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Министерство науки и высшего образования РФ Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования

« ибирский государственный автомобильно-дорожный университет (СибАДИ)»

СибАДИЕ.В. Гердт, Т.А. Воробец, М.А. Федорова

WATCH AND TRANSLATE

СМОТРИ И ПЕРЕВОДИ

Уче ное пособие

Омск • 2019

УДК 811.111

Согласно 436-ФЗ от 29.12.2010 «О защите детей

ББК 81.432.1

от информации, причиняющей вред их здоровью

Г37

и развитию» данная продукция маркировке не подлежит.

 

Рецензенты:

канд. филол. наук, доц. Т.А. Винникова (ОмГТУ); канд. филол. наук, доц. Е.В. Шашкова (ОмГУ)

Работа утверждена редакционно-издательским советом СибАДИ в качестве учебного пособия.

Гердт, Елена Валерьевна.

Г37 Watch and translate = Смотри и переводи [Электронный ресурс] : учебное

пособие / Е.В. Гердт, Т.А. Воробец, М.А. Федорова. Омск : СибАДИ, 2019. –

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Основной целью учебного пособия является развитие навыков аудирования на основе просмотра и перевода аутентичных фильмов на английском языке.

Направлено на расширение словарного запаса обучаемого. Дает ему возможность «погружения» в языковую атмосферу стран изучаемого языка.

Дидактическая эвалюация учебного материала направлена на реализацию компетенции, в основе которой лежит способность к коммуникации в устной и письменной формах на иностранном (английском) языке для решения задач межличностного и межкультурного взаимодействия.

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Подготовлено на кафедре«Иностранныеязыки».

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Техническая подготовка Н.В. Кенжалинова Издание второе, деривативное. Дата подписания к использованию 13.06.2019

Издательско-полиграфический комплекс СибАДИ. 644080, г. Омск, пр. Мира, 5 РИО ИПК СибАДИ. 644080, г. Омск, ул. 2-я Поселковая, 1

© ФГБОУ ВО «СибАДИ», 2019

INTRODUCTION

1.Mind map. Write as many words connected with CINEMA as you can.

2.Answer the questions:

1.Do you like watching films?

2.How often do you go to the cinema?

3.What films do you like: comedies, dramas, science fiction films?

4.What is your favourite film?

5.Who is your favourite actor (actress)?

3. Translate these words into Russian and learn them by heart. Make 3 sentences using these words.

 

Vocabulary

a director

to cast roles

a script

to shoot

a script writer

t plot

a producer

a character

an actor

an episode

a cameraman

series

a soundman

captions

a lighter

a star

a composer

to star

a dresser

a celebrity

a make-up artist

a bit part

to make a film

a montage

to play the (leading) role / part

a baddy

to release a film

special effects

a film crew

a review

a supporting role

a close-up

action!

scenery

casting

a preview

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4. Read the text about some of the people in a film crew and complete the diagram. Pay attention to the difference between “to be responsible to” and “to be responsible for”.

This is a fairly typical film set. On this film set, the director, John, is the boss. He’s like the managing director of a company. He’s responsible for making sure the film is made on time and to budget. The producer is really in charge of the business. In a normal company, he would be the chairperson. Our producer’s name is Sam and he is responsible to the studio. They’re the shareholders – the people who invest money in the film.

There are a lot of people involved in making a film. The camera operator is called Steve. He does all the filming and he’s responsible to John. The sound recordist is Emma – she works closely with Steve. Her job is to record everything the actors say. Then there’s Tony, the electrician. He looks after the equipment. Martin, the grip, organizes all the practical things and deals with any problems.

Finally, there’s me. My name’s Pat and I’m the assistant director. I help John, the director. I’m responsible for the rest of the crew, including Tony and Martin. My job is to make sure that everyone is in the right place at the right time and they know what to do.

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6. What types of films do you know? Translate these words into Russian and learn them by heart. Make 3 sentences using these words.

a feature film a documentary a western

an adventure film a horror film

an action film a musical

an animated film (a cartoon) a crime/detective film

a comedy

a science fiction film

a love story/ a romantic film a spy film

a soap opera a war film

a gangster film a thriller

a biography (biopic)

a melodrama (a tearjerker) a historical film

7. What types of films are these? Give one name of each type of films.

1.A dead person comes back to life.

2.James Bond saves the world.

3.Mickey Mouse goes on a picnic.

4.A dead body is found in the river.

5.There are lots of songs and dancing.

6.Some cowboys rob a train.

