Unit overview Level 4-Elementary Unit 1

Entertainment

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Phonetic spelling Part of speech Translation / definition

[UK]ədˈ mɪʃn [US]əd the amount of money that you pay to go into a
admission noun
ˈ mɪʃn building or to an event

[UK]əˈ kweəriəm a building where people can go to see fish and

aquarium noun
[US]əˈ kweriəm other water creatures

[UK]ˌ ɔː dɪˈ tɔː riəm a large building or room in which public meetings,
auditorium noun
[US]ˌ ɔː dɪˈ tɔː riəm concerts, etc. are held

a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic

bar [UK]bɑː (r) [US]bɑː r noun
and other drinks

[UK]bɪˈ ɡɪn [US]bɪ

begin verb to start doing sth; to do the first part of sth
ˈ ɡɪn

a place where you can buy drinks and simple

café noun meals. Alcohol is not usually served in British or
American cafes.

a book, film/movie or song which is well known

[UK]ˈ klæsɪk [US]
classic noun and considered to be of very high quality, setting
ˈ klæsɪk
standards for other books, etc

a play or film/movie that is intended to be funny,

[UK]ˈ kɒmədi [US]
comedy noun usually with a happy ending; plays and
ˈ kɑː mədi
films/movies of this type

[UK]ˈ kɒnsət [US]

concert noun a public performance of music
ˈ kɑː nsərt

[UK]ˈ drɑː mə [US]

drama noun a play for the theatre, television or radio
ˈ drɑː mə

[UK]ˈ hɒrə(r) [US] a type of book, film/movie, etc. that is designed

horror noun
ˈ hɔː rər to frighten people

a talk that is given to a group of people to teach

[UK]ˈ lektʃə(r) [US]
lecture noun them about a particular subject, often as part of
ˈ lektʃər
a university or college course

[UK]ˈ mjuː zɪkl [US] a play or a film/movie in which part or all of the
musical noun
ˈ mjuː zɪkl story is told using songs and often dancing

[UK]ˈ naɪtklʌb [US] a place that is open late in the evening where
nightclub noun
ˈ naɪtklʌb people can go to dance, drink, etc.

[UK]ˈ əʊ pən [US] to move or be moved so that it is no longer

open verb
ˈ oʊ pən closed

[UK]pəˈ fɔː m to entertain an audience by playing a piece of

perform verb
[US]pərˈ fɔː rm music, acting in a play, etc

[UK]rɪˈ læksɪŋ [US]rɪ

relaxing adj. helping you to rest and become less anxious
ˈ læksɪŋ

[UK]rəʊ ˈ mæns [US]

romance noun a story about a love affair
ˈ roʊ mæns

[UK]ˈ əʊ və(r) [US]

over adv. ended
ˈ oʊ vər

a piece of writing performed by actors in a

play [UK]pleɪ [US]pleɪ noun
theatre or on television or radio

dance [UK]dɑː ns [US]dæns noun a social event at which people dance

an activity or a sport with rules in which people

game [UK]ɡeɪm [US]ɡeɪm noun
or teams compete against each other

a series of moving pictures recorded with sound

[UK]ˈ muː vi [US]
movie noun that tells a story, shown at the cinema/movie
ˈ muː vi
theater

[UK]ˈ restrɒnt [US]

restaurant noun a place where you can buy and eat a meal
ˈ restrɑː nt
 to make the work of a shop/store, etc. stop for a
close [UK]kləʊ z [US]kloʊ z verb
period of time; to not be open for people to use

end [UK]end [US]end verb to finish; to make sth finish

[UK]ˈ steɪdiəm [US] a large sports ground surrounded by rows of

stadium noun
ˈ steɪdiəm seats and usually other buildings

start [UK]stɑː t [US]stɑː rt verb to start happening; to make sth start happening

[UK]səˈ praɪzɪŋ
surprising adj. causing surprise
[US]sərˈ praɪzɪŋ