C) Translate into English

B) Get ready to discuss the text in class.

HOME ACTIVITIES

F) Speak about

D) Watch the episode again and try to remember the details.

C) Give the Russian names for the original titles.

e) Ask your fellow-students questions for more information about William Shakespeare.

· Shakespeare’s origin, childhood and youth

· Shakespeare’s literary activities

11. a) Open the brackets using the correct forms of the verbs. 4

incompatible [LInkRm'pWtRbl] – несовместимый

insatiable [In'seISRbl] – неутолимый

affluent ['WfluRnt] – изобильный, богатый

Until the early part of the 20^th century there was certainly a distinction between popular music, the songs and dance tunes of the masses, and what we _______________ (1 – to come) to call classical music. Up to that point, however, there ____________ (2 – to be) at least some points of contact between the two, and perhaps general recognition of what ___________ (3 – to make) a good voice, or a good song. With the development of a mass entertainment, popular music _____________ (4 – to split) away and _____________________ (5 – gradually / to develop) a stronger life of its own, to the point where it ____________ (6 – to become) incompatible with the classics. In some respects, it _____________________ (7 – now/to dominate) by the promotion of youth culture, so that a concert by Elton John is just as much a fashion event, and other artists may be promoting dance styles, or social protest. For this reason, it __________ (8 – to be) impossible to talk about popular music as if it were a unified art. The kind of music you like may ____________ (9 – to depend) on what kind of person you are. Curiously, there are now classical musicians and operatic singers who ________________ (10 – to achieve) the status of rock stars, and ________________________ (11 – to market) in the same way. This seems to suggest that many young people enjoy classical music but do not wish _______________________ (12 – to associate) with the lifestyle of those who are traditionally supposed to enjoy it. Or it may simply be that recording companies ____________________ (13 – to discover) that there is an insatiable desire for ‘sounds’, and that classical music ____________________ (14 – to begin) to sound exciting to a generation raised on rock but now settling into affluent middle-age.

1. Ты хочешь пойти в театр на выходные? – С удовольствием. А что ты предлагаешь посмотреть? – Почему бы не сходить на “Идеального мужа”. Он ведь все еще идет, да? – Давай. Оскар Уайльд – один из моих любимых драматургов. Но билеты надо брать в бель-этаж или на балкон: они не такие дорогие, как в партере. 2. Когда знаменитая певица появилась на сцене, раздался гром аплодисментов. 3. При посещение Британского музея не взимается входная плата. 4. Когда поднялся занавес, зрители увидели, что на сцене нет декораций, кроме одного стула. 5. Выступление нобелевского лауреата было настолько интересным, что публика долго аплодировала ему. 6. Мюзикл “Кошки” был впервые поставлен в Москве в 2005 году. 7. Благотворительный рок-концерт на центральном стадионе собрал более пятидесяти тысяч зрителей.

U Step III

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

PHONETIC EXERCISES

Intonation Drills

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