Conversation
After a quick greeting, use the following questions as a guideline to form an interesting conversation with your tutor. Feel free to diverge from these suggestions if anything interesting comes up.
- Some movies are serious, designed to make the audience think. Other movies are designed primarily to amuse and entertain. Which type of movie do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
- What do you enjoy about what movie you prefer?
- What value do these types of movies bring?
- What are some drawbacks of only having one particular type of movie?
Vocabulary
Skip this section if you have a 15-minute plan. Read the word/expression and definition out loud, and your tutor will go over anything you do not understand. Practice creating a sentence or two to make sure you know how to use the word/expression properly.
Vocabulary/ Expressions
| Expression | Definition |
| cinema | (n) production of movies People have different preferences of cinema in today’s media. |
| theater | (n) building or area that plays entertainment We couldn’t wait to visit the theater for the first time. |
| comedic | (adj) relating to jokes and satire She couldn’t stop watching the comedic movie that made her laugh so much. |
| contemplative | (adj) expressing prolonged thought The trouble the characters went through made the movie very contemplative and made him think a lot. |
| amuse | (v) cause to be funny The movie amused the crowd with its many jokes. |
| observe | (v) notice or perceive something He enjoyed observing the characters in each of the storylines. |
| filter out | (expression) remove something unwanted He wanted to filter out all the scary movies from his collection. |
| hear of | (expression) know of something’s existence She had never heard of the particular genre of movies. |
| root for | (expression) support By the end of the movie, everyone had to root for the main character. |
| test the waters | (expression) try something out to see if it will be successful Before watching the full series, she had to test the waters by watching just one episode. |
Something Extra
Read the following quote out loud.
“Life is like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing. Keep pretending.”
― Jim Henson
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