4.5 - The media then and now

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What does "hands down" mean ? Describe it in English.

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What does "whine" mean ? Describe it in English.

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What does "for a person in sb's age" mean ? Describe it in English.

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1. He keeps on ___ about the slow internet connection.
   He looks young ___.

2. After the official count, he won the election ___.

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LET'S ROLE PLAY!

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You're Meg.

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I'm Todd.

Meg: Hey Todd, so continuing talking about then and now, I was thinking we could ___ to talking about just life in general.

Todd: Sounds good.

Meg: So my first question for you ___ are movies today more interesting ___ before?

Todd: Well. I'm gonna sound like an old guy, but I would say no, movies are not more interesting today. Movies were much better, twenty, thirty years ago. The stories were better. They were more interesting. These days movies just have too much special effects, and there's too many movies about superheroes. I hate movies about superheroes. So yeah, I think movies used to be more interesting. What do you think?

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Meg: I have the ___ of you. I think movies today are more interesting than before. Maybe I'm too ___ to a lot of special effects, so when I watch some older movies, the story might be interesting, but I get a little ___ watching it and actually I love superhero movies.

Todd: Oh really?

Meg: So I ___ say that yes, any superhero movies - Spider man or Batman ___ is my favorite so those movies for me are more interesting than in the past.

Todd: OK, well we're talking about comparatives, so who's cooler Batman or Spider-Man?

Meg: Oh, Batman. ___.

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Todd: I'm sorry. I think Spider-Man's really lame. I've never liked Spider-Man

Meg: He kind of ___ a lot.

Todd: He looks like a kid in his pajamas.

Meg: He is a kid in his pajamas.

Todd: Maybe that's it.

Meg: ___ Batman has a lot of skills that he's ___ himself, so.

Todd: True, true. OK, well how about Batman, so like who is better?

Meg: Who is the best Batman?

Todd: Yeah, so who is better? Who was the last one? It was ...

Meg: Well, the most ___ Batman was Ben Affleck, but I didn't watch that one

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Todd: OK.

Meg: So before that, there was Christian Bale

Todd: Oh, that's right.

Meg: So ___ having seen Ben Affleck, I ___still say that Christian Bale was a better Batman.

Todd: Yeah, I'm sure. I'm sure. OK, so let's talk about other things. How about the news? With news are you more knowledgeable these days than before, say five ten years ago?

Meg: Actually, I think I am ___ knowledgeable than before. There's a lot of news out there, and it's easy to ___ the news but there's so much news ___from so many sources, I'm now sure which news service is more ___, so I think it's more difficult now ___ find the correct news. The true news. What do you think?

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Todd: I agree. Sadly I think I am less knowledgeable because before I would read the newspaper, or I would read magazine articles or I would listen to better news stories on the news. These days I just look at a Facebook headline and I don't even read the article, so I don't even know what's going on sometimes. Which is terrible for a man my age.

Meg: Terrible ___ anyone I think.

Todd: Yeah, I think it's because I think the news was more honest than before, than now, sorry. I think the news is less honest these days. It used to be more honest. I just don't trust the news anymore.

Meg: Yeah, I don't really trust it ___.

Todd: Yeah, less trustworthy.

Meg: So ___, would you say social media makes like better or worse for people?

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Todd: I think it's both, like I think it's you know, three points better, two points worse, so it's a negative. It's better because you can connect to so many family members, especially if you're far away, so I like how it connects people, yeah, it just makes people sad sometimes, or makes them frustrated about their life maybe, so yeah, I don't think it makes life better. But I'm an old guy, so...

Meg: Yeah, I think it's true. I think there are scientific studies to show that ___ social media, people compare themselves too much ___ it's quite ___ that we are talking about ___ because people will see other people's lives on social media that look ___ good and they will compare themselves and feel bad ___ themselves, for some people I think it has made it worse, but like you, I agree that some points are better like seeing pictures from my family.

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When was the last time you found whinin or complaining, and what was the situation?

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When was the last time you found whinin or complaining, and what was the situation?

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Can you share a specific habit that you used to have but no longer do? Why did you stop?

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Describe a time when you felt particularly frustrated at work or in a personal project. How did you overcome that frustration?

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In your opinion, which book or movie is hands down the best in a particular genre, and why?