Vocabulalry

cassette [ka'set] кассета

video ['vidiau] видеомагнитофон

glimpse [glimps] зд. картинка (реальной жизни)

military parade [jnilitari pa'reid] военный

парад

surprise [sa'praiz] удивление

towards [to:dz ] по направлению к

audience ['o:dians] публика, зрители

to panick ['paenik] впадать в панику

projectionist [pra'd3ekfanist] киномеханик

entertainment [,enta'teinment] зрелище,

развлечение

expensive [iks'pensiv] дорогой, дорогостоящий

intellectual [jnta'lektjual] интеллектуальный

to ignore [ig'no:] не замечать, игнорировать

gradually ['graedjuali] постепенно

director [di'rekta] режиссер

Western f'westan] вестерн

to be a sensational [sen'seifanal] hit иметь

сенсационный успех

classic ['klaesik] классика, классическое произведение

silent ['salient] film немой фильм

orchestra ['o:kastra] оркестр

title ['tartl] титр

film-maker ['film/neika] создатель фильма, режиссер

special effect [,spejal i'fekt] спецэффект

trick [trik] трюк

to replace [ri'pleis] заменять

studio ['stu:(stju:)diau] студия

to shoot [fu:t] (shot) снимать (фильм)

desert ['dezat] пустыня

era [1эгэ] эра, эпоха

enormous [i'no:mas] огромный

queue [kju:] очередь

introduction [jntra'dAkJn] введение, внедрение

revolutionary [,reva'lu:Janari] революционный

price [prais] цена

matinee ['maetinei] фр. дневной спектакль to dispute [dis'pju:t] ставить под сомнение,

или сеанс (в кино) оспаривать; сомневаться

courageous [ka'reidsas] смелый, храбрый to provide [pravaid] давать, предоставлять

cowboy ['kauboi] ковбой

Questions

1. In 1895 the French Lumiere [lu'miea] brothers showed their first films in public. Were they different from modern films?

2. Where were the early films shown?

3. Why did the rich and intellectual classes ignore the cinema?

4. Why did The Great Train Robbery become a sensational hit?

5. When was the first special effect created?

6. When did the first studio open in Hollywood?

7. Why did film-makers like Hollywood?

8. Have you ever seen a silent film? Did you like it?

9. When did the era of the talking film begin?

10. Was the introduction of colour as revolutionary as the introduction of sound?

11. Do you agree that the cinema is "the seventh art"? Why?

12. Do you often go to the cinema?

13. What films do you like to see?

14. Who are your favourite actors?

15. Who are your favourite film directors?

WILL WE LIVE TO SEE THE FIRST CLONED HUMAN?

Films and science fiction books have often played with the idea of reproducing exact copies of people. Today, science fiction has become science fact. We have our first real clones, though they are not human beings — yet!

The gene revolution began in 1997, when British scientists from Edinburgh University produced the first cloned sheep, Dolly. Since then scientists have cloned mice, cows, dogs and pigs.

Cloning animals opens exciting medical possibilities:

- Many people are in need of tissues and organs for transplantation. But it isn't easy to get such organs as, for example, heart, liver or kidneys. Cloning can solve this problem.

— Many animals are on the brink of extinction. Cloning can be used to preserve them.

— Scientists can create animals which produce more milk, meat and wool, or animals which don't catch certain diseases. This can save the lives of starving people.

Cloning is a controversial issue. Some people are ready to eat cloned fruits and vegetables, but many people are against cloning animals. They think it is morally unacceptable. The question of human cloning is even more controversial.

Suppose we cloned a man.

Are we really sure he will be a man? Who will be responsible for him? Who will bring him up? Will he be happy? Will he have the same rights as we have?

What would happen if a dictator, someone like Hitler, cloned himself?

Would we be able to survive?

Nevertheless, the idea of human cloning seems very exciting.

Names

Edinburgh University [,edinbara ^nfvaisiti] Hitler ['hitla] Гитлер

Эдинбургский университет (один из лучших

университетов Великобритании)