Do you like watching TV Whats your favorite

Do you like watching TV? What’s your favorite programme?

What do you think of outdoors reality shows? I love outdoors reality shows.

What do you think of game shows? I like game shows.

What do you think of sports shows ? I don’t mind them. v. 介意；对(某事)烦恼

What do you think of talk shows? I don’t like talk shows. I can’t stand them. v. 忍受；站立

What do you think of talent shows? I don’t like talent shows. I can’t stand them.

肥皂剧 e. g. —What do you think of soap operas? = How do you like soap operas? —I don’t mind them.

【运用】根据括号内的要求完成题。 1) What does Linda think of your new friend? (改为同 义句) _____ How does Linda ____ like your new friend? 2) Dale doesn’t mind soap operas. (对划线部分提问) _____ What does Dale _____ think of soap operas?

soap opera 肥皂剧

What does your partner want to watch?

1 a Match the TV shows with the pictures [a-g]. e 1. talk show ___ 3. sports show ___ b 5. game show ___ a 7. news ___ f 2. soap opera ___ d 4. sitcom ___ c g 6. talent show ___

1 b Listen and number the shows [1 - 4] in the order you hear them. __ 3 talent show __ 1 talk show __ 4 soccer game __ 2 news

1 c Practice the conversation. Then make your own conversations. What do you want to watch? love like don’t mind They’re OK. I don’t mind them. What do you think of talk shows? don’t like can’t stand Then let’s watch a talk show.

What do you want to watch? What do you think of sports shows? Oh, I can’t stand them. OK. I love watching them. Well, what about talent shows?

Listen to Lin Hui and Sally’s conversation. Number the TV shows [1 -5] in the order you hear them. ___ 1 sitcoms ____ 2 news ___ 4 game shows ____ 3 talk shows ___ 5 soap operas

2 b Listen again. Complete the sentences. the news or talk shows 1. Sally likes to watch ____________. great jokes 2. Lin Hui thinks she can learn ______ some ______ from sitcoms. game shows are more educational 3. Sally thinks ______ than sitcoms. 4. Sally loves _____. soap operas She plans to watch Days of Our Past _______. tonight

2 c Ask and answer questions about the TV shows in 2 a. Use information that is true for you. Do you plan to watch the news tonight? Yes. I like watching the news. I watch it every night. Why? Because I hope to find out what’s going on around the world.

Do you want to watch game shows? Why? Yes. I like watching game shows. I watch them three times a week. Because I …

2 d Listen to the conversation and match the persons with their favourite shows. Grace Sarah Grace’s classmates game shows and sports shows soap operas news and talk shows

Grace: What did you do in class today, Sarah? Sarah: We had a discussion about TV shows. My classmates like game shows and sports shows. Grace: Oh, I can’t stand them. I love soap operas. I like to follow the story and see what happens next. Sarah: Well, I don’t mind soap operas. But my favorite TV shows are the news and talk shows. Grace: They’re boring! Sarah: Well, they may not be very exciting, but you can expect to learn a lot from them. I hope to be a TV reporter one day.

What did you do in class today, …? We had a discussion about TV shows. …

1. Sally thinks game shows are more educational than sitcoms. 萨莉认为竞技节目比情景喜剧更有教育意义。 educational adj. 教育的; 有教育意义的 education (教育) + al → educational 多音节形容词, 其比较级及最高级形式在其前加 more, most构成。

most educational e. g. I think this movie is the __________. 我认为这部电影最有教育意义。 2. She plans to watch Days of Our Past tonight. 她打算今晚看《我们过去的日子》。 plan n. 打算; 计划 常与介词for连用 make plans for. . . 为……做计划

3. Because I hope to find out what’s going on around the world. 因为我希望去发现这个世界正在发生什么。 hope n. 希望 e. g. Don’t lose your hope! 不要灰心！

hope v. 希望 hope to do sth. 希望做某事 (能实现的理想) hope + that从句，其中that可以省略 e. g. They hope to take the plane to Beijing next year. 他们希望明年乘飞机去北京。 I hope (that) you’ll have a good time at the party. 我希望你们能有一个愉快的聚会。

4. We had a discussion about TV shows. 我们讨论了一下电视节目。 discussion n. 讨论; 商量 discuss (讨论) + ion→ discussion 动词 _______ e. g. Let’s discuss who is the best performer. 让我们讨论一下谁是最好的表演者。 Did you have a discussion about the food and drinks? 你们讨论过食物和饮料的事了吗？

expect v. 预料; 期待 expect to do sth. 期盼做某事 expect sb. to do sth. 期望某人做某事 expects to visit his grandparents this weekend. e. g. Jack _______ 杰克期望周末去看望他的祖父母。 expect me to stay with you? Do you ________ 你希望我陪着你吗？

3. Do you mind m if I open the door, Mike? 4. —When did the accident (事故) happen h ? —Yesterday evening. 5. I can’t sstand a lot of noise when I’m reading.

用下列句型或词组来造句。 1. What do you think of …? I like / I don’t like / don’t mind / can’t stand… I think it’s / they’re… 2. plan to do… 3. hope to do… 4. find out … 5. can’t stand … 6. sth. happen 7. expect to do…

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