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ExercisesI. Find in the text English equivalents for the following: шпион; базироваться на; карьерные амбиции; хорошо известный актер; огромный успех; вторая мировая война; потратить много лет; заработать достаточно денег; заменить; появился в фильме; потерял интерес к фильму.
II. Find in the text Russian equivalents for the following: deliver milk; luxury; afford; soccer player; to be knighted; before joining; to entertain soldiers; salesman; violent scene; feel horrified; spill over the place
III. Match the following words and phrases to make complete expressions from the text:
IX. Find the words in the text which have a similar meaning to these definitions. The first letter is given to help you: 1. a job that you spend a lot of your working life in (с . . . . .) 2. the character played by a particular actor in a film, play etc (r . . .) 3. someone who performs in plays and films, especially as their job (a . . . . ) 4. the achievement of something that you planned to do or attempted to do (s . . . . . .) 5. a man whose job is to help customers and sell things in a shop (s . . . . . . . ) 6. a part of a play, book, film etc in which events happen in the same place or period of time (s . . . .) 7. a set of television or radio programmes that are all about a particular subject, person, or group of people (s . . . . .)
X. Decide which actor: 1. left school at the age of 13? __________ 2. appeared in seven Bond films? ___________ 3. was taken on as Agent 007 after a single interview? _________ 4. had to work as a salesman to earn enough money? __________ 5. felt horrified by the last Bond film he did? ____________ 6. was knighted by Queen Elizabeth? _____________ 7. started off wanting to be a painter? ______________
XI. Answer the following questions: 1. Who played the role of James Bond? 2. Who was the creator of James Bond? 3. Did Sean Connery want to become a soccer player? 4. What was the first film where Sean Connery played the main character? 5. When was he taken on as an Agent 007? 6. Where was Roger Moore born? 7. Where did he act before joining the British Army? 8. Why did he work as a model and a salesman? 9. How many Bond films did he appear in? 10. Why was he finally turned off the series of Bond?
XII. a) Rewrite these sentences using reported speech: Model: I told you: “I’ll do it tomorrow.” – You told me you would do it the next day. 1. He said: “I’m going to the cinema tonight.” 2. She told us: “I have read all of the James Bond books.” 3. The actor said: “I started my career very young.” 4. He said: “I felt horrified by the last Bond film I did.” 5. Ann said: “I will interview this famous actress tomorrow.” 6. Sean Connery said: “'Education was a luxury our family could not afford.” 7. She said: “It is too noisy here.” b) Rewrite these sentences using direct speech: Model: He told me that I couldn’t put my bag there. – He said: “You can’t put your bag here.” 1. Bond said he had never forgotten his past.” 2. He added that this film would become an enormous success in the following decade. 3. He explained that he had worked as a model to earn enough money. 4. He told the interviewer that his family hadn’t been able to give him a good education. 5. He agreed that it was exactly what they would need.
XIII. Translate the following sentences into English: 1. Машина была роскошью, которую моя семья не могла себе позволить. 2. Этот фильм был первым в серии фильмов, которые имели огромный успех в последующих десятилетиях. 3. Фильм с участием этого известного актера доставил мне огромное удовольствие. 4. Он потратил много лет, работая как модель и продавец, для того чтобы заработать достаточно денег. 5. Он превосходно сыграл главную роль в фильме «Преступление и наказание». 6. Она добилась этого ошеломительного успеха благодаря своему трудолюбию и огромной любви к своей профессии. 7. Он потерял интерес к этому фильму из-за реализма жестоких сцен. 8. Даже когда ему было 60 лет, Коннери был назван самым привлекательным мужчиной. 9. Сюжет этого фильма связан со шпионом и его опасными приключениями.
Listening and speaking (John and Liz Soars. Headway Intermediate. Workbook, Student’s book. - Oxford University Press, 2003.) 1. Look at the list of books and films. Which do you know? Which are both book and film?
What type of film is each one?
2. Listen to four friends chatting about their favourite books and films. Tick the titles they mention in exercise 2. What do they say about them? Discuss with your group.
3. Describe the film “Titanic”, using these questions to help you. 1) Who is the producer of this film? 2) Who played the best roles? 3) Who are the main characters? 4) Where does it take place? 5) What’s the spot of this film? Give the film one to five stars and describe the film by the following adjectives.
Supplementary text (Moor P., Cuningham S., Eales F. Cutting Edge Elementary. Workbook, Student’s book. – Pearson Education Limited, 2005.) 1) Read about some film facts: Important firsts:
2) Are these statements true or false? 1. The Lumiere brothers showed the first film in a Paris cafe in 1897. 2. The film “The Jazz Singer” was the first musical film. 3. Toy Story was the second film made by computer. 4. The film Titanic cost $500 million to make and it won seven Oscars! 5. Leonardo DiCaprio earned $30 million for his last movie. 6. Charlie Chaplin was the famous star of comedies. 7. Every year Indians make about 850 new films. 8. The most popular story for films is Alice in Wonderland (19 films made). 9. The first Star Wars film appeared in 1978. 10. Walt Disney made the first full-length cartoon Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937.
Puzzle Find ten adjectives in the puzzle to describe films. The words go across and down:
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