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second language podacast number 17. hello again and welcome to english as a
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introductory podcast which will also give you important information the topic
of today's podcast is going to the movies. we are going to talk about types of
movie and as always after our discussion we are going to discuss our vocabulary
and expressions. today we are going to listen lucy is going to talk about her
favorite type of movies. let's get started.
I love watching movies. I like a
lot of different genres. No matter what my mood is, I can always find something
that fits the bill. When I'm feeling
down, I sometimes like a good comedy. My favorite are romantic comedies. The plot is pretty simple. A boy meets a
girl and there are road blocks to
them getting together. The lead actors
are usually likable people, the supporting
cast give comic relief and villains are people we love to hate. In the end, though, there
is usually a happy ending. Romantic
comedies, or comedies in general, can be predictable
but they're also pretty entertaining. I don't
go out of my way to see slapstick
or physical comedies that much. But, once in a while, I catch a good one on TV.
I like dramas, mysteries, and
action and adventure stories, not to mention documentaries. My favorite are
movies that have surprise endings that throw
you for a loop . Just when you thought you had the whole thing figured out, there's a plot twist. Good screenwriters or directors
can pull it off.
One type of movie I don't like
that much are horror movies. Scary movies just don't do it for me. But, there is one exception. I like movies by the
director Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock was born in England but made most of his
films in the U.S. Before he died in 1980, he made a lot of movies that are now
considered classics. Most of them
are nail- biters; some are mysteries
and some are horror stories.
The scariest movie I think he
made and that I've ever seen was a movie called Psycho. The movie is set in a seedy motel called Bates Motel. The main character owns the motel and lives
there with his mother. Strange things happened at this motel. People check in,
but sometimes, they don't check out. One day, a very pretty woman checks in to
the motel. We know something bad is going happen to her. Sure enough, we see her get murdered. At the very end, we find out
who the murderer is. It's one of those surprise endings. Just when you thought
you have it figured out, it turns out to be a shocker. I won't spoil the
ending for you if you haven't seen it. I recommend it though and give it a big thumbs up. But, be warned. It's
not for the faint-hearted.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
lucy used several expressions and
terms that are commonly associated with talking about movies as well as some
more general vocabulary. she said that no matter what was her mood was she
could always find something that fits the bill. when we say something fits the
bill we mean it meets the requirement it is a good answer to a problem. so for
example i need to buy new car i need something that has four doors and room for
extra luggage and packages so i go and find a big truck and i say well that's
fits the bill that gives me what i am looking for. lucy mention that plot is
hear favorite kind of movies romantic comedies pretty simple. a plot is of
course is story what happens in the movie. we talk about plot in movies, we
talk about plot in novels any sort of fiction typicallly to talk albou the
story to describe the story. lucy said that typical plot in romantic comedy is
that boy meats a girl and road blocks to them getting together. a road block is
something is here an obstacle a problem literally a road block is what the
police may put up when there catch who is going to but her it is more generally
she said that the lead actors in the movie is a usually likable people the lead
actors is a star of the movie so in the movie war th world the lead actor is tom cruise that is a
example of lead actor other people area supporting actors or she used the term
supporting cast supporting cast means everyone in the movie there are the
supporting actors those are the supporting less important minor role on the
movie. the supporting sometimes include those re actors that provide certain
comedy as well a s williims. willing is a evil person bad person someone who is
lusy said we love to hate meaning that is very easy to dislike we like the fact
hate that character in the movie. movies usually have romantic comedy movies
usually have a happy ending that the expression is we used that has a
successful conclusion. boy and girl together and they live happily ever after.
