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Band music (including marching bands)
Children’s music (incl. nursery rhymes)
Latin Dance music (e.g., Flamenco, Tango)
Electronic (Digital) music
Ethnic & national music (incl. Traditional Chinese music, Chinese opera, Folk songs)
Film music
Religious music
"New Age" Music (= "Meditation music". This is music that is meant to relax the listener. It often includes sounds from nature such as a running stream, bird calls etc.)

Classical European Music

Baroque music
Chamber music
Orchestral music (such as composed by Mozart, Beethoven etc.)
Opera
Ballet music
Waltz music (esp. Johann Strauss)

Modern Popular Music

Bluegrass
Blues (Mostly American black singers.)
Country & Western music
Disco music (techno, trance …)
Hip-hop
Jazz (e.g., modern jazz, big band, ragtime)
Pop music (This is a general term for the young people's music that is played most often on the radio. It includes most of the types of music listed under “Modern Popular Music”. In China, most of this music consists of love ballads and light roll and roll.)
Rap music
Reggae/Ska (Jamaican music)
Rhythm & Blues
Rock ‘n roll (incl. rockabilly, heavy metal)

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2. Types of Movies

British English mostly uses the word, "film" but "movie" is also used in British English.

American English mostly uses the word, "movie" but "film" is also used in American English.

Action films
Adventure films
Animated Cartoons
Comedy films
Horror films
Martial Arts films
Musicals
Romance films
Romantic Comedy films
Science Fiction films
Silent movies
(Suspense) Thrillers
Teen Movies
War Movies
Westerns
Documentary films

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3. Types of TV Shows

Cartoons
Children’s Shows
Documentary Programs
Drama (e.g., police dramas)
Game Shows
Made-for-TV movies (incl. mini-series)
Musical video shows (e.g., MTV)
Reality TV
Situational Comedies (sitcoms)
Comedy shows
Soap Operas
Sports Programs (e.g., live broadcasts of sports events)
Talk Shows
The News
News programs (stress on first word)
Current Affairs & News Analysis (incl. interviews)
Variety Shows (E.g., The Chinese New Year family entertainment program)
Pop music videos

Other words

Advertisements (Make sure you can understand the British pronunciation of this word when you hear it)

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4. Types of Advertising

TV & radio advertisements (= TV & radio commercials)
Newspaper & magazine ads (including the classified ads)
Billboards (next to main roads, railway lines, on subway station walls etc.)
Cell-phone text messages
Flyers & handouts (e.g., on the street, put into letterboxes etc.)
Internet advertisements (e.g., pop-up ads)
Posters (e.g. wall posters, bus stop posters)

Visible Logos:

on professional athletes’ clothing
on signs in front of shops etc.
on t-shirts, hats, jackets & other clothing
on handbags and other accessories
on Formula 1 cars
on racing yachts
on hot-air balloons

Advertisements in other prominent places:

on the side of buses and trains
Cinema advertising
Sports stadium advertising

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5. Things to Read

For News

Newspapers
News magazines
Company & organization newsletters

Magazines

Fashion magazines
Movie magazines
Computer magazines
News magazines
Sports magazines
Hobbyist magazines
Technical & professional journals
Art magazines
Home decoration magazines
Women’s magazines

Literature

Autobiographies
Biographies
Novels (Historical novels, Thrillers, Mystery stories, Romance novels, Detective Stories, Science Fiction)
Poetry
Plays
Short Stories
Essays
Literary Criticism

Educational

Textbooks
Reference books
Encyclopedias
‘How-to’ books
'Self-help' books

Entertainment

Comic books
Puzzle books

Personal Correspondence

Letters
Emails
Postcards
Faxes
Cell-phone text messages
On-line chatting

The Internet

The Internet now includes most of the examples above

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6. Types of Clothing

Casual Wear

a pair of jeans
a pair of slacks
a T-shirt
a sweater
a pair of shorts
a cardigan

Formal Wear

a business suit
a vest
a tie
a bow tie
a wedding gown
a ballroom gown
a tuxedo
an overcoat
a fur coat

Both Formal and Casual Wear

a pair of trousers (Br.) = a pair of pants (U.S.)
a shirt
a skirt
a dress
a blouse
a coat
a jacket

Sportswear

a tracksuit
clothes for football, basketball etc.
ski clothes (a ski vest, a pair of ski pants, a ski jacket)
a pair of swimming costumes = a swimsuit
golf clothes
sports fishing clothes

Work clothes

a pair of protective overalls
a doctor's gown
a lab coat
an apron

Uniforms

For the following groups:

school children
police
security guards
the military = the armed forces (army, navy, air-force)
mailmen = postmen
some company & factory employees
airline pilots & flight attendants
railway & bus-line employees
nurses
waiters and waitresses
sports teams
marching band members

Footwear

shoes
dress shoes (= formal shoes)
sandals
house slippers
thongs (U.S. = 'flip-flops')
gym boots (sneakers)
dancing shoes
martial arts slippers
sports shoes – football, golf, track & field
work boots
rain boots
fur-lined winter boots
high-heels
platform shoes

Hats

baseball caps
‘cowboy hats’
straw hats
Panama hats
Stetson hats
Arctic weather hats
cloth (toweling) hats
berets
fur hats
Chinese ‘coolie’ hats
woolen ‘beanies’
ski masks
hard hats (safety hats)
motorcycle helmets

Other

baby clothes
underwear
pyjamas (U.S. = pajamas)
a dressing gown
a raincoat

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7. Electrical & Electronic Appliances

