¡Hola estudiantes de inglés! Una de las cosas más maravillosas de este mundo es la diversidad de culturas y cada cultura tiene sus propias historias, cuentos, leyendas y fábulas. Hoy en día, esas historias se encuentran en los libros, películas y series de televisión.
Una pregunta muy común en cualquier parte es “What do you like to read?” u hoy en día quizás con más frecuencia “What do you like to watch?”. Cuándo estás aprendiendo inglés, o cualquier idioma, esa pregunta te puede ayudar a entender a tus nuevos amigos y la nueva cultura donde te encuentras.
Vocabulario
| English | Spanish |
| what | qué |
| like | gustar |
| read | leer |
| watch | ver/mirar |
| book | libro |
| story | historia |
| TV show | programa de televisión |
| TV series | serie |
| movie theater | cine |
| cinema | cine |
| movie | película |
| season | temporada |
| episode | episodio |
| chapter | capítulo |
| blockbuster | éxito de taquilla |
| genre | género |
| true life stories | historias de la vida real |
| fantasy | fantasía |
| science fiction | ciencia ficción |
| horror | terror |
| action | accción |
| romance | amor/romance |
| comedy | comedia |
| sitcom | comedia de situación |
| enjoy | disfrutar |
| watching | mirando |
| nearly | casi |
| every | todo |
| even though | aunque |
| reading | leyendo |
| jump scares | sobresaltos |
| real | real |
| life | vida |
| seem | parecer |
| fiction | ficción |
| love | amor |
| unbelievable | increíble |
| moments | momentos |
| history | historia |
| example | ejemplo |
| ghost | fantasma |
| army | ejército |
| Second World War | Segunda Guerra Mundial |
| made up | compuesto/a |
| actors | actores |
| writers | escritores |
| directors | directores |
| used | usar (pasado) |
| fake | falso/a |
| vehicles | vehículos |
| fooled | engañar (pasado) |
| enemy | enemigo/a |
| saved | salvar (pasado) |
| many | muchos/as |
| lives | vidas |
| hard | duro/a |
| people | gente |
| think | pensar |
| really | realmente |
| happen | suceder |
| future | futuro |
| kind | tipo |
| martian | marciano/a |
| tells | contar (presente 3ra persona) |
| astronaut | astronauta |
| Mars | Marte |
| stranded | varado/a |
| scientific | científico |
| knowledge | conocimiento |
| survive | sobrevivir |
| finally | finamente |
| alternate | alternativo/a |
| author | autor/a |
| imagines | imaginar (presente 3ra persona) |
| key | clave |
| events | eventos |
| turned out | resultar (pasado) |
| differently | de manera diferente |
| how | como |
| things | cosas |
| might | podría |
| change | cambiar |
| because of | debido a |
| differences | diferencias |
Transcripción
What do you like to read? What do you like to watch? o ¿Qué te gusta leer o ver?
Antes de responder a estas preguntas, vamos a repasar algunas frases y palabras que se tratan del entretenimiento:
- Libro – Book
- Historia – Story
- Programa de televisión – TV show
- Serie – TV series
- Cine – Movie theater or cinema
- Película – Movie
- Temporada – Season
- Episodio – Episode
- Capítulo – Chapter
- Éxito de taquilla – Blockbuster
- Género – Genre
Hay muchas clasificaciones o géneros de contenido. Vamos a aprender algunos términos:
- Historias de la vida real – True life stories
- Fantasía – Fantasy
- Ciencia ficción – Science Fiction
- Terror – Horror
- Acción – Action
- Amor – Romance
- Comedia – Comedy
- Comedia de situación – Sitcom
¡Muy bien! Very good. Ahora, vamos a escuchar primero mi respuesta en español y después en inglés.
¿Qué te gusta leer o ver?
Disfruto viendo casi todos los géneros de películas o series. El único género que no disfruto viendo es el de terror. Aunque disfruto leyendo historias de terror, no me gustan los “sobresaltos”.
Hay algunas historias que son de la vida real, pero parecen ficción. Me encanta leer o ver historias sobre estos increíbles momentos de la historia. Un ejemplo es la historia del Ejército Fantasma en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Este ejército estaba compuesto por actores, escritores y directores y usaban vehículos falsos, pero engañaron al enemigo y salvaron muchas vidas.
También me encanta ver o leer sobre ciencia ficción dura, que son historias sobre lo que la gente piensa que realmente podría suceder en el futuro. Un ejemplo de este tipo de historia es “The Martian” de Andy Weir. Cuenta la historia de un futuro astronauta a Marte que se queda varado y tiene que usar su conocimiento científico para sobrevivir.
Finalmente, me gusta leer o ver historias alternativas. El autor de estas historias imagina lo que sucedería si los eventos clave en la historia fueran diferentes y cómo podrían cambiar las cosas debido a esas diferencias.
¿Y a ti? ¿Qué te gusta leer o ver?
Muy bien, ahora en inglés con la misma respuesta.
What do you like to read or watch?
I enjoy watching nearly every genre of movie or TV series. The only genre I don’t enjoy watching is horror. Even though I enjoy reading stories about horror, I don’t like jump scares.
