Методическое пособие по практике основного иностранного языка (английский) для направления 050100 Педагогическое образование
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Part 1 of Audio 2. Fill in the gaps. Peter Travers: Alright, people, you have just seen a scene from “Sherlock”, which is in (1) ________________________ on PBS’s masterpiece mystery. And Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock, brilliantly, I have to say, is here to prove that he’s just as brilliant when he’s not playing Sherlock… The speaker: Oh, God, no, Peter… Peter Travers: Yes, do it… The speaker: I can’t… Peter Travers: Did you have any moment of hesitation when you (2) ________________________? The speaker: Oh, huge, I mean, not when I was offered it, because by then I’ve read the script. And when I first heard of the idea, I think both Martin Freeman and I, both kinda flinched at the idea of (3) ________________________ which is so iconic and so untouchably brilliant in its original form was sort of distasteful. It smacked of a cash cow, some kind of horrible cultural kind of cannibalism, pop-eating itself, if you will. And I just, I really (4) ________________________. I was also a little bit nervous about the idea of stepping into the limelight. Realizing by playing an iconic figure, I think it’s the 75th or 76th incarnation line. So, you know, well, (5) ________________________, yeah, I had a lot of actors have done this before… Peter Travers: Really? I only knew of Basil Rathbone… The speaker: And Jeremy Brett, you must know… Peter Travers: Jeremy Brett… The speaker: Robert Stephens, and it just goes on and on… Peter Travers: And this guy, Robert Downey Junior… The speaker: That little, yeah, that kinda, yeah… Peter Travers: What? The speaker: Yeah, I hope he does well, he’s got a lot of promise. Ehm…I, you know, I kinda went into lots of trepidation, but then (6) ________________________ and just completely fell in love with it. Peter Travers: There’s something about the voice, the tenor of it. The speaker: I think, well, I mean I went back to the original books, it was so: how do you prepare for the role. I’ve read the book, ‘cause I knew that was exactly what had driven Mark and Steven for this (7) ________________________. And we had a lot to establish that was our own to a tailor and an author and yet at the same time I had to bring, in my mind, I had to bring an element of (8) ________________________, or at least other timeliness to him. And coming from the posh boarding-school, looking the way I do, I mean, I’ve done some period dramas, you know, I think, I think (9) ________________________ and I think that’s what Mark and Steven wanted to use me for initially. And then I read for them, and they were like: “Good, our instincts were very right”. And it’s been a marriage of bliss ever since, especially… Peter Travers: How did you want to put yourself forward as this character? The speaker: I would say, well, I have a first rule that (10) ________________________ are as big kind of walls, so I go up, ok. That’s good for two and a half pages of (11) ________________________, but you know, sharpened and polished into this entire narrative, and so I said about working on them a lot and I look at the action scenes as well, I also think about even the interaction and growth of the character, and where the relationships are developing. And I just can’t, I get itchy to do it, to be honest, I mean, this… it’s just very, they’re just really (12) ________________________…you just wanna get on and get playing really… 17. Listen to Part 1 of Audio 2 one more time. Check your answers to ex. 15. Guess who the speaker is. 18. Listen to Part 2 of Audio 2 and choose the correct answers to the following questions:
19. Listen to Part 2 of Audio 2 one more time. Check your answers to ex. 17. AUDIO 3 (interview for “Backstage”) 20. Read the following information before listening to Audio 3:
21. Listen to Audio 3 and answer the following questions:
22. Listen to Audio 3 one more time. Check your answers to ex. 20. Guess who the speaker is. Tongue-twisters What makes a good actor/actress? That’s his/her pronunciation and clear diction. The same goes to a would-be teacher. Try and repeat the tongue-twisters below to find out how good you are at it! TONGUE-TWISTER 1 (from‘Singin’ in the Rain’, 1952) 23. Listen to a tongue-twister from this famous film. What are the sounds one needs to pay special attention to? Moses supposes his toeses are roses, But Moses supposes erroneously. Moses, he knowses his toeses aren’t roses As Moses supposes his toeses to be! 24. Listen to the film star’s pronunciation once again. Try to repeat. TONGUE-TWISTER 2 (from‘The King’s Speech’, 2010) 25. Listen to a tongue-twister from this famous film. Does it seem difficult? “Thistle-sifter” I am a thistle-sifter. I have a sieve of sifted thistles and a sieve of unsifted thistles. Because I am a thistle sifter. 26. Listen to the film star’s pronunciation once again. Try to repeat. TONGUE-TWISTER 3 (from ‘Pinky and the Brain’, s03e46, 1997) 27.Listen to a tongue-twister from this famous cartoon. Are you skilled enough to repeat it? You must slit the sixth sick sheet slitter’s son’s sheet, secure it next to the toy boat from the Hackensack Socko Kicky-Sack Sack Kickers’ picnic in Secaucus, stretch it past the sack pickers’ station and the sock plucker’s chute, and pick a sack, pluck a sock, and flick the plug. 28.Listen to the cartoon voice’s pronunciation once again. Try to repeat. LESSON 3. FILM TYPES: GENRES AND AGE-RATING SYSTEMS Brainstorming Discuss the following questions in your group:
