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Examiner: How often do you go to the cinema?

Jemma: Unfortunately we don’t have a cinema near us so we

have to go into the nearest town to catch the latest movie…

I usually avoid seeing popular box-office hits which I’m not

always keen on seeing … I pref er low-budget films… sci-fi

especially … and there’s a great cinema I go to that has

frequent showings of films like these …

Examiner: Do you prefer reading books or watching films?

Louisa: I’m not really a big reader… I find books quite

heavy-going… so I much prefer to see a film … perhaps it’s

the special effects or the soundtrack… I don’t know … I just

prefer a film …

Part 2-style task

Describe a book you have read or a film you have seen. You should say:

?what this book or film was

?when you read or saw it

?why you decided to see the film or read the book

and say if you enjoyed it and why.

Pauline I like reading … especially English novels… it’s a

great way to improve your vocabulary and there are so many fantastic authors to choose from … one book th at came

highly recommended by my teacher was The Mayor of

Casterbridge … I was studying at a school in The UK at the

time and she said it would give me a picture of what life was

like years ago in the area I was living … well I have to say I

absolutely loved it … it was a real page-turner… it’s a

historical novel and the setting was a fictional town called

Casterbridge … but actually it was based on a town near

where I was studying called Dorchester … it had such a

great plot… to cut a long story short it tells the story of the

downfall of a man called Henchard

the central character who lives during a period of great social change around the time of the industrial revolution … the

reason I enjoyed it so much … apart from the great story …

it gave me a picture of what life had been like in the place I

was studying at the time … I really couldn’t put it down… a

fantastic story …

Part 3-style questions

Examiner: Is reading as pleasurable in digital format?

Alise: Personally I prefer reading a paperback or

hardback… especially if I’m reading a classic which I don’t

think feels right as an e-book… but I can see it can be good for others … my grandmother has an e-reader and she loves the way you can enlarge the text …

Examiner: Do you think bookshops will survive the digital

revolution?

Thomas: I think so … at least I hope so … I love flicking

through books in a bookshop … online shopping is useful

… finding out on Amazon if a book you want has got a good

review… maybe getting one that is difficult to find … but I

still love the experience of being in a bookshop …

Examiner: Statistics show that visits to the cinema are up

despite the availability of DVDs and online downloads. Why

do you think this might be?

Jamie: I think it’s the whole experience that the c inema

offers … going out to see a film when it goes on general

release… and seeing it on the big screen is more exciting

than watching the film at home on TV … especially if it’s an

action movie… and watching it with others makes it even

more special …

Definitions

an action movie: a film with fast moving scenes, often containing violenc to be engrossed in: to be completely focused on one thing

?bedtime reading: something to read in bed before you go to sleep ?to be a big reader: someone who reads a lot

?to be based on: to use as a modal

? a box office hit: a financially successful film

?to be heavy-going: difficult to read

? a blockbuster: a film that is a big commercial success

?to catch the latest movie: to see a film that has just come out ?the central character: the main person in a film or book

? a classic: of the highest quality

?to come highly recommended: to be praised by another person ?couldn’t put it down: wasn’t able to stop reading a book