT HOME
EXERCISES
PART A
Dialogue 1
Tom: I'm going to the ________ this evening.
Jerry: What's ________?
Tom: It's a ________ "Cowboy Come Home".
Jerry: But there's a Western on television tonight. You are welcome to ________. Why ________ to go out and ________?
Tom: There is a ________ and the ________ will be better.
Jerry: But I'd prefer watching TV to going out to the cinema. Here you can have a comfortable ________, a drink at your ________ and ________. Besides there are three other ________ programs on: a ________ on ________ swimming, half an hour's sports ________ and an ________ of a ________.
Tom: But a film can make everything more ________ and the ________ cuts out human ________ completely.
Jerry: But you can't choose your program and it's a waste of money to ________ if you're bored. It's so easy to ________ the TV - not that I do turn it off very often.
Tom: That's just it. You're ________: You've ________ all your old interests. That's why I won't have a TV. I still have time to read, invite friends in ________ or sometimes ________ or the cinema or theatre.
听力原文：
Dialogue 1
Tom: I'm going to the cinema this evening.
Jerry: What's on?
Tom: It's a Western "Cowboy Come Home".
Jerry: But there's a Western on television tonight. You are welcome to come round and watch it. Why bother to go out and pay for a cinema seat?
Tom: There is a wide screen and the color will be better.
Jerry: But I'd prefer watching TV to going out to the cinema. Here you can have a comfortable armchair, a drink at your elbow and no journey to make. Besides there are three other worthwhile programs on: a documentary on underwater swimming, half an hour's sports review and an episode of a mystery serial play.
Tom: But a film can make everything more exciting and vivid and the darkness cuts out human surroundings completely.
Jerry: But you can't choose your program and it's a waste of money to walk out if you're bored. It's so easy to turn off the TV - not that I do turn it off very often.
Tom: That's just it. You're drugged by it: you've given up all your old interests. That's why I won't have a TV. I still have time to read, invite friends in for a chat or sometimes go to concerts or the cinema or theatre.
补充知识点：
电影的分类：
1、romance 爱情故事，爱情片 2、adventure 冒险片 3、action 动作片
4、science fiction 科幻电影
5、thriller 惊悚片 6、drama 情节剧 7、Western 西部片 8、costume 古装剧，历史片 9、musical 音乐剧
10、war 战争片
11、comedy 喜剧片
12、horrible film / horror 恐怖片 13、cartoon 卡通片，动画片
有关电影的特色词汇：
1、放电影 show a film 拍电影 make a film Shoot a film
2、宽银幕 wide screen
3、黑白片 black and white film
4、film festival 电影节
5、film studio 电影工作室、制片厂
6、film script 电影剧本
7、电影字幕 subtitle
8、电影中的各种人物 主角人物 character 制片人 producer 导演 director 男演员 actor 男主演 leading actor 女演员 actress 女配角 supporting actress 影星 movie star 影迷 movie fan
9、电影中的特技效果 特效 special effect 音效 sound effect 视觉效果 vision effect
10、movie review 电影的影评
11、电影的分级（美国） G级 general PG级 parental guidance R级 restricted
有关电影的重点句型：
1、What's on?
2、Who's in it?
3、What's it about?
4、Two tickets for ...
5、sold out 售完
6、半价 half price for
7、儿童不宜 It's not suitable for children
8、超级大片 The movie is a bloke buster
9、票房 box office ticket office It broke the box office records.
10、It's a remake of movie.
11、The plot is so predictable. 情节老套
12、The action is clumsy.
13、There is no explosion scene.
14、The ending is so tragic.
15、The actor's performance is really impressive.
电视中的常见表达：
1、电视遥控器 remote control
2、电视的频道 channel
3、电视节目 programmer
4、节目分类 新闻类News 音乐类music 电视连续剧series play 肥皂剧soap opera 记录片documentary 脱口秀talk show 有奖竞猜quiz show
5、广告advertisement Commercial break 黄金时间 prime time
诗歌分享：
A Love Before Time
If the sky opened up for me
and the mountains disappeared
If the seas ran dry, turned to dust
and the sun refused to rise
I would still find my way
by the light I see in your eyes
the world I know fades away
but you stay
If the years take away
every memory that I have
I would still know the way
That would lead me back to your side
The North Star may die
but the light that I see in your eyes
will burn there always
lit by the love we have shared before time
