Text #2a circue du soleil

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At age 18, interested in having some kind of performing career, Guy Lali-berté quit college and left home. He toured Europe as a folk musician and busker. By the time, he returned home to Canada in 1979, he had learned the art of fire breathing. Although he became ‘employed’ at a Hydroelectric power plant, his job ended after only three days due to a labour strike. He decided not to look for another job. He helped organize a summer fair in Baie-Saint-Paul with the help of a pair of friends named Daniel Gauthier and Gilles Ste-Croix. Daniel and Gilles were managing a youth hostel for performing artists named ‘Le Balcon Vert’ at that time. In sum-mer of 1979, they decided to turn ‘Le Balcon Vert’ and the talented performers who lived there, into an organized performing troupe. As part of a publicity stunt to convince the Quebec government to help fund their production, Ste-Croix walked 90km to Quebec City on stilts. The ploy worked, giving the three men the money to cre-ate their own Circus. Employing many of the people who would later make up Cirque du Soleil, the Circus toured Quebec during the summer of 1980. Although well received by audiences and critics alike, the Circus was a financial failure. In 1981, they met with better results. By that fall, the Circus had broken even. The success inspired Laliberté and Ste-Croix to organize a summer fair in their hometown. This touring festival first took place in July 1982. It featured workshops to teach the circus arts to the public, after which those who participated could take part in a perfor-mance. Ironically, the festival was barred from its own hosting town after complaints from local citizens. Guy Laliberté managed and produced the fair over the next couple years, nurturing it into a moderate financial success. In 1983 the government of Quebec gave him a $1.5million grant to host a production the following year as part of Quebec's 450th anniversary celebration of the French explorer Jacques Cartier's discovery of Canada. Laliberté named his creation ‘Le Grand Tour du ‘Cirque du Soleil’

9) Answer the following questions

1) When did Guy Laliberté return from his European tour?

2) What had he learnt by the time he came back to Canada in 1979?

3) How long did he work at the Hydroelectric power plant?

4) Who organized a summer fair in Baie-Saint-Paul?

5) What business were Daniel Gauthier and Gilles Ste-Croix ha-

ving at that moment?

6) What did they decide to do in summer of 1979?

7) What did Ste-Croix do to convince the Quebec government to

help fund his production?

8) When did The Circus have a success?

9) When did the touring festival take place?

10) What could the public learn in the workshops of the festival?

11) Why did the Quebec government of finance Guy Laliberté?

12) How did Guy Laliberté name his creation?

10) Find in the text in what sentences the following numbers are mentioned

1) 18 years old
2) in 1979
3) 90 km
4) during the summer of 1980
5) in 1981
6) in July 1982
7) in 1983
8) 450th anniversary

11) Read the above text and write the main concepts using the following expressions

1) The text is about ________________________________________.

2) The first part of the text is focused on ______________________.

3) Then the author describes smth (suggests, states that) ________.

4) After that the author passes on to (description of, statement of, analysis of ________________________________________________.

5) At the end of the text, the author pays attention to the fact that_______________________________________________________.

6) I have read the text with great interest ______________________.

12) Translate the Russian text into English and retell it

Use the following words:

Hereditary – потомственный; international network – между-народная сеть; circus spectacle –цирковое зрелище, merchant-try – купечество, businesslike- предприимчивый; matinee – утренник; union of circus and cinematography - объединение цирка и кино, traffic way – проезжая часть, safety considera-tions – соображения безопасности, devotion – преданность ‘The Prisoner of the Caucasus’ –Кавказская пленница

МОСКОВСКИЙ ЦИРК НА ЦВЕТНОМ БУЛЬВАРЕ

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20 октября 1880 года был открыт Московский цирк на Цвет-ном бульваре. В декабре 1996 года цирку было присвоено имя Юрия Никулина, проработавшего здесь полвека. Создателем цирка, который носит имя Юрия Никулина, был итальянский потомственный цирковой артист Альберт Саламонский. Из-начально здание на Цветном относилось к международной сети: предприимчивый Саламонский открыл множество цир-ков по всей Европе - в Берлине, Одессе, Риге, Москве и других городах.

Именно цирк на Цветном бульваре превратил цирковое ис-кусство в развлечение для детей. До этого цирковые зрелища были забавой для взрослых, а основной аудиторией самого Саламонского было столичное купечество. Однако артист до-вольно быстро осознал, как велика и перспективна детская аудитория. Так в цирке появились ‘утренники’ - каждое вос-кресенье цирк представлял детские спектакли, а на Рождество устраивал елки.

Талант клоуна и циркового артиста Юрия Никулина нагляд-но демонстрирует начало его карьеры. Прежде чем попасть в цирк, Никулин пробовал поступить во множество студий актерского мастерства , однако его преследовали неудачи. А при наборе в цирк на Цветном бульваре его приняли сразу, при том, что на 18 мест претендовало около сотни артистов. Преданность цирковому искусству заставили Никулина отказаться от ряда ролей в кино. Например, от роли Юрия Деточкина в "Берегись автомобиля" он отказался из-за га-стролей.

Памятник Юрию Никулину возле цирка, открытый в 2000 году имеет много интересных историй. Автомобиль Adler Trumpf Junior, возле которого стоит артист в своем клоунском образе, был задействован в съемках ‘Кавказской пленницы’, и символизирует объединение цирка и кино в жизни Никули-на. Сначала памятник хотели разместить прямо на проезжей части, чтобы автомобиль был, как будто припаркован, однако от идеи по соображениям безопасности отказались.

