Intermediate Conversation 5: Watching T.V.

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A: A waste of time to watch so much T.V.

B: Do you think so?

A: Yeah! I think most T.V. shows are so silly.

B: Well, maybe, but some of them are good.

A: Yeah? Like what?

B: Like police shows, westerns, dramas, old movies. When I grew up in Brazil, we watched a lot of American T.V. shows.

A: Really? You watched a lot of American T.V. in Brazil?

B: Yap! These American T.V. shows go all over the world

A: Maybe that's why you're so American.

B: Could be.

A: You know, I think American T.V. has a strong influence on other cultures. When people see stuff on T.V., they just want to be like Americans. Have an American car, live in an American house, wear American clothes.

B: I don't know. I don't take it so seriously. T.V. is just entertainment.

A: Hm. I don't know, Nick. I still think some of these shows are just stupid.

B: But, watching T.V. is fun.

 

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A: A wasdə time to watch so much T.V.
B: Do-you think so?

A: Yeah! I think most T.V. shows-are so silly.

B: Well, maybe, but some-ə them are good.

A: Yeah? Like what?

B: Like police shows, westerns, dramas, old movies. When-I grew-up-in Brazil, we watched-a lodə American T.V. shows.

A: Really? You watched-a lodə Amerigan T.V. in Brazil?

B: Yap! These American T.V. shows go all-over-the world

A: Maybe that's-why you're so Amerigan.

B: Could be.

A: You know, I thing-American T.V. haz-a sdrong influence-on other cultures.

   When people see stuff-on T.V., they just wanna be like Amerigans.

   Have-an Amerigan car, live-in-an Amerigan house, wear Amerigan clothes.

B: I don't know. I don't tagit so seriously. T.V. is just entertainment.

Conversation and recording adapted from Lesson 11, High Impact, by Rod Ellis, Marc Helgesen, Charles Browne, Greta Gorsuch, & Jerome Schwab (Hong Kong: Longman Asia Ltd., 1996), 82.

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