- •Астраханский государственный технический университет
- •Contents
- •Unit 1. Appearance.
- •General appearance
- •How Important Is Your Appearance?
- •Checkmate.
- •Unit 2. Character and disposition.
- •Character
- •Intellectual ability
- •8. Reveal your attitude to the types of people described.
- •Intelligence.
- •Revealing Faces.
- •Unit 3. Family life topical vicabulary
- •Mr Know-It-All
- •Unit 4. Parents and children
- •The Bell Family Charter
- •The abc’s of Happiness (by r. Vallet)
- •11. Points to ponder.
- •The Sitting of the Teachers’ Council.
- •Unit 5. Friends and friendship
- •Unit 6. Customs and traditions
- •The Field of Folklore
- •2. Discuss the following problem questions.
- •3. Read the short passages and answer the questions giving your impressions to the point.
- •Problems for Discussion.
- •Unit 7. Choosing a career. Jobs and employment.
- •3. Say what job these can belong to. Continue the list.
- •Imagine you are Andrew Foster (ex. 14) and you are looking for a new position. Fill in the job application form below. Job application form Private and Confidential
- •Unit 8. Crime and punishment
- •3. Read the text and comment on it. Methods and Measures.
- •4. Answer the following questions.
- •5.Comment on the following quotations.
- •6. Use the following proverbs in situations of your own. Give Russian equivalents if possible.
- •Unit 9. Man and arts
- •Man and arts. Painting.
- •Impression and judgement
- •Genre paintingis a painting, which represents scenes from everyday life in a more or less realistic way.
- •Man and arts. Music.
- •For or Against Pop Music
- •Man and arts. Theatre.
- •Imagine that you are in London and you have a free evening. You’d like to go to the theatre. Study the information how to book your theatre tickets in London. How to Book Your Theatre Tickets
- •The Green Table.
- •Unit 10. Women and their role in the society.
- •1.Use the proper word.
- •2. Which is the odd word out.
- •3. Complete the following.
- •Sex Roles In America
- •Imagine the life of women in the following century.
- •Unit 11. Mass media
- •Mass media. Television.
- •Major British and American Broadcasting Companies, Networks, News Agencies
- •Television Questionnaire.
- •Mass media. Press.
- •The British and American Press
- •4. Fill in the gaps.
- •Mass media. Internet.
- •The Internet – a Brilliant Source of Information or a Menace to Our Health?
- •Unit 12. Man and nature. Environmental protection.
- •What Must We Care About to Prevent Disaster?
- •Supplement conversational expressions
- •Sources
Man and arts. Theatre.
TOPICAL VOCABULARY
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-interval; -the curtain falls/drops; -to drop the curtain; -to ring down/up the curtain; -behind the curtain; -footlights; -the lights go up/down; dressing-room; -prompt-box; -prompter; -the stage door; -attendants; -cloak-room; -check; -opera-glasses; -to command a view; -gangway seats; -the front row; -the back row; -the circle of tier; -Row L, D, F (in English theatre); -the stalls; -the pit; -the dress circle; -the upper circle; -the balcony; -the gallery; -the box; -to book a seat; -gangway (aisle); -Booking-office; -Box-Office: -the House is sold out; -players; -the theatrical company; -acting world; -leading performers; -minor characters; -cast; |
-to be in the cast; -to act; -to create a role; -curtain call; -to receive a curtain call; -encore; -make-up; -to rehearse; -rehearsal; -dress-rehearsal; -on tour; -gala; -first night; -repertoire; -script; -libretto; -stage directions; -programme; -stage version; -scenery/settings; -to do the décor; -to have a long/short run; -to revive; -stage-manager (director); -musical director (conductor); -lyrics; -fight/battle, etc.; -arranged by…; -the performance is a success/ a failure; -the scene is laid…; -interplay; -to impress; -to be absolutely thrilled with; -artificial acting; -subtle acting; -to partner; -to be at one’s best; -to rose interest; |
Paraphrase the italicized expressions.
Everybody liked the play very much.
I have got a friend who remembers all his visits to the Bolshoi Theatre.
The opera owes much of its charm to the delightful music and splendid scenery.
I went to the box-office to get tickets for the ballet but found out that there were no more tickets left.
First of all let’s go inside and check out things.
The audience was highly pleased with the play.
The play draws the audience and pays its way in spite of the fact that it has a long run.
Say what they do.
-a dancer;
-an usher;
-an actor;
-a conductor;
-a singer;
-a clerk;
-a ticket-taker;
-an actress;
-a musician;
-a composer;
-a prompter;
-a producer;
-a spectator;
-a playwright;
Explain in English.
-a box-office;
-a billboard;
-a stage;
-the stalls;
-the gallery;
-the cast;
-a cloak-room;
-a check;
-a play-bill;
-an usher;
-a rehearsal;
-an actress;
-a musician;
-a prompter;
-a stage-manager;
-a curtain;
-scenery;
-a seat;
-to applaud;
Answer the questions.
What do we call a person who shows people their seats in the theatre?
What expression do we use if we want to say that we remember something very well?
What do we call the performance, which takes place in the day-time?
What does the sign “House Full” at the entrance of the theatre mean?
What will you do if you want to go to the theatre very much but can’t buy the tickets beforehand?