TASK# 3

Побеседовать с преподавателем на тему о цирке. Допишите данные предложения. На основании приведенного материа-ла составьте свое сообщение по теме для экзамена.

TASK#3 SHOULD ANIMALS PERFORM IN A CIRCUS?

1) Performing animals have always been _______ (a part/a circus act/unit) of the circus and thus an integral part of the circus cul-ture.

2) Some people _________ (think/ believe/maintain) that keeping animals in a circus and making them perform tricks is cruel. I support /I do not support this idea because __________________.

3) I think that animals have traditionally performed in circuses for hundreds of years. In the days before film and television, the only way that many people could see exotic animals was _________ (to visit/to go/ to attend) a circus or zoo.

4) The public love to see performing animals. We all love animals and one of the _______ (best / worse/improper) places to see them is in a circus.

5) Animals are well looked after in circuses. They have accommo-dation specially built for them, which allows them to live a more _________ (natural/ happy/ healthy) life.

5) Some people think that the animals would be happier living in the wild. In the wild, however, animals often starve or are killed by ________ (predators/hunters/ cruel people).

6) Animals in circuses are looked after and trained to perform by __________ (specialists/actors/animal tamers) who know animal behavior. Performing animals are trained in the same way that you might train your puppy at home.

7) Animal trainers love and care for them and look after them when they are _______ (sick/unhappy/ angry). They do not hurt them or make them do things they do not want to.

8) Circuses are _________ (magical/ entertaining/public) places and animals are part of that magic. Performing lions, tigers, elephants, horses add to our enjoyment of the circus experience.

9) Some people believe that keeping animals in circuses and making them perform is _______ (cruel/bad/sad). They say that circus animals are often kept in unhealthy conditions, that they are transported in cages, which are too _______ (small/big/ uncom-fortable) for them.

10) In the wild, bears do not ride ______ (bikes/cars/bus), tigers do not jump through burning hoops and elephants do not let men ride on their backs.

11) Wild animals will only perform tricks in a circus because we make them do it. _________ (Training/Taming/Hurting) they are often very cruel. Camels, tigers and lions are beaten with sticks.

LEXICOLOGY: THE INTERJECTIONS

Восклицание– это часть речи, выражающая различные эмо-ции, не называя их. По значению их можно разделить на две основные группы: эмоциональные (emotional) и побуди-тельные (imperative).

1) Эмоциональные восклицания выражают чувства говоря-щего. К ним относятся: Ah, oh, eh, bravo, alas, etc.

1) Hurah! Our football team Ура! Наша футбольная команда

won the game yesterday! выиграла матч вчера. (радость)

2)‘Dear me!’ says Mrs. Chillip Боже мой! сказала г-жа Чиллип

smiling. с улыбкой (удивление)

3) Oh bother! I forgot to phone Какая жалость, я забыл позво-

нить Джин. (негодование)

4) Alas! My fears were just. Увы! Мои опасения были не на-

прасны. (печаль)

5) Oops, I shouldn't have said Ой, мне не следовало говорить

that. Me and my big mouth. этого. Меня подвел мой длинный

язык. (сожаление)

2) Побудительные восклицания показывают желание говорящего, приказ или обращение к собеседнику.

К ним относятся: here, hush, sh-sh, well, come, now, etc.

1)Here, someone! Where are you? Эй, кто-нибудь! Где вы?

(обращение)

2) Hush! hush! Перестань шуметь! (приказ)

3) Well, it can't be helped! Ну что же, ничего не поделаешь

(сожаление)

4) Come on! Живей! (приказ)

13) Match the description of the emotions or actions with the interjections

The Interjection	Description
1) Alas!	a) surprise about your mistake
2) Dear me!	b) approval
3) Hurrah!	c) sorrow
4) Oops!	d) surprise
5) Bravo!	e) refuse to eat
6) Aw!	f) order
7) Come on!	j) surprise
8) Wow! This tastes good!	k) catching attention
9) Ugh! I won’t eat it!	l) annoyance
10) Hey! What do you have there?	m) joy

14) Choose and insert the proper interjections, to make the text more emotional

BRAVO, CIRCUS!

_________, (Hurrah! /Сome on! /Aw!) Artists from the UK, Romania, Russia, Bulgaria, Mongolia and China teamed up to celebrate National Circus Day on the anniversary of the birth of the modern circus 235 years ago.

On Tuesday performers were catapulted off giant springboards, contortionists bemused passers - by outside Hamley's toy store, and others ________ (Wow! /Oops! /Ugh!) span plates on rods.

The modern circus was invented by a former cavalry sergeant-major, Philip Astley.

He opened a riding school near Westminster Bridge on 8 April 1768, where he taught in the morning and put on trick-riding displays in the afternoon.

He performed his stunts in a ring 42 ft (12, 8 m) in diameter, which is the size used by circuses ever since.

In 1770, he brought together the elements of the modern circus by hiring acrobats, tightrope walkers and jugglers, and using a clown to fill in the pauses between acts.

He later opened the first circus in Paris. _____ (Well, /Alas, /Wow!) He died in 1814.

BBC News

April 2003

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