7.Men wore women’s dresses to hide from other people.

8.A woman who had a cancer met a handsome young man and they fell in love with each other.

9.Unknown humanlike beings occupied the Earth.

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8. Match the stages of filmmaking with their headings and put them in a logical order.

1.production

2.pre-production

3.post-production

4.sales and distribution

5.development

A)In this stage, the project's producer finds a story, which may come from a book, play, another film, a true story, original idea, etc. After identifying a theme or underlying message, the producer works with writers to prepare a synopsis. Next, a screenwriter writes a screenplay over a period of several months. The screenwriter may rewrite it several times to improve dramatization, clarity, structure, characters, dialogue, and overall style.

B)The film is released to cinemas or, occasionally, to DVD, VHS. The film is duplicated as required for distribution to cinemas. Press kits, posters, and other advertising materials are published and the film is advertised. Film companies usually release a film with a launch party, interviews with the press, press preview screenings, and film festival screenings. Most films have a website.

C)Preparations are made for the shoot, in which cast and crew are hired, locations are selected, and sets are built. In this stage, the film is designed and planned. The production company is created and a production office established. The production is storyboarded and visualized with the help of illustrators and concept artists. A production budget is drawn up to plan expenditures for the film. The producer hires a crew. The nature of the film, and the budget,determinethesizeand type ofcrew used during filmmaking.

D)The film is edited; production sound (dialogue) is concurrently (but separately) edited, music tracks (and songs) are composed, performed and recorded; sound effects are designed and recorded; and any other com- puter-graphic «visual» effects are digitally added, all sound elements are mixed into «stems». Then the «stems» are mixed and are inserted to the picture and the film is fully completed.

E)The raw elements for the finished film are recorded. In this stage, the film is created and shot. More crew will be recruited at this stage, such as the property master, script supervisor, assistant directors, stills photographer, picture editor, and sound editors. These are just the most common roles in filmmaking; the production office will be free to create any unique blend of roles to suit a particular film.

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9. Read the text and tell about main stages of Hollywood’s history using the dates:

1929

1948

1950s

XXI century

The American movie industry is known as Hollywood, because that is where it is based. In the early days of cinema, movie-makers headed for California and Los Angeles in particular because they could rely on the weather and the light. Early black and white

silent movies were a huge success, and one after the other movie-makers began making their films in the Los Angeles suburb of Hollywood. By 1929, sound had arrived. By now Hollywood was well known enough to begin awarding prizes for its movies, and the Oscars began that year.

The middle of the 20th century saw Hollywood’s golden years. The studios were owned by a small number of companies, who made the movies, employed the actors, and sold the films to movie theaters. Actors were contracted to a studio and could work for no one else. The studios controlled every aspect of the movie industry and there seemed no limit to their ability to make money. In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that it was unfair for the studios to make the movies, own the theaters, and only permit them to show the studio’s own movies. The power of the studios was set to disappear.

Television had recently begun in the USA, and the studios began making programs for TV as well. This is the main source of income for most studios today. In fact, very few movies are now made in Hollywood. Most are made further out of Los Angeles, where there is more space to work.

In the modern industry, it is no longer the studio which controls the business. The most powerful players are the actors, the really famous actors. An Oscar winner can pick and choose the films he or she will star in. An actor who is a consistent box-office success can insist on changes to the movies that they make. Directors too have a lot of say in how the industry operates – if they are directors of money-making movies.

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It is used to be said that you were successful in Hollywood if the audiences liked your films. Later, as the industry became larger and more organized, a successful actor was an Oscar winner. Later still, film studios considered a movie a success if it made a lot of money. The current trend is for success to be measured in independence. A really great Hollywood actor can convince people to give huge amounts of money to set up in an independent production company, and not just star in a movie, but make it too.

10. Read the text of the previous exercise and write if the statement true or false. Correct wrong statements.

1.People started making movies in Hollywood because of the weather.

2.The studios controlled the industry from the very beginning.

3.Movies are more financially important for the studios than television.

4.The actors are less important than the studios nowadays.

5.Successful directors have a lot of influence in the industry.

6.Successful actors make their own movies.

11. Read the film quotes and write down the titles of the films where they are used. Put the film quotes into reported speech and remember that the tenses move back. You will need tochange some of the pronouns.

1.«Life is like a box of chocolates». (Forrest Gump) His mother said that life was like a box of chocolates.

2.«I’m coming for you».

Freddy told the children

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3. «I’ll be back».

