1. When they entered the theatre, they presented their tickets to usher and he directed them upstairs. 2. We shall have been asking for the seats in the stalls for us at the box-office when you come. 3. The sisters will have been discussing for a long time what kind of play to attend (a comedy or a drama), when mother returns. 4. He likes to sit nearer the screen. 5. I suggest our going to the theatre. It's a Chaikovsky programme, isn't it? 6. We shall visit the Opera House next Sunday.

2. Put the following sentences in the Future Perfect Continuous Tense:

1. I have been waiting for this play for more than a month. 2. We have been sitting in the stalls for several minutes. 3. I have been reading a programme for five mi­nutes. 4. She hasn't been visiting the theatre for a long time. 5. We have been discussing what kind of show to attend for ten minutes. 6. I have been visiting the Operet­ta House for two years. 7. They have been discussing the play "The Thunderstorm" for a long time.

3. Make the following sentences negative:

1. The actors will have been having the rehearsal at the theatre for two hours. 2. This play will have been staging for several weeks. 3. The playwright will have working on the script for two months. 4. We shall have been booking the seats at 10 o'clock tomorrow. 5.1 shall have been working at the circus all day. 6. He will have been staying at the theatre for an hour.

4. Put the Infinitives in brackets in the Future Perfect Continuous Tense:

1. He (read) a programme for ten minutes when they come. 2. She (wait) for this comedy for a month before it is on the repertoire of the theatre. 3. The stalls (fill up) for twenty minutes before they come. 4. Paul (read) books about the theatre for several years before he becames an expert. 5. I (work) on this report about our famous actors for two hours before my sister comes. 6. My father (work) at this theatre for twenty years by 1999.

5. Translate into English:

   1. Ви діставатимете квитки на цю виставу за три дні до його приїзду. 2. Ти читатимеш цю книжку про видат­них акторів театру кілька днів, перш ніж повернеш її до бібліотеки. 3. Я не читатиму змісту цього балету і десяти хвилин, коли він розпочнеться. 4. Ми не чекатимемо і трьох хвилин, коли актори з'являться на сцені.

COMMUNICATIVE SITUATIONS

1. Speak about your favourite playwright and favourite performance.

2. Speak about your favourite actor (dancer, composer).

3. Book seats for the theatre at the box-office.

4. Exchange impressions after a visit to the theatre.

5. You meet friends at the theatre.

Lesson 17

CINEMA EXERCISES

I. Read and memorize the following words:

cinema ['sinima] кіно, кінотеатр

e.g. I'm fond of cinema.

actor ['aekts] актор

actress I'ffiktris] актриса

e.g. Who is your favourite film actor?

film [film] (U.K.)/movie ['mu:vi] (U. S.) фільм

newsreel ['nju:zri:l] кінохроніка

newsfilm ['nju:zfilm] кіножурнал

e.g. As usual, before the show of the film they give news- reel.

(to) produce [prs'dju:s] створювати producer [prs'dju:sa] режисер-постановник e.g. Do you know the name of the producer? director [di'rekta] режисер, продюсер script [skript]/scenario [si'na:riou] сценарій

scriptwriter ['skript.raita] сценарист

screen [skri:n] екран; екранізувати

e.g. We see the moving picture on a screen.

poster ['pousta] афіша

review [ri'vju:] рецензія

preview [pri'vju:] перший перегляд фільму

advertisement [ad'vsitismant] реклама

e.g. We need a very good advertisement.

book [buk] замовляти, брати (квиток)

e.g. Let's book seats for the last evening performance.

row [rou] ряд

e.g. Let's take seats seven and eight in the sixteenth row.

cinerama ['smarams] синерама, панорамне кіно

amusing [s'mju:zir|] цікавий

e.g. This film is amusing.

funny ЇТлпі] смішний

e.g. We saw veiy funny film yesterday.

entertaining [,ents'teinir)] розважальний informative [m'fo:mativ] пізнавальний educational [,edju:'keijanl] виховний exciting [ik'saitiol/tSirilling ['бпІЦ)] хвилюючий dull [dAl]/boring ['bo:rirj] нудний disappointing [,dis3'pomtio] такий, що викликає роз­чарування

II. Learn the following word-combinations:

cinema-goer 1 любитель ходити в кіно

cinema-fan J

film actor кіноактор

кінозірка

main character

(to) produce a film

(to) make / (fco) shoot a film

(to) screen a play

screen version of a novel

wide-screen film

(to) release a film

(to) revive a film

(to) advertise a film

documentary film

popular science film

animated cartoon

feature film

sound film

silent film

three-dimensional film wide screen головний герой створити фільм знімати фільм екранізувати п'єсу екранізація роману широкоекранний фільм випустити фільм на екран показувати старий фільм рекламувати фільм документальний фільм науково-популярний фільм мультиплікаційний фільм художній фільм звуковий фільм німий фільм стереофільм широкий екра

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III. Fill in the blanks with the necessary words:

1. I like to see colour ... . (screen, script, film) 2. The people who go to see films regularly or often are called ... . (actors, cinema-goers, producers) 3. As usual, before the show of the film they give a ... . (script, review, new- sreel) 4. Today people like to stay at home to watch ..., particularly when it is cold and wet outside, (television, screen, poster)