If it hadn’t been for …

the Limiere Brothers Eisenstein Fellini Gerasimov Dysney

Chaplin Bergman Antonioni Gaidai Marilyn Monroe

Exercise 59. a) Make a list of 5 changes you would introduce in VGIK if you

were the rector.

b) In small groups. Make a list of 5 changes you all agree on.

c) Each group presents their ideas to the others.

Exercise 60. 1) Choose the appropriate ending.

1. If I had won that award,

A. my life would have changed.

B. my life would change.

C. my life will change.

2. If I saw her,

A. I would’ve talked to her.

B. I’d talk to her.

C. I’ll talk to her.

3. If the airlines cancel the flight,

A. he wouldn’t have made it to the graduation ceremony.

B. he wouldn’t make it to the graduation ceremony.

C. he won’t make it to the graduation ceremony.

4. If nothing had gone wrong,

1. we would’ve finished on schedule.

2. we would finish on schedule.

3. we’ll finish on schedule.

5. If all else fails,

A. I would’ve had to put an advert on the Net.

B. I’d have to put an advert on the Net.

C. I’ll have to put an advert on the Net.

2) Think of a beginning to each of the remaining endings.

Exercise 61. Translate into Russian.

1. I’ve met that man before. I wish I could remember his name.

2. I wish I knew what we should do.

3. It was a stupid thing to say. I wish I hadn’t said it.

4. I’m sorry I must be off. I wish I could stay longer.

5. I wish you didn’t have to leave so soon.

6. Do you ever wish you could fly?

7. I wish I’d won the lottery at least once.

8. I wish he weren’t so stubborn.

9. I wish we hadn’t had financial restrictions.

10. He wishes he were rich and famous.

11. I wish I’d never come!

12. I wish we were on holidays now.

13. I just wish it were easier to use.

Exercise 62. Complete in as many ways as possible.

1. I can’t … but I wish I could.

2. I didn’t … but now I wish I had.

Exercise 63. Express the same idea using I wish.

Example: It’s a pity he’s away. => I wish he weren’t away.

1. It’s a pity you can’t come to our wedding party.

2. It’s a pity I haven’t got a driving license.

3. It’s a pity the sentences with “I wish” are so confusing.

4. He regrets he isn’t Tom Cruise.

5. She regrets she didn’t refresh her skills before the audition.

6. I’m so sorry I can’t give you precise figures.

7. I regret neglecting my teacher’s tips.

8. It’s a pity they were prejudiced against us.

9. It’s a pity everything didn’t go according to plan.

10. Does she regret she hasn’t become an actress?

11. I’m sorry I have to spend so much time commuting.

12. I’m genuinely sorry I upset you.

Exercise 64. Open the brackets.

1. I wish I (to know) him personally.

2. I wish I (not to have) to deny myself chocolate.

3. I wish I (never to start) this project in the first place!

4. As far as I know he isn’t satisfied with his assistant. He wishes he (to take) on someone else.

5. I wish we (to submit) our film to the festival. We could’ve won a prize.

6. I wish our conversation (not to be) so stilted this time.

7. I wish we (to book) the hotel beforehand. Now we’ll have to pay twice as much.

8. She often wishes things (to be) different.

9. She often wishes things (to be) different when she was a kid.

10. He wishes he (can) appear on TV.

Exercise 65. Do you regret these facts? Give your reasons. Use Conditionals in your

answers.

1. I’m not the role model for teenagers all over the world.

2. I can’t afford to buy an island in the Pacific.

3. I’m not in the Guinness Book of Records.

4. I’m not a pensioner.

Exercise 66. Come up with as many regrets these people might have as possible.

1. Steve is a shop-assistant. He didn’t do well at school.

2. Sally is too shy.

3. Arthur didn’t have a holiday last summer.

4. Emily thinks she isn’t beautiful.

5. Roger’s got a bad cold.

6. You?

Exercise 67. Translate into English.

1. Жаль, что сейчас не лето.

2. Жалко, что ты мне не сказала правду с самого начала.

3. Жаль, что я раньше об этом не знал.

4. Жаль, что не на все вопросы можно так легко ответить.

5. Жаль, что ему не дали визу.

6. Жаль, что мы все так устали.

7. Жалко, что я ничего не смотрел этого режиссёра.

8. Жаль, что это невозможно.

9. Жаль, что мы не можем уложиться в смету.

10. Жаль, что мы не уложились в срок.

11. Жаль, что нам столько приходится платить за аренду.

12. Жалко, что я забыла дома фотоаппарат.

13. Я теперь жалею, что не последовал его совету.

14. Обидно, что мы испортили такой кадр.

READING AND SPEAKING

Exercise 68. Guess who said it. Match the quotation and the author (some personalities are

cited more than once). If you don’t know the person mentioned in the right

column browse the Internet to get some information about him/her.

1. I wish they could only take me as I am.	A. Jack Nicholson
2. E-mail is far more convenient than the telephone, as far as I’m concerned. I would throw my phone away if I could get away with it.	B. Quentin Tarantino
3. If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life – that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment – that would be the perfect state.	C. Catherine Deneuve
4. In other words, I wouldn’t like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally wild, and it’s crazy to think of any form where it’s just one way.	D. Vincent Van Gogh
5. If I wasn’t a film-maker, I’d be a film critic. It’s the only thing I’d be qualified to do.	E. Steven Spielberg
6. I’d rather direct than produce. Any day. And twice on Sunday.	F. Quentin Tarantino
7. Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn’t look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.	G. Tom Hanks
8. I have no regrets. I wouldn’t have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.	H. Leonard Maltin
9. My husband. He keeps me grounded. If I were in the world on my own, it would all be much more seductive. But I’m in a relationship that has nothing to do with the film world.	I. Vin Diesel
10. If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my first choice was an actor, but if I couldn’t be that, I’d want to be a superhero.	J. Cate Blanchett
11. I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I’m just marketing my work!	K.. Ingrid Bergman
12. If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.	L. Marilyn Monroe
13. If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn’t be writing screenplays. I’d be writing novels.	M. Emily Watson
14. I wish I knew why I am so anguished.	N. Abbas Kiarostami
15. If I weren’t a director, I would want to be a film composer.	O. Spike Lee
16. I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor and had no faults. To me, the most important thing is to be truthful.	P. Alfred Hitchcock
17. I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.	Q. Steven Spielberg

Exercise 69. a) Read the article by Alastair Humphreys, adventurer, author and amateur

filmmaker. Try to remember all the 10 mistakes he regrets.