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

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)