meaning that they live together for their rest of life. these plots for
romantic comedy says very predictable you know what will happen she says that
she doesn't go to the way to see slapstick movies. to go out of your way means
to put in ezra effort to do something additional i am going to out of my may to
do john next week.means i am going to do that requires a lot of work but it is
worthed for me so out of worth means means put in extra effort. sometimes we
will say don't go out of your way the book tahat means don't do special in
terms of your effort slapstick comedy is comedy where people fall down. this
physical comedy cahrly chaplain example of wo use slapstick comedy lucy mention
tha movie has surprise endings that through you for a loop through you for a
loop means to confuse you to surprise you you thought the was going to end this
way and suddenly at the end of the movie something very different happened this
is what we call throwing for loop we can use just for movies sometimes people
just a say a life throw me a loop
something happened in m y life that made me change that wouldn't expected. lucy
said that she figured out figured out means to solve the problem to understand
it we use that expression a lot of different usage in english i figured out who
standing next to me was yesterday means i discovered i found out to figure out
means to find out kucy said that some movies have a plot twist plot twist
literally means to turn your body plot twist means change something you didn't
expect in the plot. so you watching the movie there is a very likable handsome
man and suddenly he turns a nd kills another person that would be allot twist was thought he is a nice guy we
find out he is a bad guy. lucy also mentioned screen writers and directors the
screen writer in the movie that writes rahtetr movie script usually types it on
the computer screen writer is who writes a plot who write what we called a
screen play or the guide to the movie with the all dialogues in the movie a
director is someone who actually tells the actors tells the other people
working on the movie what they should do anyone whois not an actor in movie is
called the crew. we use the term crew to mean anyone working with the movie
that isn't actually in front of thaw camera meaning they are not actor so they
are an sound person and lighting person theses are all sort of crew. the term
crew can refer any group of people who are working usually in some physical
capacity. few other expression that lusy moved used rathe rshe said that good director
can pull it off to pull something off means to be successful with that. usually
somehitng that would otherwise would be difficult for example i ran marathon
last week i very tired in mile number twenty one but i managerd pull it off
another words i completed it i was successful. lucy said that scary movies just
don't do it for me when we use the expression that does't do it for me means i
don't like it it doesn't get me excited i doesn't get me interested. she said
in discussing about alfred hit chock movies his movies area considered classics
when we say something is a classics we mean it is considered one of the best a
classic play for example shack sphere would be meg belt pr otholo anail biter
another term lucy used for scary movies a nail biter means a movie that makes
has afraid so afraid that was bite our finger nails it usually the finger nail
that is very sussfensful what is going to happen auntie the very end of the
movie. movie actors we said before is called cast and there are lead actor in a
movie the another term we used in main character is the most important person
in the story it could be a movie it could be a novel any sort of fiction lucy
said that sure enough we see someone getting murdered in the movies the
expression sure enough is a very common we use that ago mean just as we
expected i went to the store yesterday and sure enough the vaagatables wherein
a sale meaning just was i expected. a shocker another term lucy used in
describing alfred hitch hock movies soccer is something that surprises us to
shocking movie is surprising movie lucy said will not tell you the end of the
movie because she doesn't want to spoil the ending to spoil something to ruin
it to destroy it. here the expression the spoil the ending means to give away to
tell you what the ending is so that you
won't be enjoy it. so often when we want to read new book to read someone recommends to us they start to
telling us about the plot and we will say don't 'spil the ending meaning son't
tell me what happens at the end of the movie or the novel so i can enjoy it. to
more term lucy used when talking about movies is she said that she could
recommend this movie and give it big thumbs up to give thumbs up somethings
means to approve of it to say that is good just like a roman emporaris would
give thumbs up and thumbs down. thumbs up is approval and thumbs down is
disapproval the expression two thumbs up you will often hear in the united
states particularly in the movie advertisements. the expression from who seems
the having movies thumbs up and thumbs down two thumbs up mens very god movie
finally lucy said that alfraid hitchochck movie is not a faint hearted. to be
faint hearted means to be daily scared someone who is get scared and frightened
very easily is faint hearted. that is going to do id eslpodcast we run little
long we went little longer than we expected.
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