TEXI II A - раздел Культура, Культуры и искусства 1. Pay Attention To The Following Proper Names:
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1. Pay attention to the following proper names:
Steven Spielberg, New Jersey, Arizona, World War II, Escape to Nowhere, Firelight, Jaws, Hollywood, Close Encounters, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park.
He seems to be the all-power wizard and a cinematic magician for us. His films make us scream with laughter or shiver with horror.
The son of a computer scientist and a gifted pianist, Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and, later, Arizona. He was 11 when he first got his dad’s camera and began shooting short films about flying saucers and World War II battles.
At the age of 13 he won a contest with his 40-minute film Escape to Nowhere. At the age of 16 he produced the movie Firelight and it was shown at the local cinema.
But a real success came in 1975, when Spielberg created “Jaws”. That little fish tale became the biggest hit of its time. This movie opened up the doors for Spielberg to work on many more great projects. And he went on to shake Hollywood with Close Encounters, Raiders of the Lost Ark, ET, and Jurassic Park.
Today, Spielberg is one of the most financially successful filmmakers. But his talents aren’t limited to the movies set. Spielberg has also proved to be one of Hollywood’s most nimble entrepreneurs. His business empire includes video games, toys and even restaurants.
But what is his source of inspiration? He draws it from his 7 children (two of them are adopted). Spielberg likes to spend time with his children. His house resembles a large playground – he keeps there two parrots, several snakes, and a fish tank.
Ask him where he gets his ideas and he shrugs. “The process for me is mostly intuitive,” he says. “There are movies I need to make, for a variety of reasons, for personal reasons, for reasons that I want to have fun, that the subject matter is cool, that I think my kids will like it.”
Does he ever worry that he will run out of ideas? “I don’t have enough time in a lifetime to tell all the stories I want to tell,” says Spielberg. It sounds like the story master is going to be busy for a long, long time…
Words:
all-power
wizard
cinematic magician
to shiver with horror
scientist
to shoot
flying saucer
a contest
to produce
jaw
to open up the doors for smb
to shake
an ark
to limit
nimble entrepreneur
to include
the source of inspiration
to resemble
to shrug
a variety of reasons
to run out of smth
lifetime
всемогущий
волшебник, колдун, маг, чародей кино-фокусник
дрожать от ужаса
ученый
снимать фильмы
летающая тарелка
конкурс
создавать
челюсть
открывать все двери для к.-л.
потрясать
ковчег
ограничивать
ловкий предприниматель
включать что-либо в себя
источник вдохновения
походить, иметь сходство
пожимать плечами
разнообразные причины
иссякать
целая жизнь
Английская культура
Учебно-методическое пособие
по английскому языку
Тула – 2006
ББК 81.2
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Цель данного пособия –
English-Speaking Countries
Great Britain. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the UK) occupies the territory of the British Isles.It consists of four main parts which are: England, Sc
Answer the following questions.
1. What is the population of the UK?
2. What is the area of the UK?
3. How many islands does the UK consist of?
4. What are the main parts of the UK and their capitals?
B) Guess the name of the country described in the paragraphs.
(1) It is the world's largest island and the smallest continent. Its area is about the same as that of the USA (without Alaska). It is washed by the Pacific and Indian oceans.
(2) It is th
Find English equivalents in the text.
Занимать территорию, островное государство, население, крупнейшие города, квадратные километры, состоять из островов, граничить с, правительство, омываться океаном, быть разделенным на штаты, к
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2. Answer the following questions:
1. How did E. Tylor define “culture”?
2. When was the first inventory of cultural categories undertaken?
3. What are t
Holidays in Great Britain and in the USA
There are fewer public holidays in Great Britain than in other European countries. They are: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Easter Monday, May Day and others. Public hol
Tasks for the discussion
1. Translate the text into Russian.
2. Answer the following questions:
1. Are there many public holidays in Britain?
2. What is a “ba
Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
1. Каждый год норвежцы дарят Лондону подарок.
2. Веселье начинается накануне, 24 декабря.
3. Санта Клаус приезжает с северного полюса на санях. Он одет в красный колпак и красную
Insert the necessary words.
1. …is not a national holiday in the USA, but it is widely celebrated among people of all ages by the exchange of ‘valentines’.
2. …is celebrated on the first Monday in September.
TEXT II
1. Pay attention to the following proper names:
Europe, William Byrd, Elgar, Machael Tippett, Benjamin Britten, William Walton, John McCloughlin, Django Ba
Music in Britain
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries English musicians had a great reputation in Europe, both for their talent and for their originality. It was their experiments in keyboard music which help
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2. Answer the following questions:
1. Was Britain rich in talented composers?
2. Who was the most distinguished composer of Britain?
3. What kind of musi
TEST ON UNIT II
1. When do the British decorate their trees?
a) on the 25th of December, in the morning;
b) on the 24th of December;
c) whenever they like;
Theatre
Theatre is a magic word for many people. Theatre has long been important in British and American cultural life. Some people go to the theatre to laugh, to relax, to escape from their everyday worri
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2. Answer the following questions:
1. What forms of theatre performance are there?
2. Where did theatre appear?
3. Where was the drama of the Middle Ages
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2. Answer the following questions:
1. Where was Steven Spielberg born?
2. Who was his father?
3. When did Spielberg shoot his first film?
4. Wha
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2. Answer the following questions:
1. When was Charles Chaplin born?
2. Charlie's early life was spent touring England, wasn’t it? Why did he have such childhood?
TEST ON UNIT III
1. Where is Spielberg’s motherland?
a) in the USA;
b) in the USSR;
c) in the Ukraine;
d) in the UK.
2. What was his hobby in his childho
TEXT I A
1. Pay attention to the following proper names:
Caedmon, St. Bede the Venerable, Beowulf, Julius Caesar, Sir Gawain, William Concerning Piers, William Langland, Canterbury
The History of English Literature
The literature of England is one of the highest achievements of a great nation. The language in which it is written has evolved over hundreds of years and is still changing. Several nations, includ
TEXT IB
1. Pay attention to the following proper names:
Romanticism, Gothic, Horace Walpole, Ontario, Ann Radcliffe, Udolpho, Mary Shelly, Frankenstein, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Edga
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2. Answer the following questions:
1. Who was the author of the oldest English poem?
2. What is the oldest heroic epic written in English?
3. What is the
Painting and Architecture in Britain
Painting developed later in England than in other European countries. One of the first important periods of English painting was initiated by a German visitor. Hans Holbein the Younger lived in Lon
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2. Answer the following questions:
1. During what king’s reign did Hans Holbein live and work in London?
2. What English painter was also a poet?
3. What
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