Exercise 32 Look through the article again to find answers to the questions below

1. When and where was Disney born?

2. Where did he study drawing?

3. Who taught him cartoon drawing at the Academy?

4. When and where did he start his film career?

5. What was the name of his first big film?

6. Why did he decide to go to Hollywood?

7. What film brought him popularity and recognition?

8. Why did Disney decide to create a new character - Oswald, the rabbit?

9. Why did Mickey Mouse remind Disney himself?

10. When did Disney get his first Oscar?

11. When did Disney die?

12. What age did Disney die at?

13. How many Oscars did Disney receive in his lifetime?

14. Which of his films belong to masterpieces of world film art?

Exercise 33 Read phrases and translate into English conjunctions given in brackets:

that - что; which (неодуш.) - который; who (одуш.) - который; where - где, куда; because - потому что; when - когда; that is why- поэтому; so- поэтому; but - но; than - чем

1.His father sent him to the Academy of Fine Arts (где) he studied cartoon technique under Gosset, (который) was a cartoonist on the Chicago periodical. 2.He decided to go to Hollywood, (куда) he came in July 1923. 3.Some biographers wrote, (что) Mickey Mouse reminded Disney himself, (потому что) he had the same spiritual eyes and a gift for pantomime. 4.(Когда) Mickey Mouse started talking, he did so with Disney’s own voice, (который) soon became familiar to film audiences in all the world. 5.It was not easy to find a producer to his film, (поэтому) he began to produce films himself. 6.He couldn’t sell “Alice” in Kansas, (поэтому) he decided to go to Hollywood. 7. (Но) after the war Disney discovered, (что) cartoon stories were no longer profitable, (поэтому) he introduced a new kind of short-length films “True Life Adventures”. 8.Mickey Mouse was much more popular with film-goers, (чем) Oswald the rabbit.

Exercise 34 Translate the summary of the article into English.

Дисней родился в Чикаго в 1901 году. Он учился в Академии Изящных Искусств под руководством Госсэ. Дисней начал свой творческий путь в кино с работы в рекламной компании города Канзас в 1920 году. Его первой большой картиной была “Алиса в стране мультипликации”. Дисней решил поехать в Голливуд, потому что не мог продать “Алису” в Канзасе. “Алиса” принесла популярность и признание своему автору. Затем Дисней решил создать новых персонажей - кролика Освальда и Микки Мауса, потому что “Алиса” стала терять привлекательность для зрителей. Говорят (They say), что Микки Маус напоминал самого Диснея - у него были такие же одухотворённые глаза и дар пантомимы. В 1935 году Дисней получил первого Оскара за создание Микки Мауса. Дисней умер в 1966 году в возрасте 65 лет. При жизни он получил 29 Оскаров. Большинство его фильмов принадлежат к шедеврам мирово-го киноискусства.

Exercise 35

a) Read and translate the text.

b) Write down and translate the phrases in bold.

c) Try to find the most important information about Brando’s life periods and complete a short biography note of the actor. Retell it.

d) At home make a biography note of your favorite artist/actor/director and tell about him or her in class.

MARLON BRANDO

 

1. Marlon Brando is one of the greatest actors of America and the world.
2. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska on April 3,1924.
3. The actor grew up in Illinois and there made an attempt to study at a military academy but failed.
4. In 1942 he arrived in New York to study at Lee Strasberg’s Actors’ Studio.
5. There he studied with Stella Adler who promoted the ‘method approach’, which emphasizes characters’ motivation for action.
6. There he also got acquainted with the basic principles of Acting Theory.
7. Brando made his Broadway stage debut in 1944 in sentimental I Remember Mama and then continued to perform on Broadway.
8. In 1947, he played his greatest stage role in Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire. Later he performed his iconic role in the film version that came out in 1951.
9. He received Academy Award nominations for his performance in that very film in 1951 and two more times.
10. In 1954 he got an Oscar for his performance of longshoreman fighting the system in On the Waterfront.
11. In 1972 he received one more Academy Award for Best Actor for his depiction of mafia chieftain Don Carleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather
12. But he turned down the prize in protest against Hollywood’s treatment of Native Americans.
13. Later he took part in the X-rated Last Tango in Paris that was both highly controversial and acclaimed.
14. Since then, Brando received huge fees for playing small parts in such movies as

Superma n (1979) and Apocalypse Now (1979).

1. His latest co-stars were Johnny Depp, Matthew Broderick, Robert de Niro and Edward Norton.
2. His range of roles is a testament to his capability to explore many aspects of the human psyche.
3. As for his private life, he was married three times to three ex-actresses and had at least 11 children.
4. Brando died in a Los Angeles hospital in 2004 at the age of 80.
5. His rough masculinity, gift and skill created one of the best performances in the world.

 

Exercise 36