Talking about films - Real Easy English
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0:04
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How
are
you
today,
Neil?
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I'm
very
well,
Georgie.
How
are
you?
0:26
I'm
pretty
good,
thank
you,
as
well.
0:29
So,
Georgie,
what
are
we
talking
about
in
today's
episode?
0:34
Today's
episode
is
all
about
films
and
television.
0:37
We'll
talk
about
our
favourite
movies
and
shows.
0:40
Great,
let's
get
started.
0:44
OK,
Neil.
So,
what
kinds
of
films
do
you
like?
0:47
I
like
foreign
films,
films
that
are
not
in
English,
0:53
because
I
like
stories
from
other
countries.
0:56
What
about
you?
0:58
I
like
two
kinds
of
films.
1:01
One
type
of
film
I
really
like
is
films
that
you
can
learn
from,
1:05
and
the
other
type
of
film
is
films
that
you
can
escape
from
reality.
1:11
So
usually
quite
silly
films
or
fantasy
films.
1:15
OK.
Do
you
have
a
favourite
film?
1:17
Yes,
I
do,
I
really
love
the
Harry
Potter
series.
1:21
So,
Georgie,
can
you
tell
us
about
your
favourite
film,
1:25
the
Harry
Potter
film
you
mentioned?
1:28
Yes.
So
you
want
to
know
about
the
plot,
which
is
what
happens
in
the
film.
1:33
So
Harry
Potter
is
all
about
a
boy
who
discovers
that
he
is
a
wizard,
1:38
that
is
someone
who
does
magic.
1:41
And
he
goes
to
a
school
for
magic,
called
Hogwarts,
1:45
and
he
meets
his
best
friends,
Ron
and
Hermione,
1:48
who
are
other
characters
in
the
film.
1:51
And
he
spends
a
lot
of
his
time
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trying
to
escape
a
dark
wizard
called
Voldemort
and
it's
very
dangerous.
2:00
It's
a
great
film!
2:01
Wow,
it
sounds
like
there's
lots
of
interesting
characters
in
these
films.
2:06
Yes.
Very
evil
characters
and
also
really
nice
characters.
2:11
Mm.
So,
Georgie,
you
talked
a
lot
about
your
favourite
film,
Harry
Potter,
2:18
and
the
grammar
you
used
to
describe
the
film
was
present
simple.
2:26
So,
for
example,
you
said
the
film
is
about
a
boy
2:30
who
discovers
that
he
is
a
wizard
and
he
goes
to
a
school,
2:37
a
special
school
for
wizards,
and
he
makes
friends
with
Ron
and
Hermione.
2:44
All
present
simple.
2:46
Yes,
that's
right.
2:47
We
use
the
present
simple
to
describe
the
plot
of
a
story
like
a
book
or
a
film.
2:54
We
also
use
the
present
simple
to
tell
stories
sometimes,
2:57
things
that
happened
to
us
in
the
past,
which
is
interesting.
3:01
What
about
you?
What's
your
favourite
film?
3:04
Well,
I
think
my
favourite
film
is
from
when
I
was
a
kid,
3:10
and
it's
Raiders
Of
The
Lost
Ark.
3:13
Wow.
I
haven't
seen
that.
3:16
It's
very
old,
but
it's
got
Indiana
Jones,
and
he
was
my
hero
when
I
was
a
kid.
3:22
—
Really?
—
Yeah.
3:23
Why
was
he
your
hero?
3:24
Because
it
was,
he's
all
about
action
and
adventure
and
catching
bad
guys.
3:30
Oh,
interesting!
See,
I'm
not
a
big
fan
of
action
and
adventure.
3:34
So,
Georgie,
do
you
watch
lots
of
movies?
3:38
I
actually
don't,
because
I
have
quite
a
short
attention
span.
3:43
I
actually
prefer
to
watch
TV
or
series.
3:47
What
about
you?
3:49
Yeah,
again,
I
think
there's
so
much
choice
these
days,
3:53
sometimes
actually
I
watch
nothing,
because
I
don't
know
what
to
choose.
3:58
But
sometimes,
I
really
get
into
a
TV
series
4:03
and,
yeah,
watch
it
all
very
quickly
and
talk
about
it
a
lot.
4:08
—
Mm-hm.
That's
called
binge
watching.
—
Mm.
4:11
How
do
you
watch
these
series?
4:13
Erm,
on
TV.
But,
you
know,
I
stream
them,
like
everybody
these
days.
4:18
So,
you
just
used
the
word
stream.
4:19
You
'stream'
TV
shows
and
movies
4:21
and
that
means
'watching
films
or
TV
using
the
internet'.
4:24
You
can
watch
things
whenever
you
want
when
you
stream
things.
4:28
OK.
Let's
look
again
at
the
vocabulary
we
learned
during
the
conversation.
4:38
We
learned
'plot',
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which
means
'the
story
of
a
film,
TV
programme
or
book',
so
what
happens.
4:44
'Character',
that's
'a
person
in
a
story'.
4:50
And
'stream'
—
'watch
a
film
or
programme
online'.
4:53
And
we
learned
how
to
use
present
simple
to
talk
about
what
happens
in
a
film.
4:58
For
example,
Harry
Potter
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goes
to
a
magic
school
called
Hogwarts
and
meets
two
best
friends.
5:06
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5:13
Next
time,
we'll
be
talking
about
pets.
5:17
Bye
for
now.
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