Vocabulary: Gateway B1

Unit 5 TV addicts
Unit 5 : TV programs and series
Vocab type meaning synonym
advert N. an advert for the local radio station
โฆษณา (คำยอของ advertisement)
cartoon N. a drawing, esp. in a newspaper or
magazine, that tells a joke or makes
an amusing political criticism
การตูน
chat show N. an informal television or radio talk show
program on which famous people are
asked questions about themselves
and their work
รายการทีวีที่มีการพูดคุยกับแขกรับเชิญ
comedy N. a (type of) movie, play, or book that
is intentionally funny either in its
characters or its action:
ละครตลก, ความตลกขบขัน
cookery program N. a television genre that presents food c o o k i n g s h o w,
preparation, often in a restaurant cookery show,
kitchen or on a studio set, or at the cooking program
host's personal home.
รายการทำอาหาร
documentary N. a movie or television or radio show
that gives facts and information
about a subject
ภาพยนตรสารคดี
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drama N. a play in a theatre or on television
or radio, or plays and acting
generally
ละคร
film N. a series of moving pictures, usually motion picture,
shown in a cinema or on television movie, flick
and often telling a story
ภาพยนตร
game show N. a television program where people quiz show
score points by answering questions
or doing things
รายการโทรทัศนประเภทเกมโชว
reality show N. a television program about ordinary
people who are f ilmed in real
situations
รายการเรียลลิตี้
soap N. soap opera
ละครโทรทัศน, ละครวิทยุ
Unit 5 : TV programs and series
Vocab type meaning synonym
addictive adj. something that you cannot stop
watching or consuming once you have
started using it.
เสพติด
powerful adj. having a lot of power to control strong, forceful,
people and events / emotionally potent
moving.
มีอทิ ธิพล
fascinating adj. extremely interesting

moving adj. making you feel sad.

low budget adj. something produced or made with

very little money.
หนังตนทุนตํ่า
outdated adj. old-fashioned and therefore not as outmoded, old-
good or as fashionable as something fashioned
modern.
ลาสมัย
thought adj. making you think a lot about a
provoking subject.
ชวนคิด, กระตุนความคิดสิ่งที่สนใจ
controversial adj. causing disagreement or discussion.
กอใหเกิดการโตแยง
predictable adj. something that happens in a way or
at a time that you know about before
it happens
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คาดเดาได
soppy adj. showing or feeling too much of
emotions such as love or sympathy,
rather than being reasonable or
practical.
มีอารมณออนไหว