Vocabulary:
to spend one's leisure time – проводити свій вільний час
movie audience - кіноаудитория
predominantly – переважно, головним чином
video facilities - відео-салон
to emerge – з’являтися
cinema-going habit - звичка ходити в кіно
a settlement - селище
adventures - пригоди
grown-ups - дорослі
not without pleasure - не без задоволення
to include – включати, вміщувати
feature film – художній фільм
genre - жанр
western - вестерн
thriller - трилер
performance- сеанс
entertainment - розвага
cinema screen - кіноекран
to dominate - переважати, займати провідне місце
to be fond of - любити що-небудь, подобатися кому-небудь
it's a pity – на жаль
it's an open secret - ні для кого не секрет, що...
to give preference to smth. – віддавати перевагу чомусь…
amusing adventures - забавні пригоди
woman-reporter - жінка-репортер
hunter - мисливець
to look down on smb. - дивитися звисока, зневажати кого-небудь
to rescue smb. out of smth. – врятувати когось
Questions:
1. How do lots of people find going to the cinema?
2. Who makes up the movie audience?
3. Why have cinema attendances declined sharply?
4. Is the cinema-going habit still a strong one?
5. What genres of feature films are there?
6. How many performances have many cinemas a day?
7. What films have cinema screens in this country been dominated by?
8. Are you fond of going to the cinema?
9. In what time do we live now?
10. What do you give your preference to?
11. What does the film you saw last tell?
12. What is an essential feature of American films?
Граматичний матеріал: Іменник. Однина і множина іменника.
These words are plural, so they take a plural verb: • My trousers are too long. (not my trousers is) You can also use a pair of + these words: • Those are nice jeans. or That's a nice pair of jeans. (not a nice jeans) • I need some new glasses. or I need a new pair of glasses.
Some nouns end in -ics, but are not usually plural. For example: athletics economics electronics gymnastics maths (= mathematics) physics politics • Gymnastics is my favourite sport. (not Gymnastics are) News is not plural: • What time is the news on television? (not are the news) Some words ending in -s can be singular or plural. For example:
series a television series two television series species a species of bird 200 species of bird
Some singular nouns are often used with a plural verb. For example: audience committee company family firm government staff team These nouns are all groups of people. We often think of them as a number of people (= they), not as one thing (= it). So we often use a plural verb: • The government (= they) want to increase taxes. • The staff at the school (= they) are not happy with their new working conditions. In the same way, we often use a plural verb after the name of a sports team or a company: • Italy are playing Brazil next week • Shell have increased the price of petrol. A singular verb (The government wants ... / Shell has ... etc.) is also possible. We use a plural verb with police: • The police are investigating the murder, but haven't arrested anyone yet. (not The police is ... hasn't) Note that we say a police officer / a policeman / a policewoman (not a police).
We do not often use the plural of person ('persons'). We normally use people (a plural word): • He's a nice person. but They are nice people. (not nice persons) • Many people don't have enough to eat. (not Many people doesn't)
We think of a sum of money, a period of time, a distance etc. as one thing. So we use a singular verb: • Twenty thousand pounds (= it) was stolen in the robbery. (not were stolen) • Three years (= it) is a long time to be without a job. (not Three years are) • Six miles is a long way to walk every day.
Ex. 1. In each example the words on the left are connected with an activity (for example, a sport or an academic subject). Write the name of the activity. The beginning of the word is given.
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1. calculate algebra equation 2. government election minister 3. finance trade employment 4. running jumping throwing 5. light heat gravity 6. exercises somersault parallel bars 7. computer silicon chip video games |
mathematics p________________ e________________ a________________ ph_______________ gy_______________ el________________________ |
Ex. 2. Most of these sentences are wrong. Correct them where necessary.
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1. Three years are a long time to be without a job. 2. The government want to increase taxes. 3. Susan was wearing a black jeans. 4. Brazil are playing Italy in a football match next week. 5. I like Martin and Jane. They're very nice persons. 6. I need more than ten pounds. Ten pounds aren't enough. 7. I'm going to buy a new pyjama. 8. The committee haven't made a decision yet. 9. There was a police directing traffic in the street. 10. What is the police going to do? 11. This scissors isn't very sharp. |
Three years is a long time. OK (wants is also corrrect) _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ |
Домашнє завдання:
1. Скласти словник до теми “Моя сім’я”, підготуватись до словникового диктанту.
Підготувати розповідь про своє рідне місто або село (використовуючи поданий матеріал).Доповнити текст розповіддю про своїх друзів та ваші захоплення (хобі).
Опрацювати текст за професійним спрямуванням.
Опрацювати граматичний матеріал, виконати подані вправи.