Từ vựng luyện nói theo chủ đề: Books and Films

Part 1-style questions

Examiner: Do you like to read books? Marie: Yes ... I love reading ... I like nothing more than to be engrossed in a good book ... I regularly take out books from the library and usually read them from cover to cover in no time ... and I can't go to sleep at night without some good bedtime reading ...

• to be engrossed in: to be completely focused on one thing
• bedtime reading: something to read in bed before you go to sleep
• to take out (a book from the library): to borrow a book from the library
• to read something from cover to cover: read a book from the first page to the last

Examiner: How often do you go to the cinema? Jemma: Unfortunately we don't have a cinema near us so we have to go into the nearest town to catch the latest movie ... I usually avoid seeing popular box-office hits which I'm not always keen on seeing ... I prefer low-budget films ... sci-fi especially ... and there's a great cinema I go to that has frequent showings of films like these ...

• showings: performances of a film
• a low budget film: a film made with a small amount of money
• a box office hit: a financially successful film
• sci-fi: science fiction
• to catch the latest movie: to see a film that has just come out

Examiner: Do you prefer reading books or watching films? Louisa: I'm not really a big reader ... I find books quite heavy-going ... so I much prefer to see a film ... perhaps it's the special effects or the soundtrack ... I don't know ... I just prefer a film ...

• to be a big reader: someone who reads a lot
• to be heavy-going: difficult to read
• special effects: the visuals or sounds that are added to a film which are difficult to produce naturally
• soundtrack: the music that accompanies a film
  
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