Turn off the TV

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Turn off the TV
Vocabulary
A. = Adjective ADV. = Adverb IDM. = Idiom N. = Noun V. = Verb a commercial a couch potato a documentary N. an advertisement on TV N. a lazy person who sits around all day watching TV N. an educational TV program or movie usually describing nature or history N. a serious TV program, movie or play that involves all the emotions V. to sit in a big comfortable chair or lie on a couch and relax this is an informal way of saying "no" A. between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM every night
THIS EXPRESSION IS USED WHEN REFERRING TO THE TELEVISION SCHEDULE.

a drama

to kick back

nope prime-time

prime time

N. the time between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM every night
THE MOST POPULAR SHOWS ARE SHOWN DURING PRIME TIME.

a sitcom trials and tribulations trivia

N. a half-hour comedy show N. problems and difficulties of life N. unimportant or useless information

Turn off the TV
Vocabulary in Conversation
Fill in all the gaps using the new vocabulary

commercials couch potato documentary drama Nope prime-time sitcom trials and tribulations

kick back trivia

Janet: Let's do something! Why don't we go out for dinner or go dancing. Jack: I'm watching TV. Janet: You're always watching TV. Stop being such a ______. Get up, and let's do something! Jack: I am doing something. I'm watching TV. Janet: You're always watching some stupid______. It's a waste of time, and a waste of brain power. Jack: Sometimes it's nice just to______, relax and laugh a little. There is nothing wrong with a little comedy in one's life. In fact, that's why I married you. Janet: Ha, ha! VERY FUNNY! Jack: Besides, I am watching something serious. Janet: What? I bet it's some ridiculous______ with perfect looking people complaining about the ______of daily life. Jack: ______, wrong again. Janet: Then it must be a ______news program describing how some woman went crazy and killed her husband. Jack: No, I watched that last night. You had better guess quickly – the ______are almost over. Janet: Is it a murder mystery? Or some science fiction show like Star Trek? Jack: No. Janet: A game show where they test your knowledge of useless______? Jack: No, it's a_______on dolphins in the Caribbean. Janet: Hey, that sounds interesting! Jack: Why don't we make some popcorn and then watch the rest of it together.

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