English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Intermediate (Unit 43: Books and films)

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A. Books I used to hate literature1 at school, but now I read a lot. I started off with fiction2. I read hundreds of novels3, mostly thrillers4 and science fiction5. My favourite author6 is John le Carré. Recently, I’ve started reading quite a lot of biographies7, and even some poetry8. Two of my favourite poets are Antonio Machado and Federico García Lorca. They both wrote poems in the early 20th century. 1 serious and important writing 2 stories about imaginary people and events 3 fiction books 4 exciting stories, often about crime 5 stories about the future 6 someone who writes books 7 stories of a person’s life, written by another person 8 pieces of creative writing in short lines B. Films How do you decide which films you are going to see? If it’s a horror film [a film that makes people frightened, e.g. Dracula], I usually go and see it. I love horror films. If a film gets good reviews [opinions in a newspaper or magazine], then I often go and see it. If there’s a big star [a famous actor] in it, then I am more likely to see it. I don’t normally go and see films if I don’t recognise the names of the actors [the people who are in films]. I’m not interested in films that are serious or complicated [difficult to understand]; I only go to the cinema for entertainment [things you see or do to enjoy yourself]. I like comedies [films that are funny] and especially romantic comedies [comedies that have a love story]. I’ll go and see anything that Ashton Kutcher is in! I look to see what’s on [what films are being shown at the cinema], and go to anything that I fancy seeing [want to see; infml]. For me, the film director [the person who tells the actors what to do, e.g. Spielberg] is the most important thing. I always go and see the latest film [the newest, most recent] by directors I really like such as Ben Affleck. Language help noun person verb entertainment entertainer entertain review reviewer review acting actor act directing director direct

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