Answer the questions on the dialogues.
a) Why didn’t Liliya like the play?
b) Did Galiya like it?
c) What movie did Radmir and Gulnaz decide to watch?
d) Does Aliya often go picnicking?
e) What is Rustam going to bring for the picnic?
Vocabulary
| action film
| боевик
| | adventure [əd'ventòə]
| приключение
| | cartoon [ka:'tu:n]
| мультфильм
| | cinema (AmE movies)
| кинотеатр
| | dull [dÙl]
| скучный
| | exciting [ik'saitiŋ]
| восхитительный
| | film (AmE movie)
| кинофильм
| | gist [dʒist]
| сюжет
| | horror ['horə]
| ужас
| | outstanding
| выдающийся
| | play
| пьеса
| | staff
| труппа, коллектив, штат (служащих)
| | stage
| сцена
| | theatre (AmE theater) ['qiətə]
| театр
| | thriller
| триллер
| | to pick up
| забрать
| Pronunciation
Listen and repeat.
[q] th eater, th riller, th ink, th ought
[tò] ch ange, adven t ure, sandwi ch
[pl] pl an, pl ay, pl ug, pl um, pl aster,
pl anet
[dʒ] a g e, sta g e, g ist, chan g e, le g ion,
tra g edy
[ò] s ure, sh all, Ru ss ian
Read the words from the transcription.
[`ækòən] [steidʒ] [driŋk] [eidʒ] [pik] [`qiətə] [`muvi]
Oral exercises
Practice the following sentences with the words given below. Listen and repeat the sentences until you can say them fluently.
a) play: Have you seen the latest play at Russian Drama Theater?
musical, comedy, tragedy, sitcom
b) Rodina: What’s on in Rodina?
Iskra, Pobeda, Mir, Avrora
c) “Last Legion”: I think we’d better go to “Last Legion”.
“The Reaping”, “Blind Dating”, “Shrek the Third”
d) park: Let’s go to the park.
movies, theater, concert hall, disco
e) had picnics: I haven’t had picnics for ages.
been out, seen you, walked in the forest
f) 11 a.m.: I’ll pick you up at 11 a.m.
7 p.m., 8.30 p.m., 10 p.m.,
midnight
6 Find in the dictionary the words describing different kinds of movies.
Example: thriller, horror movie
Find in the dictionary the words describing different kinds of theater plays.
Example: musical, tragedy
Think of as many words as you can to describe the activities in the park.
Example: jogging, picnicking
Make up as many phrases with the following words as you can.
Now make up 3 sentences with the phrases you have.
Example: fantastic movie
Yesterday I saw a fantastic movie.
| interesting thrilling fascinating exciting boring dull monotonous fantastic great excellent outstanding wonderful
| | movie play view music gist time day experience scene night tune song
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Answer the following questions in pairs.
a) What do you like best – movies or theater? Why?
b) What kinds of movies do you prefer? Why?
c) Who is your favorite actor/actress? Why?
d) Do you like Russian or foreign movies? Why?
e) What parks in Ufa do you usually go to? Why?
f) What do you do in the park?
g) How often do you go to the theater?
h) Do you use Bashkir-Russian translation when you come to Bashkir Drama Theater?
i) Do you often go to a disco? Why?
j) What kind of music do you like? Why?
Grammar
Present Perfect (Настоящее совершенное время)
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