7. Read the article again and choose the most suitable sentence from the list (a-I) for each gap. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning.
First of all, the Internet is slow.
Many newspapers are already online; and you can read them on screen at home, or even on your mobile phone.
Even if we haven’t, it doesn’t matter, as there is probably plenty of room for both books and screens.
To publishers, this meant the arrival of the e-book!
Would you be happy to get your newspaper on the screen, or do you still prefer turning those pages?
Did you know that we can read 50 % more quickly on paper than we can on a computer screen?
It looks as if people are already interested in the general idea.
We like to decorate our rooms wit them, too.
More than half of today’s newspapers now have websites.
8. Translate the following sentences into English:
Вчені передбачають, що молодь буде читати менше журналів та книжок.
Вчитель попросив відіслати свої твори електронною поштою.
Книги дуже зручно носити в сумці.
Пачка журналів та книжок лежать на столі.
Електронні книги стають широкодоступними.
Мої друзі змінили свою думку щодо читання книг та газет.
Деякі люди сумніваються, що у майбутньому будуть існувати газети та журнали.
Людям подобається тримати книжки в руках.
9. Put in the right order.
- Thank you. - I like playing computer games. And you? - No. - Why? - I wanted to invite you to the pool. - And what do you like to do?
- Do you like swimming? - What a shame. - I work on a computer a lot, there for I like swimming during my free time.
* * * * * * * * * *
- No. Unfortunately, I don’t have free time now.
-
Yes.
- I like to photograph.
- What else?
- Do you
play it now?
- Do you have a hobby?
- What’s that?
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I liked to play baseball when I was a child.
* * * * * * * * * *
- Yes, I play piano and guitar.
- I like to sing and dance. - Do you know how to play piano? (Can you play piano?) -What do you like to do? - I dance at a club at the university. - Where do you dance?
10. Make composition “How do I spend my leisure time”
Заняття 1.13 Відвідування театру, кінотеатру
1. Learn and memorize these words:
to act out – грати на сцені |
stalls - партер |
spectacle – спектакль, видовище |
box - ложа |
performing arts – виконавчі види мистецтва |
pit - амфітеатр |
Puppet theater – ляльковий театр |
upper-circle - перший ярус |
Musical Comedy Theater – театр оперети |
dress-circle - бельетаж |
Drama Theater – драматичний театр |
gallery - гальорка |
beforehand – завчасно cloak-room - гардероб |
gangway seats – місця біля проходу між рядами |
box-office – каса |
sets- декорації |
costume - костюм |
cast - трупа |
performance - вистава |
to get rave review – отримати схвальну рецензію |
production - постановка |
direction – керівництво, напрямок |
matinee – ранкова вистава |
tune - настроювати |
2. Read, translate and remember
1) What is a theatre?
Theatre or theater (from French "théâtre", meaning "place of seeing") is the branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, mime, puppets, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts.
2) What theatre do you prefer to attend?
3) Where do you like to seat?
You can see the pit near the stage. There are boxes on both sides of the pit. A dress-circle is higher than the pit. The balconies are higher than the dress-circle.
4) Buying a ticket.
If you want to go to the theatre you should think about some things beforehand. First of all go to the box-office and ask if they have seats for the day you want. Don't forget that the most expensive seats are in the front stalls or in the boxes, and the cheapest are in the gallery. The seats in the dress circle are not so expensive, but quite good, especially if they are in the first and second row. If you can't decide about your seats you can look at the map of the hall which usually is on the wall of the box-office and can be quite helpful.