Enrico Caruso

The famous Italian singer Enrico Caruso sang in many countries of Europe. He visited Russia, France, Germany, Spain and many other countries. Everywhere he was a great success and his name was well known all over the ______(world).

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Caruso knew that he was famous, but he liked to repeat the sentence: “No man is so well known as he thinks he is”.

Once he was invited to the USA to give some concerts. When he was driving to New York, his car broke and he had to stay at a farm-house. Caruso could not _______ (repair)

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his car and asked the farmer to help him.

The farmer agreed to do it. While the farmer was repairing the car, Caruso was invited into the house to have a rest.

When the farmer finished the work, he entered the house, too. He informed the great singer that his car was ready and he could drive _____ (on).

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Caruso was very glad to hear it. He paid the farmer for the work and gave him a photo. It was a picture of Enrico Caruso. On the back side of the photo Caruso wrote his name. He thought it would be _______ (pleasant)

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for the farmer to have a picture of the famous singer. The farmer took the picture, looked at it very attentively, then he looked at Enrico Caruso. He realized that it was the picture of the ma whose car he had repaired.

He wanted to know the name of the man, so he read what was written on the _______ (back)

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side of the picture.

After that he cried out: “How lucky I am! You are Robinson Crusoe! I’ve never dreamed of receiving the greatest traveller in the world in my poor house!”

Ex 8. Write an essay telling about role of music in your life.

Lesson 5.3.3. Theatre and cinema

Lead-in

Ex 1. Match the films titles to the types of films. What’s your favourite type of film? Why? Think of other types of films.

1. Home Alone	a science fiction film
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark	b cartoon
3. Love Story	c adventure film
4. The Young Scherlock Holmes	d detective film
5. Star Trek	e romance
6. Friday the 13th	f horror film
7. The Lion King	g comedy

(copyright Enterprise 3 Course book, Unit 21, p. 93, ex. 7)

Listening

Ex 2. Listen to the tape and tick the expressions of the woman uses to talk about the programmes she likes and doesn’t like. Then use the expressions in the table to tell about the types of TV programmes you like and dislike, giving reasons.

Soap operas	I like them.	I don’t like them.
Quiz shows	I love them.	I can’t stand them.
The News	I think it’s brilliant.	I don’t think much of it.
Horror Films	absolutely fascinating	absolutely disgusting
Documentaries	I’m really interested in them.	I’m not really interested in them.
Dating shows	They’re great.	They’re terrible.
Sport programmes	my idea of fun	not my idea of fun

(copyright Enterprise 3 Course book, Unit 21, p. 93, ex. 8)

Word study

Ex 3. Fill in the correct form of the word in bold.

1. It was such a ______ film that I fell asleep. (bore)

2. I was _____ by the clown’s performance. (amuse)

3. The new ride at the theme park is _____ (terrify)

4. Mary was _____ when she heard the news. (excite)

5. We were ______ by the magician’s tricks. (amaze)

6. It was the most ______ film I have ever seen. (thrill)

7. It was an ______ play. (interest)

8. He was ________ when he fell down the stairs in front of all his friends. (embarrass)

(copyright Enterprise 3 Course book, Unit 21, p. 94, ex. 13)

Ex 4. Fill in the words in brackets.

1. A film’s _________ tells the actors how to play their parts while the ________ deals with the financial side of the film. (producer/director)

2. When a book is made into a film, the original work by the __________ is transformed into a script by the ­­_________. (author/screenwriter)

3. She was the first person who appeared in the opening _________ so she felt quite nervous as she stepped onto the ________. (scene/stage)

4. In the variety show, a comedian told a few ________ followed by a magician who performed some great magic ________. (tricks/jokes)

5. Hundreds of _________ watched the circus parade through the streets in the morning, and as the result there was a huge _________ at the show in the evening. (audience/ spectators)

6, At the circus we laughed at the _________ with their silly clothes and make-up, and gasped in amazement as the _________ performed on the flying trapeze. (acrobats/clowns)

7. The museum’s __________ is the person who is in charge of the place whereas the ___________ looks after the building. (curator/caretaker)

8. At the concert the _________ led the couple to their seats. Moments later the _________ appeared on his podium and the choir began to sing (usher/conductor)

9. Yesterday morning we went to the zoo where we saw the animals in their _________ and the fish in the ___________. (aquarium/cages)

10. The ___________ played some soft music while the ___________ were backstage getting ready for the play. (orchestra/cast)

(copyright Enterprise 4 Course book, Unit 11, p. 135, ex. 2)

Ex 5. Make up a dialogue with your partner trying to decide how to spend an evening out, what new movie/play to watch. Use following expressions: Let’s …, Why don’t we …?, How about …?, That sounds fine …, That’s a good idea …, I don’t think that’s a good idea …, I’m not in the mood for …, etc.