Vocabulary
1. In the table below you can see the age-rating systems of the UK, the USA and Russia. Discuss them with a partner pointing out the following things:
2. Choose the word that fits the content of the sentence best. 1) That horror/crime film really messed me up! It was so gripping and even scary at times, and until the very end I could not believe they were going to catch the killer, but it all ended well, the clever detective saved the day. 2) I just can’t stand such films, alright. During the whole film I was waiting for something mature, some problem maybe, which would have made me think about life, instead of the never ending car-chase and shooting, but well what did I expect from a thriller/an action film. 3) Oh my! This new film in the cinema was just splendid, I’ve never seen a western/musical before, and all the singing and dancing was really to my taste. 4) I’m not a big fan of thrillers/science fiction, but this time the tension in the film even told on me, up to the last fifteen minutes I was convinced that the government was behind the whole thing! 5) It was the first 3-D film I’ve watched, and only later I found out that it was a screen version/science fiction. And although I was convinced that the original was a waste of time I still took the time to read it. 6) I never expected a comedy/TV-series to be my cup of tea, really. I always thought that plots of such kind are very easy to come up with, but I was utterly wrong. Having watched it, seeing how well the humor is presented I’ve fallen in love with the genre. 7) I heard that independent films are/art-house is not for every viewer, that it is an experimental genre rather than entertaining, but to my surprise there are many people who like it. 8) Compared to the Hollywood blockbusters, which are devoid of soul, art-house/independent films tacklemore mature and acute topics and are not limited by ratings and box-office. 3. Match the columns.
4. Paraphrase the following sentences using the active vocabulary from Lesson 1, Lesson 2 and Lesson 3. 1)The music in the film was breathtaking; moreover it matched the atmosphere of the film where the main character faces a series of challenges, with lots of shooting scenes. Surely they must have added something after the film was shot with the help of the computer graphics, but the cameraman’s choice of shots, like that one where the cameraman followed the main character during the car-chase, were brilliant. 2) A person who writes a script for a film probably does the hardest thing in the filmmaking process. There’s no denying that the process of getting a crew together, choosing the actors to play the main parts, getting it all on camera is no easy one, but to compose a plot, to think of an interesting twist at the end, creating complex, round characters, writing scene directions like to use the man-made light, its position is the monumental work, the crucial one. If done negligently the whole output is ruined. 3) That movie was shot with the help of technology simulating the effect of depth by presenting slightly different views of a scene to each eye; you people really cannot imagine what I’ve experienced. Even though it was just a film about a criminal and a clever detective, some shots were really impressive. But on the whole the amount of computer graphics added after the shooting had been finished was not huge. 4) Despite the fact that this film was shorter than the average film, plus was not funded by any large company it still evoked some deep feelings in me. And I’ve nearly forgotten to mention that it was not a colored film. 5) Pete’s never watched anything longer than a standard film, that is why watching a set episodes which have the same title was so thrilling for him. Moreover, he had pointed out that the written form of the plot was well-structured, and all the actors playing the main characters were doing their utmost. So, the end result produced a powerful effect on him. 6) Nowadays too many scenes are shot in studios, using a special screening order to substitute the actual background with computer generated one later. But when I compare today’s blockbusters to some films shot in the 20th century I cannot say which ones have more value. Even the background music is more original in some instances. 7) When I watched the series of extracts from this film used to advance publicity to this scary movie I was overjoyed. I truly believed it would meet my expectations. But in reality when the list with acknowledging contributor’s role was finally displayed at the end of a film I was gave out a sigh of relieve. 8) When Mike saw some kids trying to shoot their own film he was inspired by them. So he went to the shop and bought a device to record video and a three-legged stand for supporting that device and wanted to shoot a film with the main plot being a quest for lost continents. But as it turned out without a good crew he was unable to fulfill his dream. |