 

 

He told me

 

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4. «Do not try to bend the spoon. That’s impossible. Instead…. only try to realize the truth. There is no spoon. Then you’ll see that it’s not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself».

The boy said

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5. «What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet».

She asked

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6.

«Why is a raven like a writing desk? »

 

 

 

He wanted to know

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7.

«I’ll think about

that tomorrow».

 

 

 

She promised

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8.

«All for one

and one for all».

 

 

 

They exclaimed

 

.

 

9.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

«I finally invent something that works! »

 

 

 

He cried

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10. «May

the force be with you! »

 

 

 

He said

 

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«Always remember, the ring is trying to get back to its master».

He reminded

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«He’s got

 

to be the best pirate I’ve ever seen».

 

 

 

 

He said

 

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«You are the boy who lived».

 

 

 

 

He told Harry

 

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12. Rewrite the texts in direct speech.

She told me that her favourite film was Titanic. She explained that she had already seen it six times and that she was going to watch it again tonight. She said that she was a great fan of Kate Winslet and that she was hoping to meet her one day. She said that she particularly liked the ending, although it always made her cry. She said that she didn’t find Leonardo diCaprio very attractive, but she thought he was a great actor.

My favourite film is Titanic. I ….

He told me that his favourite film was the Matrix. He said that he loved that film, and had to record it. He called that movie amazing. He told me that he had watched it at nine and then he was seventeen. He explained that the Wachowski brothers had shown incredible proficiency in film-making, and The Matrix trilogy would be the films by which they were remembered. He stressed that groundbreaking special effects, excellent casting, a complex and philosophical plot made that movie a breakthrough in motionpicture history.

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My favourite film is the Matrix. I ….

13. Read this web report of an interview with Tom Hanks. Why is he known as ‘Mr Nice Guy’?

In an online interview for Contactmusic.com, Hollywood actor, Tom Hanks, has revealed that he’s happy being known as ‘Mr Nice Guy’.

When they asked him how he felt about his nice guy persona, he told them that he was happy with it and that he felt confident that he lived up to his reputation.

They asked him where this reputation had come from, and he told them that he thought it was because he had always cooperated with the press. They asked him whether he had ever had problems with the paparazzi, and he told them that he hadn’t because he respected people, even when he didn’t like them.

Brisbanetimes.com asked the Forrest Gump star why he always played the part of the nice guy in films and never the villain. He reminded them that he had played the part of an executioner in The Green Mile, but, because of his nice guy image, the media had reported that he was a ‘nice executioner’!

Finally, Chinadaily.com asked him what his current plans were, and he said that he wanted to direct again, but that he couldn’t do that at the moment, because it would take him away from his children. What a nice guy!

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14. What are the actual questions that were used in the interview? Underline the five reported questions in the report and rewrite them in direct speech.

How do you feel about your ‘nice guy’ persona?

15. Look at the examples in exercise 14 and decide if the following statements are true or false when you report questions.

A)The tense usually moves back in a reported question (present simple → past simple).

B)Whether or if are used to report yes/no questions. (Did you go out → She asked me if I’d been out).

C)The word order changes to subject + verb (Who are you? → He asked me who I was).

16. Underline the correct alternative.

A)The black and white photography / premiere was especially beautiful.

B)The film has a very happy ending / hit.

C)It was a real musical / tearjerker and everybody was crying.

D)I had to read the fantasy / subtitles because I couldn’t understand what they were saying.

E)The plot / soundtrack includes two excellent songs by Elton John.

F)The film was based on / set in London in the twenty-third century.

G)I’m not sure whether it’s a horror film or a storyline / thriller – both, I guess.

17. You are going to tell your partner about a film you enjoyed. Answer these questions and characterize its plot.

A)What’s the title of the film?

B)When and where did you see it?

C)Who’s in it?

D)Who directed it?

E)What is it based on?

F)What type of film is it?

G)What do you particularly like about it?

H)What kind of ending does it have?

I)Would you recommend this film?

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18. Complete the text with the following words:

acting, based, director, hits, plot, premiere, science fiction, special effects.

The Star Wars films have been the most successful (1) ____ films of all time. So far, there have been seven in the series, and they have all been (2) _____. Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace has probably over $1,000,000,000 and so many people wanted to attend the (3)

_____ that some American companies closed on the opening day. George Lucas was the writer of all of the films and the (4) ______. The (5) ______ is quite simple. It

tells the story of the fight between the forces of good and the forces of evil. The (6) ____ is excellent, with stars like Natalie Portman, Samuel L. Jackson and Harrison Ford, but most people remember the films for the brilliant (7) ______ . Many video games that are (8) _____ on the films have also become bestsellers.

