I. Read and translate the following texts: Cinema

The first film show took place in Paris in Capuchin Boulevard, on December 8, 1896. So, cinema is more than one hundred years old already.

The first one hundred spectators came to a little hall “cinematograph”, to watch a film about a train, coming to the railway station. Seeing that train on the screen, the people rose and ran away.

That first film was made by brothers Lumier. They are considered to be the “fathers” – founders of the new kind of art. Cinema nowadays is used to invest, spend and gain money.

According to the statistics the most expensive films during the last 100 years are:

“The Titanic”, 1998, it cost 200 million dollars.

“Water World”, 1995 with Kevin Costner, it cost 175 million dollars.

“The Fifth Element”, it cost 90 million dollars.

“Men in Black”, it cost 80 million dollars.

The cheapest film was the Australian film “Lost Illusions” (1927), which cost 300 dollars.

The most expensive properties were in the film “Golden Finger” (1964), it was the car which was sold for 275,000 dollars after 22 years.

The most expensive actress was Demy Moor. She gained 12,5 million dollars for the film “Striptease”. Jodi Foster was the second to earn 12 million dollars for the film.

One of the biggest fees was gained by Jack Nicholson (50 million dollars) for the role of Joker in “Batman”.

Marlon Brando was present in the film for 20 minutes, he was being shot for 12 days and earned 3,5 million dollars.

The greatest failure was the film “Heaven Gate” (1980), which cost 57 million dollars, but brought back only 1,5 million dollars.

- Так. Відкрийте, будь-ласка, більшу валізу.

- Одну хвилинку. (Дістає ключ та відкриває валізу.)

- Все в порядку. Можете закрити валізу. Бажаю гарно провести час в нашій країні.

VI. Work as an interpreter:

Passport control officer: Your passport, please.

H: Ось, будь-ласка.

P.c.o.: How long are you going to stay in this country?

H: Півтора місяці.

P.c.o.: Where are you going to stay?

H: В Лондоні та Единбурзі.

P.c.o.: Fill in this form, please.

C.O.: Is this your luggage?

H: Так, ці дві коричневі валізи.

C.O.: Have you got anything to declare?

H: Думаю, у мене немає нічого, що обкладається митом.

C.O.: Will you please open that suitcase?

H: Одну хвилинку. (Дістає ключ та відкриває валізу.)

C.O. (examines the contents): Everything’s OK. Have a pleasant stay in this country.

H: Дякую.

VI. Fill in the customs declaration.

Full name_______________________________-

Citizenship____________________________________

Arriving from__________________________________

Purpose of visit (business, tourism, private)___________

My luggage (including hand luggage) submitted for Customs inspection consists of _______ pieces.

With my luggage I have:

1. Weapons of all description and ammunition__________________

2. Narcotics and appliances for the use there of__________________

3. Antiques and objects of art (paintings, drawings, icons, sculptures) _________

foundation and parts of the second temple remain. The British Museum in London contains sculptures from the second temple.

The statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece, was perhaps the most famous statue in the ancient world. The Greek sculptor Phidias made it about 435 BC, and dedicated it to Zeus, the king of the gods. The statue, 40 feet (12 meters) high, showed Zeus on his throne. Phidias made Zeus’s robe and ornaments out of gold, and he made the god’s flesh of ivory. In the statue, Zeus had a wreath around his head and held a figure of Nike, his messenger, in his right hand. He held a sceptre (king’s rod) with an eagle in his left hand. The statue no longer exists.

The Mausoleum at Halicarnasus, in what is now south-western Turkey, was a huge, white marble tomb. It was built about 353 BC to hold the remains of Mausolus, a provincial ruler in the Persian Empire. Its size and decorations made it so famous that all large tombs are now called mausoleums. The tomb was about 135 feet (41 meters) high. It had a rectangular basement beneath a colonnade, and a statue of Mausolus in a chariot probably stood on top of the pyramid. The Greek architects Satyros and Pythios designed the tomb. Four famous Greek sculptors – Bryaxis, Leochares, Scopas, and Timotheus – carved the frieze (decorated band) on the building. The top part of the mausoleum was destroyed by an earthquake, and only pieces of the building and its decorations remain. The British Museum in London contains some sculptures from the mausoleum.

The Colossus of Rhodes was a huge bronze statue that stood near the harbour of Rhodes, an island in the Aegean Sea. The statue honoured the sun god Helios. It stood about 120 feet (37 meters) tall – about as high as the Statue of Liberty. The Greek sculptor Chares worked 12 years on it in the early 200’s BC. He used stone blocks and about 71/2 short tons (6.8 metric tons) of iron bars to support the hollow statue. In 224 BC, an earthquake destroyed the Colossus. The metal supports were sold for scrap in 653 AD.

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, over 400 feet (122 meters) high, stood on the island of Pharos in the harbour of Alexandria, Egypt. It became so famous that the word “pharos” came to mean lighthouse. The lighthouse is also called the Pharos of Alexandria. The structure, completed during the reign of Ptolemy (283 – 246 BC) from a design by the Greek architect Sostratos, rose from a stone platform in three sections. The bottom section of the lighthouse was square, the middle eight-sided, and the top circular. A fire burning at the top of the lighthouse provided light. The Lighthouse of Alexandria stood for about 1,500 years before an earthquake finally toppled it.

4. Currency (bank notes, letters of credit, etc.), securities (shares, bonds, etc.), in foreign currencies, precious metals, crude and processed natural precious stones (diamonds, brilliants, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and pearls), jewelry and other articles made of precious stones and scrap thereof, as well as property in papers: ____________________

5. Other currency, payment vouchers, valuables and any objects belonging to other persons ___________________________

I am aware that, in addition to the objects listed in the Customs Declaration, I must submit for inspection: printed matters, manuscripts, films, sound recordings, postage stamps, graphics, plants, fruit, seeds, live animals, birds, as well as raw foodstuffs of animal origin and slaughtered fowl.

I also declare that my luggage sent separately consists of_____ pieces.

(Date) _________20__. Owner of luggage ________(signed).

Lesson 3.

Topic: Travelling.