3. Imagine you are a film critic. Choose the last film you saw and follow the instructions. Work in groups.

1. First, give the title and the genre. Mention the director, actors, special effects, duration, country of origin (British, Italian, French), etc.

2. Tell the story. What is the film about? Who are the characters? What happens in the film?

3. Give your opinion — why you like / don't like the film.

4. Recommend / don't recommend the film.

3. Work in pairs. Complete the dialogue with the sentences from 1 to 7 (see the next page) and dramatise it.

A: How did you like your visit to the gallery?

• B:

A: Yes, it's a fine collection, of course. I am sure that a lot of pictures

drew your attention. Are there any pictures that you especially liked?

• B:

A: Try to describe the picture. Perhaps, I will help you.

• B:

A: Are there people in the picture?

• B:

A: Oh, yes, I know! And a shepherd boy in the distance...

• B:

A: And in the background you see two village houses with smoke

coming out of chimneys.

Before the Rain. By Feodor Vasiliev

1. Speaking about art

   □ B:

   A: It's a picture by an outstanding Russian painter of the 19th century Vasiliev. The picture is called Before the Rain.

   Well, it's really difficult to choose among such a lot of masterpieces of world painting. But I remember being charmed by one landscape. It depicts the approach of a thunderstorm and is painted with great talent. The artist was able to impart a sinister atmosphere of the coming storm. Only I can't remember what the picture is called or the name of the painter.

2. Oh, I enjoyed it. I have never seen such a rich collection of Russian painting.

3. That's right.

4. Well, it's a forest scene. The time is late summer or early autumn. Many leaves on the trees are already of reddish-yellow colour. A threatening cloud covers the sky. You get an impression that the next moment it will start raining.

5. The landscape in the picture looks very romantic.

6. Yes. The artist enlivens the landscape by two women driving geese along a little wooden bridge cross a stream in the foreground...

7. Yes.

3. Role-play the situation in pairs.

You and your friend want to visit an exhibition of pictures Discuss with him/her which one of the options below is the best place to go.

• an exhibition of pictures by Ukrainian artists of the 19th-20th centuries and avant-garde works

• an exhibition of T. Shevchenko's paintings and drawings

• an exhibition of the Ukrainian folk arts of the 15th-20th centuries

• an exhibition of the Italian Renaissance of 17th-18th centuries

You begin the conversation and have to decide on which option (only one) to choose. Remember to:

1. discuss all the options;

2. take an active part in the conversation and be polite;

3. come up with ideas;

4. give good reasons;

5. find out your friend's attitudes and take them into account;

6. invite your friend's attitudes and take them into account;

7. invite your friend to come up with suggestions;

8. come to an agreement.