Listening
A. You are going to hear two people talking about films. Listen and take notes on how their tastes are similar — and how they differ.
A: You go to the cinema much?
B: Yeah, a fair bit, I suppose. I tend to go most weeks.
A: Really? That's a lot.
B: Yeah, I guess so. I'd go more if I could though! What about you?
A: Not that often, no - not unless I really want to see something that I know isn't going to come out on
DVD for a while.
B: Mmm. So what kind of things are you into?
A: I don't know. All sorts, really, but I guess mainly action films.
B: Such as?
A: I don't know. I really liked the first Blade film, X-Men, stuff like that.
B: OK. Did you see Old Boy last night? It was on TV.
A: Yeah, I started watching it, but I turned over. You didn't like it? It was so over-the-top, just so disgusting and then the plot! I don't know. It was all a bit too weird for my liking.
B: Really? I love that film - the look of it, the music everything. It's just amazing. I think it's the fifth time I've seen it.
A: Really? As I say, it was OK, but it's not really my kind of thing. Too much like horror really.
B: I suppose so.
A: So apart from Old Boy, what kind of stuff do you like?
B: Oh, all kinds of things. As I say, I go most weeks, so you know . . . action films, comedies, foreign films - anything, really.
A: Have you seen Gold Diggers?
B: Yeah. Have you?
A: No, but I've heard it's good. I was thinking of going to see it.
B: I don't know. It is good, but it's pretty heavy, I found it quite disturbing, really. It's not the kind of thing
you can watch and just switch off.
A: Oh right. Maybe I'll give it a miss then.
B. Answer these questions about the two people. Listen again to check your ideas.
1 Do they go to the cinema much?
2 What kind of films are they into? Anything in particular?
3 Have they seen any films recently?
4 What did they think of them?
C. Look at the pattern, «It’s (not) the kind of… thing / music / film». We use this to give a personal opinion about things we have seen, heard or read. Translate the sentences below into English using this pattern.
1 Это не та вещь, что можно посмотреть и просто выключить.
2 Это не та музыка, под которую можно танцевать.
3 Это не тот фильм, на который вы бы повели своих детей.
4 Это не то, что вам бы хотелось.
5 Это та музыка, что слушает мой отец.
6 Это такие вещи, которые продают в книжных магазинах аэропортов.