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Unit 13
Theater and movies
Lesson 3 - speaking
Expressing preferences
Match the name of the film with the correct type of film
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I. Before you speak
Useful expressions
I think/ suppose it would be better for me/ us if …
E.g. I think It would be better for us to choose cartoons to watch in the free time.
to …
I (would) prefer to …
E.g. I prefer to watch love movies.
My favorite movie/ music/ film/ play is …
E.g. My favorite movie is Casablanca – a love movie.
I like … better than …
E.g. I like love movies than cartoons.
Do you like watching movies?
How often do you go to the movies?
What type(s) of movies do you prefer to watch?
cartoons
Action movies
Love movies
What you like and dislike?
Cartoons
Helping children stretch their imaginations of the world.
Memorable moral lessons
- Sometimes enjoyable event adults: to see the world from a different view: with a child’s innocent eye.
- Suitable for children only, not interesting to adults or high school students
- Not describing life as it is
- Presenting the world in an “unusual” way
Love movies
- Very interesting for almost any generation: youth, middle age, and even old age.
- As for unmarried people: a good preparation for/ lesson of love; as for the married: to review the “unforgettable days”
- Beautiful actors/ actresses, beautiful scenes
- Thoughtful and thought-provoking
- Not all love movies good for young students
- Some behavior; misleading
- Sex scenes
- Usually too long, taking up too much time
Action movies
- Easy to understand
- Real entertainment: very thrilling, energizing
- Loved by most young people
- Too much violence
- Exaggerating, simplistic lessons
- Soon forgotten
II. While you speak
Example
An: What type of movies do you prefer to watch?
Lan: I prefer to watch cartoons. How about you?
An: I like watching action movies better than cartoons because action movies are easy to understand. They also provide real entertainment: very thrilling, energizing. I think cartoons are suitable for children only and not interesting for high school students.
Lan: But I find cartoons interesting. I enjoy watching them because they help me imagine what the world could be and remember moral lessons.
Work in pairs to express your movie preference. Using the prompt mentioned before.
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