There are some stories that are from real life, but they seem like fiction. I love reading or watching stories about these unbelievable moments from history. One example is the story of the Ghost Army in the Second World War. This army was made up of actors, writers, and directors and used fake vehicles, but they fooled the enemy and saved many lives.
I also love watching or reading about hard science fiction, which are stories about what people think could really happen in the future. One example of this kind of story is “The Martian” by Andy Weir. It tells the story of a future astronaut to Mars who is stranded and has to use his scientific knowledge to survive.
Finally, I like reading or watching alternate history stories. The author of these stories imagines what would happen if key events in history turned out differently, and how things might change because of those differences.
How about you? What do you like to read or watch?
¡Excelente! Gracias por escuchar mi respuesta a la pregunta “What do you like to read or watch?”
No olvides seguirnos en Instagram, en www.instagram.com/ingles.desde.cero/ donde vamos a colocar más vocabulario de las historias y películas. ¡Y no olvides colocar tu propia respuesta a la pregunta en los comentarios abajo!
Thanks for listening! See you next time! ¡Hasta la próxima!
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14 comentarios en “139 – What do you like to read/watch?”
Hello, I really like this topic because it varies with the age and experiences of each one. At 72 years old, I have changed my preferences many times, but nowadays, with all the offers in different places, there is much to enjoy. I prefer stories based on real, familiar and exciting experiences. There is always a tear to value the life we have. I agree with you that the story of «The Martian» is special because it turns a horrible situation into a very positive one by putting all the knowledge and willpower of an extraordinary astronaut who manages to reverse it and come out on top thanks to his intelligence and the empathy of his companions who rescue him! Very beautiful! I don’t really enjoy the series, especially if they are very long! I like series with few chapters and positive decisions, as far as possible! Nor am I very interested in bloody, wild stories or where extreme violence is exerted on children, animals or people. That’s what the adults of the world are for! I also read a lot, on any subject: gardening, history, mystery, various characters, poetry. I only ask to be able to continue reading a lot and several more years!
Hi Silvia! What nice words! Thank you for sharing this with us.
Hi Silvia, you perfectly summed up why I enjoyed the Martian! It’s great to read inspirational stories, I completely agree.
What do you like to read or watch? I always enjoyed read since I was a teenage at Christmas my sister give me a Kindle so I been reading a lot lately I love romance novels and fantasy books the ones that appears angel’s and that kind of stuff, one of my favorite writer it’s Jennifer L . Armentrout she’s totally a genius I’m into self-care books I’m mostly consume YouTube I love skincare and a lot of dermatologists that I watch they’re awesome explaining in a really fun way. With the movies romance again but for a time I was seeing documentary I almost saw every single documentary on Netflix
Hi Elizabeth! Excellent work, your English is very good!
Thanks for your comments and recommendations Elizabeth, I always enjoy looking into new authors!
What do you like to read or watch? I enjoy watching or reading stories about horror, but I don’t like see a lot of blood. The best for me is reading fantasy or science fiction. I like reading children’s books. Robert Louis Stevenson has funny and interesting stories. I have read several times The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Thanks for the comments Josefina! Robert Louis Stevenson is a classic author, lots of English speaking children grow up with his books like treasure island!
What do you like to read or watch? I enjoy reading books on the history of Chile and the important persons, scientists and too enjoy watching movie action from real life, for example, movies the Second World War in the Europe and Pacific War. I don’t like watching action movies for example movies of Rambo or Arnold Shwarzenegger are very fantastic.
How is the writing?
Hi Ernesto, the writing is good and I completely agree with you! Nowadays «fantastic» in English usually means «great», we might use «unbelievable» or «unrealistic» or more colloquially «over the top» to communicate the same meaning!
What do you like to read or watch?
i like to watch tv series, like the house of dragon or skins, a series that i really like is Merlin and in that series the characters talk about a book that is my favorite book called steppe wolf i love this book, another Some of my favorite books are A Clockwork Orange, The Psychoanalyst and Brave New World.
I ENJOY WATCHING NEARLY EVERY GENRE OF MOVIE SPECIALY THE ACTIONS MOVIES. ALSO I ENJOY WATCHIING SERIES, ONE EXAMPLE IS A «PAPER´S HOUSE». I THINK THAT IS A BEST SERIES, IS A INBELIEVABLE.
EVEN THOUGH IT HAS CHAPTERS WHIT VERY FANTASY AND FICTION. THE ONLY GENRE OF MOVIES THAT I DONT ENJOY IS A SCARED MOVIES BECAUSE I´M A LITTLE SCARED.
ALSO I HAVE READ SOME BOOKS ABOUT PERSONAL MOTIVATION BECASUE I THINK IT A HELP US TO CHANGE OUR THOUGHTS.
ALSO THERE ARE SEVERAL KIND OF MOVIES OR SERIES THAT I LIKE, SUCH AS COMEDY, SCIENCE FICTION AND SOME ROMANCE.
EVEN THOUGH I´M NOT THAT FANATIC, BUT I ALWAYS ENJOY TO WATCHING MOVIES OR SERIES
buenos día. es un honor de escuchar unas persona como ustedes de habla inglesa. hablando perfecta mente el español ya que me da mas motivo para aprender ingles. gracias ustedes son unas buena motivación. saludo desde estados unido. pero mi origen es República Dominicana
¡Muchas gracias por confiar en nosotros!
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