19. Match the film titles (A-H) with the types of film (1 8).

A) The First Kiss

1. gangster film

B) Cut, Burn, Kill

2. horror film

C) Al Capone and the Chicago Mafia

3. love story

D) My girlfriend’s Sense of Humour

4. romantic comedy

E) Mysterious Planet

5. science fiction film

F) The Confident Cowboy

6. spy film

G) They Died for their Country

7. war film

H) CIA: Secret Agent

8. western

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20. Read the article about a film extra and put the questions (A-F) in the order in which Marco answers them.

A)And your long-term plans?

B)How could you be an actor without good English?

C) How long have you been an extra, Marco?

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D) Is it well-paid?

E) What are your current projects?

F) What kind of roles do you get?

Spotlight on … The EXTRA

1.Only about three years. I came to London about three years ago because my wife is English. When I first arrived, my English wasn’t very good, and it was difficult to find a job. Then, someone suggested I become an actor.

2.At the beginning, I was just what we call a «background artist». «Background artists» don’t say anything. We’re the people that you see in a film in a crowd. Standing around at a party, for example. Later on, when my English improved, I became a real walk-on actor.

3.Sometimes I’m just somebody in a crowd or at a party, but they often give me the part of a businessman. I suppose hey think I look like a businessman, but I know absolutely nothing about business. I have one business suit and I’ve worn it dozens of times in films. I’ve worn it in a James Bond film, where I’m a businessman who’s a guest at a party. And in the last of the Jason Bourne films, I’m also a businessman on his way home from work, at the station. If I have a speaking part, they often give me the part of a Russian. They think my accent sounds Russian, although I’m Slovenian.

4.It depends. It starts at about £80 a day, but you can make three or four times more if you get a good part.

5.Tomorrow, I’m doing a thriller – we’re filming it in Wales. I don’t know much about it except that I’m playing the part of a ‘nice guy’ businessman. It’s a film for TV. Then, on Friday, I’ve got a part in a TV programme that’s very popular here in Britain. It’s called Emmerdale. I’ve never watched the programme myself but all these things are very similar.

6.Now that my English is much better, I’m looking for something more challenging. I’d like to work in the theatre, but, of course, I’d like to make more movies, too. I’d love to work with some of the great directors, like Spielberg or George Lucas.

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21. Read the article again and say if the sentences are true or false.

A)Marco came to London to be an actor.

B)It was his wife’s idea for him to become an actor.

C)He had to improve his English before he could work as a walk-on actor.

D)Walk-on actors sometimes have to speak.

E)Marco was a businessman before he became an actor.

F)He acts in films as well as TV programmes.

G)He is sometimes given the part of foreign characters.

H)He has never seen Emmerdale.

I)He wants to give up his acting work.

22. Correct the grammatical mistakes in four of the sentences below. Find the correct sentences.

A)She asked me who my favourite living director was.

B)She asked me what was the name of his last film.

C)She asked me how many films he had made.

D)She asked me which film had I watched first.

E)She asked me I was going to watch any of his films again.

F)She asked me whether I had watched all his films.

G)She asked me did I know anything about his life.

H)She asked me what actors had acted in his last film.

23.Put the questions in exercise 21 into direct speech. For example: Who is your favourite living director?

24.Replace the italicized words in the following sentences with these words:

сentral, touching, gripping, is set, storyline, thought-provoking.

A)The story takes place in New York.

B)One of the main characters is a spy.

C)The characters are believable and appealing.

D)The plot is complex and full of twists.

E)It was really exciting from start to finish.

F)It was stimulating and intriguing.

Think of a film you have seen that fits each of the descriptions above. Tell a partner about it.

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25. Read the film reviews and tick the topics that are mentioned.

 

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The cast

The ending

The plot

The script

The soundtrack

The special effects

 

1. Ocean’s eleven

 

Ocean’s eleven is a comedy thriller that was a big hit in 2001. It was directed by Steven Soderbergh and based on another film of the same title that was made in 1960. It stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon, and there are many other well-known actors, too.

The film tells the story of Danny Ocean, a gangster who comes out of prison and organizes a group of friends to rob a casino in Las Vegas. The plot is not easy to understand, but, on the whole, the details of the story are not terribly important.

