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level: Level 1 AS - La televisión

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level questions: Level 1 AS - La televisión

Question	Answer
(un)suitable	(poco) apto/apropiado/adecuado
current, present-day, modern	actual
addictive	adictivo
enjoyable	ameno/divertido
trashy (i.e. trashy TV)	basura (i.e. la tele basura)
daily	diario
educational	educativo
undesirable	indeseable
unbearable	insoportable
rude	maleducado
monthly	mensual
switched on	puesto/a
fortnightly	quincenal
weekly	semanal
over the top	sobrado/exagerado
in front of	frente a
'the box' (television)	la caja tonta
a range of programmes	una gama de programas
tool	una herramienta
child-minder/baby-sitter	una niñera electrónica
screen	la pantalla
programme times/range	la programación
trashy TV	la telebasura
cable TV	la televisión por cable
chat show	una tertulia
violence on TV	la violencia televisiva
celebrity gossip	los contenidos de corazón
reality programmes	los programas (reality)
TV chat/gossip shows	los programas de cotilleo
archetype (certain type of character)	un arquetipo
(TV) channel	un canal de televisión
episode	un capítulo
behaviour	el comportamiento
contest	un concurso
soap opera	un culebrón
documentary	un documental
commercial break	un espacio publicitario
prime time	el horario de máxima audiencia
TV news programme	un informativo
jury	un jurado
looser	un perdedor
a prize	un premio
target audience	el público objetivo
television news bulletin	un telediario
TV viewer	un telespectador
TV set	un televisor
trailer	un tráiler
winner	un vencedor
to extend, spin out, prolong	alargar
to set (context of a story)	ambientar
to turn off	apagar
to make stupid	atontar
to spread, transmit	difundir
to amuse, distract, entertain	distraer
to put on (the TV)	encender/poner (la tele)
to get hooked on	engancharse a
to get involved in	enredarse en
to promote, stir up, encourage	fomentar
to impede	impedir
to tell, recount	narrar
to switch on	poner/encender
to attain, achieve, fulfil	realizar
to be in the habit of	soler
to dream (of)	soñar (con)
to subsidize	subvencionar
to add up, total, summarize	sumar
to plonk yourself in front of the TV	apalancarse delante de la tele
to limit the amount of time spent watching TV	dosificar el tiempo ante el televisor
to baby-sit	hacer de canguro
to channel hop	hacer zapping
to invade someone's privacy	invadir la intimidad
produce a hypnotic effect	producir un efecto hipnótico
to get square eyes	quedarte con los ojos cuadrados
to drive someone mad	volver loco a alguien