VOCABULARY IN CONVERSATION

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Janet: Let’s do something! Why don’t we go out for dinner or go dancing.

Jack: I’m watching TV.

Janet: You’re always watching TV. Stop being such a (1)........... Get up, and let’s do something!

Jack: I am doing something. I’m watching TV. Janet: You’re always watching some stupid (2) ........... It’s a waste of time, and a waste of brain power.

Jack: Sometimes it’s nice just to (3) ........... , relax and laugh a little. There is nothing wrong with a little comedy in one’s life. In fact, that’s why I married you.

Janet: Ha, ha! VERY FUNNY!

Jack: Besides, I am watching something serious.

Janet: What? I bet it’s some ridiculous (4) ........... with perfect looking people complaining about the (5) .............. of daily life.

Jack: (6) .............., wrong again.

Janet: Then it must be a (7) .............. news programme describing how some woman went crazy and killed her husband.

Jack: No, I watched that last night. You had better guess quickly - the (8) ............... are almost over. Janet: Is it a murder mystery? Or some science fiction show like Star Trek?

Jack: No.

Janet: A game show where they test your knowledge of useless (9) ...............?

Jack: No, it’s a (10) ............... on dolphins in the Caribbean.

Janet: Hey, that sounds interesting!

Jack: Why don’t we make some popcorn and then watch the rest of it together.

II) Fill in the blanks with the words given.

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1. Tonight we are going to order a pizza, and then .............. and watch an old movie on TV.

2. Senara is in East Africa helping to make a .............. on the Maasai tribe for the BBC.

3. Research shows that humour is a very effective marketing tool. That’s why you see so many funny ............ on TV.

4. When they asked me if I wanted to help them move, I replied, “............I hate packing boxes and carrying furniture.”

5. Larry is the king of ................ He knows millions of useless facts!

6. I need to start getting out more and exercising so I don’t turn into a ............

7. Soap operas are usually inexpensive television programmes shown during the day. They are made quickly and cheaply and lack the production quality seen ..............in dramas.

8. Although I like stand-up comedy and comic films, I don’t really care for ..............The stories always seem the same to me.

9. I love that .............. on Thursday nights about the difficulties of working in an inner-city hospital.

10. Her novel describes in detail the .............. of being a pioneer in 19th century America.