Using the present simple

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Yes, that's right.

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We use the present simple to describe the plot of a story like a book or a film.

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We also use the present simple to tell stories sometimes,

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things that happened to us in the past, which is interesting.

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What about you? What's your favourite film?

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Well, I think my favourite film is from when I was a kid,

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and it's Raiders Of The Lost Ark.

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Wow. I haven't seen that.

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It's very old, but it's got Indiana Jones, and he was my hero when I was a kid.

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— Really? — Yeah.

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Why was he your hero?

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Because it was, he's all about action and adventure and catching bad guys.

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Oh, interesting! See, I'm not a big fan of action and adventure.

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So, Georgie, do you watch lots of movies?

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I actually don't, because I have quite a short attention span.

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I actually prefer to watch TV or series.

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What about you?

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Yeah, again, I think there's so much choice these days,

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sometimes actually I watch nothing, because I don't know what to choose.

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But sometimes, I really get into a TV series

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and, yeah, watch it all very quickly and talk about it a lot.

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— Mm-hm. That's called binge watching. — Mm.

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How do you watch these series?