Home Appliances

Refrigerator
Microwave oven
Electric stove
Rice cooker
Coffee maker
Toaster
Blender/food mixer
Washing machine
Clothes dryer
Electric Iron
Air conditioner
Electric heater (radiator)
Humidifier
Electric fan
Kitchen exhaust fan (above the stove)
Vacuum cleaner
Electric shaver
Electric toothbrush
Hairdryer
Reading lamp
Electric drill
Electric sewing machine
Remote control devices, such as for a TV or an air conditioner
A battery charger
A voltage adapter

Entertainment

DVD/ VCD player
Television
Radio
CD player
Tape player/tape recorder (cassette player/recorder)
Stereo system
Speaker(s)
A headset, a set of headphones, a pair of headphones, a pair of earphones
A microphone (for making recordings on the computer)
Walkman
An MP4 player
An Ipod
Karaoke machine

Communication

Telephone
Cell-phone (= mobile phone)
Message machine (Answering machine)
Fax machine

Computer Appliances

Computer (including laptop computer = notebook computer)
Monitor
Scanner
Printer

Office

Fax machine
Photocopy machine (photocopier)

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8. Methods of Storing Memories

Photographs (in a photo album)
Photographs (stored as digital photos on a computer or an electronic storage device)
Diaries
Videos
Tape recordings
Keeping old letters
Storing emails
Making backup CD's of digital photos, videos, audio recordings, written documents, scanned documents etc.
Keeping souvenirs and mementos

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9. Things That Some People Collect (as a hobby)

Stamps
Coins
Sports cards
Rocks
Shells
Butterflies/Insects
Antiques
Art (paintings, calligraphy etc.)
Comics, magazines, old books
CD’s (music)
DVD’s (films)
Postcards
Dolls
Models (model cars, model trains, model ships, model planes etc.)
Matchboxes
Cigarette packs
Beer cans
Items with a special motif (eg., toys, models & pictures of dogs, cats or horses etc.)
Telephone cards
Souvenirs of places visited

Things that People "Collect" (= keep) (not as a hobby but for future use)

Books, especially reference books or special interest books

Things That People "Collect" (= keep) (not as a hobby but usually for recycling purposes or reuse in the home)

newspapers and magazines
glass bottles
plastic bottles
plastic bags

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10. Environmental Problems

The Problems

pollution: air pollution, water pollution (including oceanic pollution), soil pollution, (noise pollution)
species loss
deforestation
desertification
soil salinification
waste disposal
water shortage

Other Related Vocabulary

Pollution

fertilizer

factory waste

rivers and streams

heavy metals

sulphur dioxide

fossil fuels

hydrogen

wind power, solar power, solar cells

vehicle exhaust

power station

        Water Shortage

recycling

        Waste Disposal

recycling

incineration

landfill

        Desertification

sand storms (dust storms)

overgrazing

goats (a major cause of desertification)

grasslands

reforestation

land regeneration

        Species Loss

habitat loss

ecological balance

genetic diversity

genes; genetic engineering

natural compounds (from living organisms)

medicinal uses

genetically produced medicines (from the use of the genes of other species)

improved/higher food production (from the use of original crop genes)

        Soil Salinification

the water table

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11. Housework

washing the dishes
sweeping (the floor)
mopping (the floor)
making the beds
preparing meals
washing vegetables
cooking
tidying
ironing
dusting
taking out the garbage
doing the laundry (washing clothes)

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12. Secondary School

('Secondary School' is rather formal; 'high school' is usually used.)

Physics
Chemistry
Geography
Politics
Mathematics [Math (U.S); Maths (Br.)]
P.E. (Physical Education) (This is not normally called a 'school subject'.)

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13. Leisure Time & Relaxing

to relax (Don't add 'myself' or any variation of 'self' after this word.)
to 'wind down'
to 'take it easy'
to take a stroll; to take/have a walk
to meditate
massage
sauna
sofa
soft, soothing music
holidays (Br.) = vacation (U.S.)
holiday A ‘holiday’ (singular) usually refers to a public holiday, i.e., a day or small number of days when most people take time off work.
weekend
go on a trip
take a trip
to travel
to go sightseeing
a hobby
an interest
a pastime
to pass the time ( Do not say, "to kill time" except when you are talking about situations when time seems to be moving particularly slowly because you have nothing to do such as waiting for two hours at the train station to catch your train.)

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14. Rain

humid
sticky
uncomfortable
refreshing
cooling
a storm
a thunderstorm
thunder
lightening
a deluge
to pour
to ‘rain cats and dogs’= to rain very heavily
a flood
an underpass
to inundate
the rainy season
the monsoon season
the tropics
a drought
parched
to sprinkle
a drop
not a drop
a dry spell
irregular
a trickle
to dry up
reservoir
a dam
to irrigate

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15. Restaurants & Food

menu
hotpot
seafood
Cantonese style food
Sichuan style food
American-style fast food
pizza
vegetarian
take-away food (U.S. = food to go)
hot = spicy
salty
sour
sweet
a cafe (this is a small restaurant, not a coffee shop such as Starbucks)
a restaurant
a cafeteria (this is usually a self-serve eating place such as in a school or factory)
a snack bar
instant noodles

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16. Letters

business letters
personal letters
postcards
love letters
spam
an attachment
to download
a computer virus
to keep in touch with someone
to hear from someone

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17. Daily Routine

usually, always, often, frequently, sometimes, rarely, seldom, never
alert
fresh
tired, tiring
to take a break
to go online
to check my email
warmed-up
in the evening(s)
in the afternoon(s)
in the morning(s)
in the middle of the night
during the day
during working hours

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