The script is very funny and the acting is generally excellent. I was especially impressed by Brad Pitt, who played the character of Rusty Ryan. The scenes that are set in the casino are particularly gripping and the suspense will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Ocean’s eleven is full of action and it’s funny at the same time. As a piece of Hollywood entertainment, I thoroughly recommend it.

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2. Back to the future

Back to the Future is a combination science fiction and comedy about a suburban teenager, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), and the adventures he has with his best friend, the eccentric scientist and inventor Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) who has invented a time machine. Marty is portrayed in the film as being very "cool" by teen standards: he's an expert skateboarder, plays guitar in a rock band, and has a serious girlfriend, Jennifer (Mary Steenburgen). In contrast his home life is rather pathetic: his unhappy mother, Lorraine (Lea Thompson), drinks a lot, criticizes her daughter for calling boys on the telephone, and tells Marty she doesn't approve of Jennifer. One of the things that makes Back to the Future work so well as a film is the attention to details and the comedy that is generated by the contrast in attitudes and lifestyles between the fifties and the eighties. When Marty walks into a drug store to find a phone book and the owner asks him why he is wearing an inner tube (his sleeveless parka), or when Lorraine calls him Calvin because she saw Calvin Klein embroidered on his underwear.

Director Robert Zemeckis deserves a lot of credit for keeping the action well paced, the audience on the edge of their seats, and for the fine performances he achieved from the cast. In fact, he is responsible for putting Michael J. Fox into this film after a lot of it had been shot. Fox's energy and enthusiasm make the film work, and he is a good foil for Christopher Lloyd, who always acts as if he actually believes the scientific flim-flam he is saying. And Thomas F. Wilson seems to relish his role as Biff the town

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bully, the guy you love to hate. But the best part of this film is the closing scene after all has been resolved. Imagine what it would be like if you were able to change just one or two incidents of the past. Because of those little changes Marty made in his family's space-time continuum, he gets to experience a very different life from what you saw in the opening scenes.

More than just a series of anachronisms, Back to the Future has a real heart. You suffer along with Marty's teenaged dad, George, at the depredations of his tormentor, Biff, and get a genuine surge of adrenaline and pride when George finally takes his stand. Could this event lead to a changed life? In Back to the Future it does, believably. In fact, the film has more in common with the sentimental fantasy of It's a Wonderful Life than with the often-mindless action of the science fiction pictures that followed, proving that bigger budgets and more elaborate special effects didn't exactly lead to a higher-quality summer blockbuster.

26. Find phrases in the review of Ocean’s eleven that you can replace with the phrases below.

A)I particularly liked.

B)It is certainly worth seeing.

C)Take place in.

D)The film is about.

E)The starring roles are taken.

F)The story is hard to follow.

G)Very popular with movie-goers.

27. Look at the examples in the box. Then think of a film that you know and choose the best way to complete the sentences.

Making generalisations

On the whole,

In general, the acting is excellent.

By and large,

The acting is generally excellent.

A) On the whole, the plot is a little confusing / not terribly believable / quite engaging.

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B)In general, the main characters of the film are a little disappointing / very convincing / very interesting.

C)By and large, the action scenes are rather boring / thrilling / very well done.

D)The film’s soundtrack is generally just right / quite inspiring / very annoying.

28. Write a review of a film that you have seen. Use the paragraph plan below to help you.

Paragraph 1

What is the film’s title?

What kind of the film is it?

When was it made?

Who stars in it?

Who directed it?

How successful or popular was it?

Paragraph 2

Where is it set?

Who are the main characters?

What happens in the film (NB Use the present simple to tell the story of the film.)

Paragraph 3

What did you like or dislike about the film?

What were the acting, the script, the soundtrack, etc like?

Were some parts of the film better or worse than others?

Paragraph 4

On the whole, did you enjoy the film?

Would you recommend it to other people? Why or why not?

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010)

Pre-watching activities:

1. Do you know who Alice is? Originally, she is the main character of a well-known novel. Read the following information from Wikipedia and tell about main facts of this novel’s creation and distribution.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as children. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre, and its narrative course and structure, characters and imagery have been enormously influential in both popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre.

Alice was published in 1865, three years after the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and the Reverend Robinson Duckworth rowed in a boat, on 4 July 1862, up the Isis with the three young daughters of Henry Liddell (the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University and Dean of Christ Church): Lorina Charlotte Liddell (aged 13, born 1849), Alice Pleasance Liddell (aged 10, born 1852) and Edith Mary Liddell (aged 8, born 1853).

