Discuss in mini-groups what member of a company you would like to be. Give your reasons.

16. Dramatize the following situations: You are a senior drama student dreaming of making career at the theatre. Make a conversation with a friend of the family who is a chief executive in one of the London theatres.

Listening

 

AUDIO 7.PRIVATE LIVES

Match the word (1-14) with its Russian equivalent (a-n).

1. articulated trucks 2. be very into smth 3. forthright 4. glass and iron dome 5.lighting tresses 6.retrace one`s steps to smth 7.rig chain hoists 8.streamer 9.summer fetes 10.sweep smth up 11.ticker tape 12.venue 13.wade through 14.wire gauze

a)шнуры осветительных приборов b)восстанавливать в памяти, проследить путь c)чистить, сносить, уничтожать d)место сбора, место встречи e)откровенный, прямолинейный f)нагруженные/груженные фургоны g)тканая проволочная сетка h)переходить, пробираться i)летние празднества/праздники j)быть полностью поглощенным k)транспарант, лозунг l)серпантин, конфетти m)снаряжать/оснащать, подготавливать подъемники на цепях n)стеклянный и железный купол/свод

18. You are going to listen to the text about Mo Crow, a show manager at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Listen to Episode 1 and fill in the missing parts.

Episode 1

In Private lives today we meet Mo Crow. Mo is 34 years old, and she was born in a small village in the west of England.

1) Mo`s dream was to work in ____________.

2) Mo is a ____________ young woman.

3) … what it’s like to work behind the ____________ at a great British building.

4) Mo ____________her steps from working hard for her A level exams in her final year at school, to going on to drama college, and becoming a show manager at one of Britain’s most magnificent ____________.

5) … and began to think about jobs ____________ such as stage management.

6) I worked for a series of small theatre companies and ____________ at the Royal Albert Hall.

7) I have a ____________ who I’ve known for many, many years.

8) She saves items of ____________rubbish.

9) I’m very ____________ recycling.

10) Mo and her friends make the ____________ of living in London.

19. Listen to Episode 2. Fill in the missing parts. Say what is being described.

Episode 2

What is it? ____________

It’s a ____________ space, which can hold over 5,000 people.

It’s like an____________ with a huge glass and iron ____________…

What is it? ____________

A very elegant ____________ area – bought by Queen Victoria over 125 years ago, and now owned by the present Queen, Queen Elizabeth II.

It’s a double-sized Grand ____________box, it has twenty seats in it.

 

20. Listen to Episode 3 about Mo`s colleague, Adrian Bray, who is the Technical Show Managerat the Royal Albert Hall. Put Adrian Bray`s routine work in the correct order

Episode 3

Adrian Brayis in charge of what he calls the “butch side” of putting on events – hanging lights, flying in scenery, laying cables.

A. collapse back down into the Show Management office to have a cup of tea and say, “There, another show well done!” ____________

B. rush up to the roof and rig chain hoists to pick up the lighting tresses and the speakers

____________

C. crawl about underneath the stage, laying in cables that allow the lighting controller to operate the lights, the sound controller to operate the sound etc.

____________

D. three or four articulated trucks pull up outside the Royal Albert Hall laden to the gunwales with kit

____________

21. Listen to Episode 4. Fill in the missing parts.

Episode 4

The Proms

The Proms is an____________ series of about seventy concerts - ____________music from all over the world.

The last night of the Proms is like a____________ party, and it ends with a ____________ of British music.

… thePromers - that is the____________ of the Proms.

… I have to go on stage and and____________ through yards of ticker tape and ____________and party poppers…

… andtaking all the ________________________ …

22. Listen to the whole text again. Answer the questions.

1) Why did Mo give up the idea to become an actress?

2) How does Mo travel to work?

3) What is Mo’s house like?

4) What does Mo do to protect the environment?

5) How often do Mo and her friends go to the cinema or theatre?

6) What do the Royal Albert Hall`s shows include?

7) What is “Youth Makes Music”?

8) What events take place in village halls?

9) What does Mo’s job consist in?

10) When does Adrian’s working day typically start?

11) What is the ‘Corona’ at the Royal Albert Hall?

LESSON 4.ACTORS AND ACTING

Brainstorming

Discuss the following questions in your group:

1) Who is your favorite actor?

2) Who is your favorite actress?

3) Do you think men or women are better at acting?

4) Do you think today’s actors are better than those from 30, 40 or 50 years ago?

5) Do you think anyone can become an actor?

6) Are there any actors you really don’t like?

7) Have you ever acted, either at school or amateur theatricals?

8) They say actresses are frivolous, have many admirers and seldom get married or get married several times. Do you agree or disagree with the idea? Illustrate you view.

Vocabulary

 

appear (in)	part
acting	a character part
actor	a male/female part
actress	a speaking part
all-star cast	a supporting part
be (in)	a walking-on part
hero	the leading part
heroine	the main part
Honoured Artist	Peoples Artist
honoured for Services to the Arts	play (n, v)
lead male/female lead	play the lead role
leading	star (n, v)
learn one’s part	look the part
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