Vocabulary practice

V. Highlight the English equivalents for the following expressions and word-combinations:

1) глубоко затрагивать;

2) удаваться сделать;

3) дублировать на...;

4) родной язык;

5) на заре...;

6) становиться неотъемлемой частью;

7) уникальное качество;

8) посещать премьерный показ;

9) быть популярным среди;

10) недавние события;

11) довольно большой;

12) быть ограниченным во времени;

13) безграничные возможности;

14) относительно недорогой досуг;

15) быть вполне доступным;

16) брать напрокат;

17) никто не откажется от...;

18) можно купить;

19) организованы для...;

20) предпочитать развлекательные комедии триллерам;

21) расширять знания;

22) рано или поздно;

23) лишать походов в кино;

24) сидеть зачарованным перед телевизором;

25) миллиард билетов в год;

26) слушающая аудитория;

27) нельзя отрицать;

28) показывать по телевизору;

29) вызывать к героям чувства симпатии или ненависти;

30) современный киносеанс;

31) ролик новостей;

32) аншлаг;

33) изображать;

34) немое кино;

35) говоря в общем…;

36) получить признание;

37) держать в состоянии волнения;

38) посещение кинотеатра;

39) организовывать для школьников;

40) развлекательные комедии;

41) жертвенная любовь;

42) восприятие;

VI. Give the title to each paragraph of the text

Exchange your titles with your group mate and retell the text according to his/her titles.

VII. There are different genres of films enlisted in the text. Think over what feelings you experience, when you see one or another kind of film. Choose the words which denote corresponding feelings. Make up sentences of your own.

Example:

a) When I see a cartoon, I feel full involvement into the story.

b) I feel disgust, when I see the scenes of murder in a crime film.

Fear, agitation, sympathy, indifference, uneasiness, intrigue, envy, jealousy, disbelief, disappointment, disgust, trust, enjoyment, full involvement, deep interest, hatred, suspicion, pain, pride, affection, worry, anger, peace.

(Consult the dictionary in case the word is unfamiliar to you)

VIII. Match the words with their definitions. Be ready to make up sentences of your own with these active vocabulary units.

1. Performance	a) show in the form of a picture, describe in words
2. Depict	b) chief person in a story, film, play
3.Review	c) set of actors in a movie/play
4. Puppet	d) photograph a scene, giving the order in which scenes are photographed
5. Ticket	e) marionette, doll with joined limbs moved by wires or strings used in plays or cartoons
6.Musical	f) replace or add to the sound-track of a film words in a different language
7. Cinema	g) stereoscopic, giving the illusion of depth, height and breadth in perspective
8. Dub	h) demonstration of a play, film; public exhibition
9. Shoot a film	i) woman, who acts on the stage, TV or in films
10. Screen	j) printed piece of card or paper giving the holder the right to a seat in a cinema, concert hall, to travel in a train, bus, ship, etc.
11. Hero	k) critical examination of a piece of literature, cinema product, current events etc.
12. 3- Dimensional	l) white or silver surface onto which slides, cinema films, TV pictures are projected
13. Actress	m) cinema film in which songs have an essential part
14.Subtitles	n) theatre in which motion pictures as an art-form are shown
15. Cast	o) translation of the dialogue of a foreign language movie, printed on the film

IX. Which of the following corresponds to the words in the above table?

· words in the bottom of the screen;

· a woman-actor;

· a glove-doll;

· a showing;

· a character;

· to describe;

· to analyze a film from different sides;

· a set of actors;

· to make a film;

· a film, which should be seen in special glasses;

· to translate;

· a film studded with music;

· a piece of paper you pay for to enter the cinema theatre and on which the numbers of the row and your seat are indicated;

· a specially equipped place people go to, to see new films;

· a big flat white or silver surface we see motion films on.

X. Study some extra-vocabulary on the topic

Soundtrack	звуковая дорожка
Silent films	немые фильмы
Although	xотя
Background music	музыкальный фон
Arrival of sound	появление звука
Film musical	музыкальный фильм
Match the action of the film	соответствовать событиям фильма
Recently	в последнее время (недавно)
Heighten the drama of the action	усилить драматизм событий
Grand piano	рояль
Make sure	убедиться
Revive	возродиться
Spectacularly popular	впечатляюще популярный

XI. Team work. Arrange yourselves in teams of 3 or 4 students. Fill in the gaps choosing the words from the above table (X). Write a literary translation of the text. The best one will be highly assessed.