The journey began at Folly Bridge nearOxford and ended five miles away in the village of Godstow. During the trip the Reverend Dodgson told the girls a story that featured a bored little girl named Alice who goes looking for an adventure. The girls loved it, and Alice Liddell asked Dodgson to write it down for her. He began writing the manuscript of the story the next day, although that earliest version no longer exists. The girls and Dodgson took another boat trip a month later when he elaborated the plot to the story of Alice, and in Novemberhe began working on the manuscript in earnest.

To add the finishing touches he researched natural history for the animals presented in the book, and then had the book examined by other children particularly the children of George MacDonald.

On 26 November 1864 he gave Alice the handwritten manuscript ofAlice's Adventures Under Ground, with illustrations by Dodgson himself, dedicating it as "A Christmas Gift to a Dear Child in Memory of a Summer's Day".Some, includingMartin Gardner, speculate there was an earlier version that was destroyed later by Dodgson when he wrote a more elaborate copy by hand.

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But before Alice received her copy, Dodgson was already preparing it for publication and expanding the 15,500-word original to 27,500 words, most notably adding the episodes about the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Tea-Party.

In 1865, Dodgson's tale was published as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by "Lewis Carroll" with illustrations by John Tenniel. The first print run of 2,000 was

held back because Tenniel objected to the print quality. A new edition, released in December of the same year, but carrying an 1866 date, was quickly printed. As it turned out, the original edition was sold with Dodgson's permission to the New York publishing house of Appleton. The binding for the Appleton Alice was virtually identical to the 1866 Macmillan Alice, except for the publisher's name at the foot of the spine. The entire print run sold out quickly. Alice was a publishing sensation, beloved by children and adults alike. Among its first avid readers were Queen Victoria and the young Oscar Wilde. The book has never been out of print. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has been translated into at least 97 languages. There have now been over a hundred editions of the book, as well as countless adaptations in other media, especially theatre and film.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland.)

2. Match the words with their definitions:

a hole

камзол, жилет

a caterpillar

жених

an engagement

пищеварение

digestion

помолвка, обручение

a fiancé

коготь

to slay

развернуть

to unroll

исчезать, испаряться

a claw

гусеница

distracted

должный, приличный

a waistcoat

нора

proper

рассеянный, растерянный

to evaporate

уничтожать, убить

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While-watching activities:

Episode 1. The beginning

3. Answer the questions:

1.What nightmare did Alice often have?

2.What phrase about crazy people did her father like to repeat?

3.What rules of the society did she break when she was at a state reception?

4.Why was she distracted?

5.What event took place in the gazebo?

Episode 2. Adventures in Wonderland

4. Is the statement true or false? Correct the wrong statements.

1.Alice opened the right door immediately.

2.White rabbit doubted if she was right Alice.

3.The Oraculum is the calendar that tells of each and every day since the beginning.

4.All the time Alice was sure that she slept and had a dream.

5.Alice met March hare and he showed her the way to the Hatter.

6.Bayard found Alice in the teapot and showed her to the knave.

7.Alice travelled to the castle on Bayard.

8.In the castle all people recognized Alice at once.

9.Bandersnatch helped Alice to escape from the Red Queen.

10.During the execution Cheshire Cat pretended to be the Hatter, evaporated at one moment and his head hung in the air.

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Episode 3. Final battle

5. Restore the sequence of events:

1.The Red Queen didn’t agree to give the crown to her sister.

2.The Hatter danced.

3.Prisoners came to Marmoreal.

4.Jubjub bird was pressed down with a stone.

5.The Jabberwocky greeted the Vorpal sword.

6.The knave tried to kill the Red Queen.

7.Alice drank the potion and found herself in the rabbit’s hole.

8.Alice cut off the Jabberwocky’s tongue.

9.Alice recalled that she had been in Wonderland in her childhood.

10.Alice cut off the Jabberwocky’s head.

Post-watching activities:

6. Who said it in the film? Describe the situation.

1.The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.

2.You’ve brought the wrong Alice.

3.Find the scent of human girl and earn your freedom.

4.Have you any idea why a raven is like a writing desk?

5.Off with their heads!

6.The question is who are you?

7.I wish I’d wake up.

8.On the Frabjous Day I’ll Futterwacken.

9.So, my old foe, we meet on the battlefield once again.

7. Translate the words created specially for the fantastic world of Wonderland. Try to remember the situations when they were used and offer your variants of translation.

Griblig Day, oraculum, frabjous Day, Underland, jabberwocky, bandersnatch, upelkuchen, pishsalver, muchness, futterwacken, fairfarren.

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